Whether it is sweeping or cleaning the utensils or preparing food‚ she does it with love and care. Cooking‚ cleaning‚ sweeping may be lowly tasks but the mother with her worshipful outlook towards work changes daily chores into joyful jobs. In the Mahabharata‚ the Pandavas performed a grand ceremony called ‘Rajasuya Yaga’. Kings were invited from all over the country to attend the function. Each member of the Pandava family was assigned some work. Lord Krishna was given the task of washing the feet of
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Ancient India India is one of the world’s oldest civilizations. Its ancient history dates back further than most and has many periods. Very little is known about the earliest inhabitants of India. Ancient tools found in the Soan Valley and South India are the earliest evidence of humans in India discovered so far. Some of the tools date back to the Paleolithic Age – 400‚000 to 200‚000 years ago‚ other tools date to the Mesolithic Age and the Neolithic Age (8000 BC – 4000 BC). The first
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Architectural elements of hoysala period Mantapa Ornate lintel over mantapa entrance in Chennakeshava temple‚ Belur Ornate bay ceiling in mantapa in Saumyakeshava temple at Nagamangala‚ a common feature in Hoysala temples The mantapa is the hall where groups of people gather during prayers. The entrance to the mantapa normally has a highly ornate overhead lintel called a makaratorana (makara is an imaginary beast and torana is an overhead decoration).[16] The open mantapa which serves the purpose
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are likely to see a woman tie a rakhi to her cousins‚ neighbours and close friends. Raksha Bandhan also has a great history. Various stories have been passed on indicating the origin of Raksha Bandhan. One of them draws its origin from the Mahabharata epic. Once‚ Lord Krishna hurt his hand while fighting Shishupala‚ a man who had committed several heinous acts. When this happened‚ Draupadi‚ the wife of the Pandava brothers‚ rushed to cover the wound by tearing a piece of her sari and
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important part of many theatre forms. The tribals too used different colourful masks. In folk dance and drama‚ masks play an important role. Wooden masks made in Orissa are used in mime‚ in folk opera groups’ in presenting stories from Ramayana‚ Mahabharata and local sacred legends. Papier-mache masks representing Goddess Durga and other masks in the operatic plays represent the various good‚ bad and comic characters‚ and are accordingly made to bring out the highlights of the theme and the personality
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The nature of modern society continually grows through the adversities presented throughout life‚ calling for moral and spiritual guidance. Buddhism as a non-theistic religion presents a passive philosophy that systematically alleviates the central belief of dukkha(suffering) and release from Samsara(cycle of rebirth). In relations to the quotations‚ Buddhaghosa of the Theravada variant and Dogen of the Zen buddhists address the attainment of enlightenment through living the Buddhist teachings and
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Traditionally‚ marriage is the recognized union between a man and a woman that establishes rights and obligations between them. Although‚ the meaning of marriage varies. Hindu marriage is the joining of two individuals for life‚ so that they can pursue dharma (duty)‚ artha (possessions)‚ kama (physical desires)‚ and moksha (ultimate spiritual release) together. Catholic marriage is the pledge by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life and which is ordered
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people after they die; a place for those with kind hearts‚ and those without. This thought of two different destinations is similar to the moral code and caste system of Hinduism. According to these sources‚ fulfilling dharma allows rebirth to a higher caste while not fulfilling dharma leads to rebirth in a lower caste. The ultimate goal is to escape reincarnation and attain moksha. Moksha is similar to the eternal life that belongs to the righteous in Christianity. Conversely‚ being born into a lower
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Reading Guide #2 Question 1: Prior to the founding of the Roman Empire‚ Rome was a republic. Roman citizens elected officials in order to represent the common interest of the people. It had a powerful legislative body called the Senate‚ and “it advised on policy within the republic and members held virtually all executive offices in the Roman state”. (Stearns‚ Adas‚ Schwartz‚ and Gilbert 90) However‚ the highest elected position in the empire was the consul. Only two consuls were elected by an assembly
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Dates of Indian astronomy Texts -Arun Kumar Upadhyay‚ Cuttack‚ (M) 9437034172 1. Reasons of error (1) Racial superiority war- After colonial rule of Europeans‚ only research in history is to show racial superiority of Greeko-Roman civilization whose successors were these countries-Britain‚ France etc. (2) Biblical date of creation-(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ussher)-James Ussher (sometimes spelled Usher)
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