within India. The early puppet shows in India dealt mostly with histories of great kings‚ princes and heroes in rural areas. Religious portrayals in puppetry developed in South India with shadow puppet performances of stories from Ramayana and Mahabharata. Even today‚ shadow puppet is a temple ritual performed every year during a temple festival for a specified duration. With the progress and development of civilization‚ the mysticism connected with traditional puppetry slowly started to fade which
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Assamese ornaments date back to the time of Mahabharata at least. During the seventh century‚ Bhaskarvarma‚ the King of Barman dynasty of Kamrupa or ancient assam‚ had sent a handsome quantity of Assamese ornaments along with other valuable gifts to king Harsavardhana‚ the great Indian emperor. Bhaskarvarma inherited some of these ornaments from his predecessor Bhagadatta‚
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unconventional plans to raise money for the treatment of her husband raised many eyebrows and the legal‚ social and ethical ramifications of the latest technologies being introduced were questioned. The fact that surrogate motherhood was as old as the Mahabharata and Bible‚ when surrogate mothers got impregnated through sexual intercourse‚ is being overlooked. The problem of infertility is a serious one in our society and the social stigma involved include abandoning wives. The economic pressures that entail
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joy. Unlike human friends they never deceive or betray us. Books have inspired people through the ages. The first book of the Aryan called the Rig-Veda has a lot for us to learn and understand even after 3000 years. Books like the Ramayana and Mahabharata are relevant in modern times and teach people the ways of life. Writers like Gandhi have put forward to us their life on a platter to understand their goals and teachings. When we read books‚ we are in the company of the best and the noblest
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thinking feeling and willing satyam‚ sivam and sundaram. Ethics is a branch of philosophy dealing with right and wrong in human behavior. Most religions have a moral component‚ and religious approaches to the problem of ethics. Ramayana[->1] and Mahabharata form the very basis of cultural consciousness that symbolize Hinduism. The Tirukkural is a book of morals or ethics. The Tirukkural contains treasures that lead to peace and harmony at home as well as the country. Kautilya says that artha (Sound
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Mughal-era buildings‚ most notably the Tāj Mahal‚ Agra Fort and Fatehpūr Sikrī‚ all three of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Agra is included on the Golden Triangle tourist circuit‚ along with Delhi andJaipur. The city is mentioned in the epic Mahābhārata‚ where it was called Agrevaṇa ("the border of the forest").[3] Legend ascribes the founding of the city to Raja Badal Singh‚ a Sikarwar Rajput king (c. 1475)‚ whose fort‚ Badalgarh‚ stood on or near the site of the present fort. However‚ the 11th
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Classic Poetry Series Ramdhari Singh Dinkar - poems - Publication Date: 2012 Publisher: PoemHunter.Com - The World’s Poetry Archive Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (23 September 1908 – 24 April 1974) Ramdhari Singh ’Dinkar’ (ीीीीीीी ीीीी ’ीीीीी’)was an Indian Hindi poet‚ essayist and academic‚ who is considered as one of the most important modern Hindi poets. He remerged as a poet of rebellion as a consequence of his nationalist poetry written in the days before Indian independence. His poetry exuded
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Yamuna The Yamuna (Sanskrit: यमुना)‚ sometimes called Jamuna (Bengali: যমুনা‚ Hindi: जमुना‚ Urdu: جمنا) or Jumna‚ is the largest tributary river of theGanges (Ganga) in northern India. Originating from the Yamunotri Glacier at a height of 6‚387 metres on the south western slopes of Banderpooch peaks in the Lower Himalayas in Uttarakhand‚ it travels a total length of 1‚376 kilometers (855 mi) and has a drainage system of 366‚223 square kilometres (141‚399 sq mi)‚ 40.2% of the entire Ganges Basin
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The Gupta Empire thrived in their Golden age. A Golden age is a time of peace‚ delight‚ and affluence. Still don’t understand what a Golden age is? Just take a look at India. Beginning in early 312 BCE‚ with the revolutionary leader Chandragupta II. His strong leadership abilities lead India into a golden age that is still remembered today. A golden age has to reach its peak somehow‚ and that’s where government‚ literature‚ and sciences come in. The Gupta Empire was a golden age because of its governmental
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history of Alwar dates back to 1500 BC when it was formed a part of the Matsya territory of Viratnagar. The region of Viratnagar also included Karauli‚ Bharatpur and Dholpur. Hence the very foundations of the district are rooted in the Hindu epic‚ Mahabharata. With a history that is 3500 years old the district of Alwar still stands tall as a popular tourist destination in Rajasthan. The name Matsya Desh simply means the `land of the fish`. It is in this place that the Pandavas spent the 13th year of
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