PROGRAMME FOR HISTORY SUBJECT SECONDARY SCHOOL TOPIC: HINDUISM FRAME 1. Hinduism is considered to be the oldest religions of the world. It made significant progress during the Golden Age of the Guptas. (i) Which is considered to be the oldest religion of the world? (ii) During which age Hinduism made a great progress? Answer (i) Hinduism (ii) Golden Age of the Guptas FRAME 2. Main tenets of Hinduism are: (i) Belief in an Omnipotent God. (ii) This belief does not debar them from worshipping
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This needs saying at the outset. In itself‚ it might seem like an unremarkable fact‚ but it actually is not: Amartya Sen is a citizen of India. While most of his countrymen who have been able to leave India for a long time try their best to become citizens of the country they might have gone to (Britain‚ America‚ Canada‚ Australia)‚ Sen‚ a man whom Cambridge and Harvard are said to have fought over for the privilege of offering an appointment‚ resolutely retains his blue Indian passport after half
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paradise. These edifices are much vaunted for their large dimensions‚ florid ornamentation‚ bold and delicate carvings‚ stately pillars‚ magnificent pavilions and a vast array of iconographic and traditional depictions from the epics Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The largest existing temple is dedicated to Pampapati‚ and boasts a magnificent entrance tower constructed by Krishnadevaraya. The colossal statues of Lakshmi‚ Narasimha and Ganesha are noted for their mass‚ interwoven with graceful beauty. A distinct
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from generation to generation orally for centuries before they were written down in the Sanskrit language dating far back as 6‚500 BC. The major and most popular Hindu texts include the Bhagavad Gita‚ the Upanishads‚ and the epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata‚ but there are fundamental core of beliefs shared by all
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Keshav Dev Temple From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Not to be confused with Kesava Deo Temple. Keshav Dev Temple | Statue of Keshav Dev at Keshav Dev Temple | Location | State: | Uttar Pradesh | Location: | Mathura | Temple Details | Primary Deity: | Keshav Dev (Krishna) | The Keshav Dev Temple is a Hindu temple situated besides the main Krishnajanmabhoomi complex‚ the birthplace of Lord Krishna in Mathura‚ India.[1] Kehsav Dev (Krishna) is the
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(October 10‚ 1906 – May 13‚ 2001)‚ shortened from Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Narayanaswami(Tamil: ராசிபுரம் கிருஷ்ணசுவாமி அய்யர் நாராயணசுவாமி) was an Indian author whose works of fiction include a series of books about people and their interactions in an imagined town in India. He is one of three leading figures of earlyIndian literature in English‚ along with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao. He is credited with bringing Indian literature in English to the rest of the world‚ and is regarded as one of
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Naren did not understand the meaning of ‘losing caste’ .one day he saw many hookas(smoking pipes) placed in one corner of the room in the household. Different pipes were kept for Brahmins‚ non Brahmins and muslims. Naren took the pipes and smoked from each one of them‚ one at a time. He wanted to see if he would lose caste by smoking from a pipe meant for someone of a lower caste. He felt no change in himself. Everything remained the same. Just then‚ vishwanath entered the room and asked him what
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Are Parents Supposed to Provide Financial Support to College Students" Well‚there is a constant debate and detachment behind the bolster .Burgeon is the one aspect of our life that prone to shape our career if provided in benign way.As the branches of a tree are being attached with it only due to support.Here the root never think itself in any circumstances because when there is heart attachment and emotional feelings it is above the divine too.Therefore
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Ardhamāgadhī‚ respectively. Out of these and other derivative languages there evolved the modern languages of northern India. Theliterature of those languages depended largely on the ancient Indian background‚ which includes the Sanskrit epics‚ the Mahābhārata and Rāmāyaṇa‚ the Krishna story as told in the Bhāgavata-Purāṇa‚ the other Puranic legends‚ and the fable anthologies. In addition‚ the Sanskrit philosophies were the source of philosophical writing in the later literatures‚ and the Sanskrit schools
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practice or a pratha during early days. Some instances of voluntary self-immolation by both women and men that may be regarded as at least partly historical accounts are included in the Mahabharata and other works. Also‚ neither immolation nor the desire for self-immolation are regarded as a custom in the Mahabharata. Use of the term ’sati’ to describe the custom of self-immolation does not occur in the Mahabarata‚ unlike other customs‚ such as the Rajasuya yagna. The self-immolations are viewed as
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