KATHAKALI intro Kathakali (Malayalam: കഥകളി‚ Sanskrit: कथाकेळिः) is a highly stylized classical Indian dance-drama noted for the attractive make-up of characters‚ elaborate costumes‚ detailed gestures and well-defined body movements presented in tune with the anchor playback music and complementary percussion. It originated in the country’s present day state of Kerala during the 17th century and has developed over the years with improved looks‚ refined gestures and added themes besides more ornate
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Being a Hindu‚ growing up in a modern society‚ I have got this wonderful opportunity to research Hinduism in contemporary world. In this essay‚ I have explored Hinduism not only by juxtaposing it with modern Hinduism‚ but also with ancient religious practices. Modernity is not simply the western world‚ or connecting to contemporary and rejecting the old. Modernity‚ as David Smith says is theorization of modern world and according to modernity self is autonomous‚ and God is dead. This feature of modernity
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centre of the Solar System and the planets‚ asteroids‚ comets and meteoroids revolve around it. 4. Mahabharata The Mahabharata is a story about a great battle between the Kauravas and the Pandavas. The battle was fought in Kurukshetra near Delhi. Many kings and princes took part in the battle. The Pandavas defeated the Kauravas. The Bhagvad Gita is a holy book of the Hindus. It is a part of the Mahabharata. Then‚ Lord Rama‚ with the help of It is a book of collection of teachings of Lord Krishna to Arjuna
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Television Though john Logie – aird started selling television sets in 1930‚ Germany gets the credit for creating the first device to send pictures through a wire in 1884. In 1884 Paul Gottlieb Nipkow‚ a 23-year-old university student in Germany‚ patented the first electromechanical television system which produced 4000 pixels per second that took on the shape of a picture made of 18 parallel lines The television camera tube‚ called the iconoscope tube was made by ValdimirZworykin
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Assam : Ancient Assam was known as Pragjyotisha in early times and as Kamarupa in later times. The name Pragjyotisha stood for both the kingdom and capital city. The earliest mention of the city of Pragjyotisha is found in the Ramayana and Mahabharata. According to the Ramayana‚this city was founded by Amurtaraja son of Kusa and grandfather of the famous stage Viswamitra. There are different options regarding the origin of the name’’Pragjyotisha’’. According to the Kalika Purana‚’’here Brahma
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admit‚ it takes time for the story to sink in‚ but slowly and steadily‚ you get sucked into a world that’s dark‚ dangerous and demonish. The attire may be white‚ but the deeds are grey or black. Rajneeti is not only Mahabharata‚ but also the Godfather. Despite knowing the Mahabharata or Godfather‚ one is not able to presume what games the present-day Pandavas and Kauravas would play in Rajneeti. In fact‚ the story alters constantly‚ unravelling in a serpentine manner and speed‚ so much so that
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HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Roots of Indian Culture in Sindhu Saraswati Civilisation The Saraswati Civilisation A fresh study by a group of international scientists peesh confirms the dominant role of Saraswati river in sustaining the so-called Indus Valley Civilisation. [28] A new study titled‚ ‘Fluvial landscapes of the Harappan civilisation’‚ has concluded that the Indus Valley Civilisation died out because the monsoons which fed the rivers that supported the civilisation‚ migrated
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Hinduism What are the Sacred Texts? Shruti (“heard”) – oldest‚ most authoritative: Four Vedas (“truth”) – myths‚ rituals‚ chants Upanishads - metaphysical speculation Plus other texts Smriti (“remembered”) – the Great Indian Epics: Ramayana Mahabharata (includes Bhagavad-Gita) Plus others What do Hindus believe? One impersonal Ultimate Reality – Brahman Manifest as many personal deities True essence of life – Atman‚ the soul‚ is Brahman trapped in matter (“That art thou”) Reincarnation –
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nominalised neuter saṃskṛtám‚ it means "preparation‚ prepared place" and thus "ritual enclosure‚ place for a sacrifice". As a term for "refined or elaborated speech" the adjective appears only in Epic and Classical Sanskrit‚ in the Manusmriti and in the Mahabharata. The language referred to as saṃskṛta "the cultured language" has by definition always been a "sacred" and "sophisticated" language‚ used for religious and learned discourse in ancient India‚ and contrasted with the languages spoken by the people
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ancient stories oozing from the corners of the fort. The site of the fort was also Indraprasta‚ the capital of the famed warriors of the Mahabharata‚ the Pandavas. Excavations near the eastern wall of the fort reveal that the site had been occupied since 1000 B.C. Archaeologists found painted grey ware pottery and other remains‚ which date back to the Mahabharata. The Purana Qila has three gates - Humayun Darwaza‚ Talaqi Darwaza and Bara Darwaza. The present entrance is the Bara Darwaza‚ an imposing
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