POTTERY‚ TERRACOTTA AND PAPIER MACHE Unglazed Pottery Although the art of glazing pottery was known in India from ancient times‚ the finest pottery in India is of the unglazed variety. This unglazed pottery has a wide range. Very fine paper-thin pottery is produced in Kutch‚ Kanpur and Alwar. Alwar is known for paper-thin pottery called Kagzi. There are three different styles in unglazed pottery. 1. Paper thin‚ biscuit colored pottery with incised patterns. 2. Here the pot is polished
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diagnosis "transvestic fetishism" is applied. In some cultures‚ transvestism is practiced for religious‚ traditional or ceremonial reasons. For example‚ in India some male devotees of the Hindu god Krishna‚ especially in Mathura and Vrindavan‚ dress in female attire to pose as his consort‚ the goddess Radha‚ as an act of devotion.In Italy‚ the Neapolitan femminielli (feminine males) wear wedding dresses‚ called the matrimonio dei
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Buddhists‚ Sarnath (or Isipatana) is one of four pilgrimage sites designated by Gautama Buddha‚ the other three being Kushinagar‚ Bodh Gaya‚ and Lumbini. Hindu monuments [edit] Temple in Barsana‚ near Mathura‚ dedicated to the worship of Radha and Krishna. Famous temples are Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi and Krishnajanmabhoomi in Mathura. Islamic [edit] Sultanates [edit] Main pishtaq leading into the iwan of Atala Masjid Details of the central pishtaq and side pishtaq‚ Atala
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“Cultural appropriation” is a phrase that seems to be cropping up more and more over the past couple of years. Social media users and social justice bloggers have been calling attention to the phenomenon in pop culture; recent examples include backlash towards Harry Styles and Lana Del Rey for wearing traditional Native American headdresses in photos and music videos‚ or black actress Amanda Stenberg’s explanatory video “Don’t Cash Crop on my Cornrows.” This dialogue brings up an important question:
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Truly Love? The modern love - A normative critique. Love is an emotion of a strong affection and personal attachment. Love is also said to be a virtue representing all of human kindness‚ compassion‚ and affection —"the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another". Love may describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans‚ one’s self or animals. In English‚ love refers to a variety of different feelings‚ states‚ and attitudes‚ ranging from pleasure to
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JAIN SCHOOL OF PAINTING We find Jain style in the four paintings of Jins (Jain Gods) in the Sittanvasala caves in 700A.D. The oldest examples of this school are the paintings of parshwa-Nath‚ Nemi-Nath and Rish-Nath etc‚ 20 Tirthankars in “KalKacharya Katha” and “Kalpa Sutra”. Most of the Jain paintings were done Black & white 10th&15th century. These paintings have been mostly executed on Tala-Patra. There was an article “Jain on Dwara Pallavit Chitrakala” in the “Vishal Bharat” written
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An Essay on Kamala Das Introduction: Kamala Das born on 31st March 1934 is one of the best-known contemporary Indian women writers. She writes in two languages‚ English and Malayalam. She has also written under the pseudonyms Madhavikutty and Kamala Suraiyya.). Das was born into an aristocratic Nair Hindu family in Malabar. Her love of poetry began at an early age through the influence of her maternal great-uncle‚ Narayan Menon‚ a prominent writer‚ and her mother‚ Balamani Amma‚ a well-known
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Her collection of poems "Golden Threshold" "The Bird of Time" ‚ "The Broken Wings" "Feast of Youth etc. she was given the nickname - the "Nightingale of India" were admired by Rabindranath Tagore and Jawaharlal Nehru. she met Shree Gopal Krishna Gokhale and Gandhi and was influenced by them. Sarojini worked whole-heartedly for India ’s freedom movement and rights of women. In 1925‚ Sarojini became the first Indian woman president of the National Congress. . When India became free in 1947
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Rabindranath Tagore World Literature Analysis Introduction A Bengali mystic and artist‚ Rabindranath Tagore was a great poet‚ philosopher‚ music composer and a leader of Brahma Samaj‚ who took the India culture and tradition to the whole world and became a voice of the Indian heritage. Best known for his poems and short stories‚ Tagore largely contributed to the Bengali literature in the late 19th and early 20th century and created his masterpieces such as Ghare-Baire‚ Yogayog‚ Gitanjali‚ and
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Shri Swaminarayan Mandir‚ Houston The Mandir is a place of worship and prayer for the followers of Hinduism. The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir was built by BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha which is headed by Pramukh Swami Maharaj. The Mandir is located in Stafford. It took around 28 months to build the Mandir and it consists of 33‚000 pieces of hand-carved Italian marble and Turkish limestone in India by 2‚400 artusans. It was shipped over to Houston in containers. The marble pieces were fitted together
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