of 14 years. As the citizens of Ayodhya eagerly awaited their beloved prince’s return‚ they lit thousands of lamps to guide his flying vimana (a kind of temple in India) to their city. The darkest night of the year gave way to a glorious morning as Rama returned with his wife and brothers to his ancestral kingdom of Avadha. Diwali also celebrates the
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Hinduism and Islam were reconciled in Mughal India was through religious art‚ particularly in the form of the classic Indian epic‚ ‘The Ramayana’. ‘The Ramayana’ tells the story of the great prince/god‚ Rama‚ who is actually and incarnation of Vishnu‚ and his quest to save his beautiful wife‚ Sita‚ from the terrifying demon-king‚ Ravenna. During this time‚ ‘The Ramayana’ was depicted by both the Hindu Rajputs and the Islamic Mughals‚ which shows the adaptability of ‘The Ramayana’‚ of which there were
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[pic][pic] [pic] [pic] Top of Form [pic] Bottom of Form [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic][pic] [pic] [pic] The Indian Woman in Kamala Markandaya For a long time‚ the woman has assumed a secondary role in the first generation of Indian English male writing such as R.K.Narayan‚ Raja Rao‚ Mulk Raj Anand. Indeed‚ R.K.Narayan ’s heroine‚ Rosie‚ in his novel ’The Guide ’ is viewed
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be no ban of any sort in the field of knowledge‚ this is established very clearly from the account of Gargi’s life. 2. Sita Sita in the Valmiki Ramayana is not exactly representative for Vedic stridaharma. To begin with‚ she chooses her own husband in a competitive svayamvara‚ only the strongest and the smartest prince will do. Again‚ after Kaikeyi’s intervention‚ when Rama goes into forest exile‚ she insists on accompanying him. Sita’s strength and self-possession are apparent. She is dutiful
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SOME IMPORTANT THINGS OF KANPUR Kanpur spelled as CAWNPORE before 1948‚ it is the tenth most popular city in INDIA and the largest within the state of UTTAR PRADESH. It is the second largest city of the HINDI-speaking city after Delhi. It remains one of the oldest industrial townships of NORTH INDIA although it has not kept pace with IT industry growth in the rest of India due to political indifference. It has a metropolitan area of over 1‚640square kilometres (630 semi) and a city area of around
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For the most part‚ Eastern religions are polytheistic‚ meaning there is more than one god that is worshipped by the followers. Whereas Western religions are generally monotheistic in that only one god is worshipped. While some estimate the gods of Hinduism to run into the thousands‚ there is one true god or supreme reality called Brahman. The many gods of the Hindu way of life are a manifestation of Brahman. Thus‚ Hinduism sometimes gets looked at as a Western religion instead of the Eastern religion
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------------------------------------------------- A. K. Ramanujan From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Attipate Krishnaswami Ramanujan (March 16‚ 1929 – July 13‚ 1993) also known as A. K. Ramanujan was a scholar of Indian literature who wrote in both English and Kannada. Ramanujan was an Indian poet‚ scholar and author‚ a philologist‚ folklorist‚ translator‚ poet and playwright. His academic research ranged across five languages: Tamil‚ Kannada‚ Telugu‚ Sanskrit‚ andEnglish. He published works
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THE SHIVA PURANA The Shiva Purana has twenty-four thousand shlokas. These are divided into six samhitas or sections. The names of the sectiosn are jnana samhita‚ vidyeshvara samhit‚ kailasa samhita‚ sanatkumar samhita‚ vayaviya samhita and dharma samhit. Each samhita is further subdivided into chapters (adhyaya). Jnana samhita has seventy-eight chapters‚ vidyeshvara samhita sixteen‚ kailasa samhita twelve‚ sanathkumar samhila fifty-nine‚ vayaviya samhita thirty and dharma samhita sixty-five. The
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Lakshmi is called Shri or Thirumagal because she is endowed with six auspicious and divine qualities‚ or Gunas‚ and also because she is the source of strength even to Vishnu. When Vishnu incarnated on earth as avatars Rama and Krishna‚ Lakshmi incarnated as his consort. Sita (Rama ’s wife)‚ Radha (Krishna ’s lover)[2][3][4] andRukmini and the other wives of Krishna are considered forms of Lakshmi.[5] Lakshmi is worshipped daily in Hindu homes and commercial establishments as the goddess of wealth
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languages. There are many books‚ which are written in English‚ and another language‚ for example English and Turkish. All the children are encouraged to celebrate multicultural festivals‚ for example‚ Diwali‚ the children were told the story about Rama and Sita‚ they also acted it out by dressing up and made divas with an adult which were then put around the classroom. P7.6; Describe a resource which uses positive images. The resource that I have chosen is ‘Marvin’. Marvin is a jar that needs to
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