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  2. Hindu music - Wikipedia

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    A Hindu musician, early 20th century. Hindu music is music created for or influenced by Hinduism. It includes Indian classical music, Kirtan, Bhajan and other musical genres. Raagas are a common form of Hindu music in classical India. [1] The most common Hindu bhajan in North India is "Om Jai Jagdish Hare."

  3. Women in Hinduism - Wikipedia

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    Fane remarks, in her article published in 1975, that it is the underlying Hindu beliefs of "women are honored, considered most capable of responsibility, strong" that made Indira Gandhi culturally acceptable as the prime minister of India, [148] yet the country has in the recent centuries witnessed the development of diverse ideologies, both ...

  4. Glossary of Hinduism terms - Wikipedia

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    Other name of Hanuman. Bhagavad Gita A knowledge of the attaining the supreme told to Arjuna by Krishna on the Kurukshetra battlefield. Bhagavan Bhagavan is a term used to refer to a god. Bhagavata Worship of Bhagavat Vishnu. Bhagavati A word for female Hindu deities. Bhajan A Hindu devotional song as a spiritual practice. Bhakti

  5. Ritu Kala Samskaram - Wikipedia

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    This milestone in a girl's life is observed by her family and friends with gifts and her wearing a sari for the ritual. [3] [4] It normally takes place at the girl's home. [1] She receives half-saris, worn until her marriage, when she wears a full sari. [1] During the first part of the ceremony, the girl wears a langa voni.

  6. Indian classical music - Wikipedia

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    The specific code of a song clearly tells us what combination of swaras are present in a specific song. The lyrical part of the song is called "sahityam" and sahityam is just like singing the swaras altogether but using the lyrics of the song. The code in the form of swaras have even the notation of which note to be sung high and which one low.

  7. Apsara - Wikipedia

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    Apsaras on Hindu Temple at Banares, 1913. The origin of 'apsara' is the Sanskrit अप्सरस्, apsaras (in the stem form, which is the dictionary form). Note that the stem-form ends in 's' as distinct from, e.g. the nominative singular Rāmas / Rāmaḥ (the deity Ram in Hindi), whose stem form is Rāma.

  8. Kirtan - Wikipedia

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    With roots in the Vedic anukirtana tradition, a kirtan is a call-and-response or antiphonal style song or chant, set to music, wherein multiple singers recite the names of a deity, describe a legend, express loving devotion to a deity, or discuss spiritual ideas. [6] It may include dancing or direct expression of bhavas (emotive states) by the ...

  9. Kumaragurupara Desikar - Wikipedia

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    He realized the need for the spiritually high, well-skilled, and devoted caliber like Kumaraguruparar to strengthen the Shaivite wisdom in the troubled lands. So he agreed to be the guru of Kumaraguruparar on the condition that he goes on pilgrimage to Kasi (Varanasi) and returns, subsequently, he would initiate Kumaraguruparar into sannyasa.