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Angada, son of vali, helped Rama find his wife Sita; Anjana, Hanuman's mother. Hanuman is a monkey God and an ardent devotee of the God Rama. Kesari, Hanuman's foster father. Makardhwaja is the son of Hanuman as per the Valmiki Ramayana. Nala, son of Vishwakarma. Nila, son of Agni. Rumā was the wife of Sugrīva. Sugriva, king of Kishkindha ...
India, officially the Republic of India is a country in South Asia, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories. [1] All Indian states and some of the union territories have their own elected government and the union territories come under the jurisdiction of the Central Government. India has its own national symbols. [2]
Navagunjara or Nabagunjara [1] is a magical legendary creature composed of nine different animals in Hinduism. The animal is a common motif in the Pata-Chitra style of painting, of the Eastern Indian state of Odisha. It is considered an astral form of the god Vishnu, or of Krishna, who is considered an avatar of Lord Vishnu.
Several symbols (animals, flora, instruments, weapons, or even color) in Hindu iconography are associated with particular devas, and vice versa. In certain cases the deities themselves are personifications of natural forces, for instance Agni (fire), Vayu (wind), Surya (Sun) and Prithvi (Earth).
Airavata is referenced in the song "The Animal Tent" on the album The Circus by The Venetia Fair: Here comes Airavata; the elephant controls the rainclouds, His skin the rumbling earth (Airavata!) Airavata is the name of the Volvo bus service that Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation provides.
A crocodile-like Makara as Varuna's animal vehicle. Makara is a Sanskrit word which means "sea-animal, crocodile". [3]Josef Friedrich Kohl of Würzburg University and several German scientists argued that makara is based on the dugong instead, based on his reading of Jain text of Sūryaprajñapti.
Horned animals, such as bulls, goats, and rams, may be worshiped as deities or serve as inspiration for a deity's appearance in religions that venerate animal gods. Many pagan religions include horned gods in their pantheons, such as Pan in Greek mythology and Ikenga in Odinala .
This may represent Maues himself, or possibly one of his divinities. It has been suggested that this might also be one of the first representations of the Buddha on a coin, in an area where Buddhism was flourishing at the time, but the seated personage seems to hold a sword horizontally, which favors the hypotheses of the depiction of the king ...