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This tradition was linked to the controversial concept of the relationship between celibacy and the commitment to spiritual growth. [8] Bhaskaraya alludes to the tradition in which Ganesha was considered to be a lifelong bachelor in his commentary on the Ganesha Purana version of the Ganesha Sahasranama, which includes the name Abhīru (verse ...
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Muthuswami Dikshita (IAST: Muttusvāmi Dīkṣita, 24 March 1775 – 21 October 1835) or Dikshitar was a South Indian poet and composer and is one of the musical trinity of Carnatic music. His compositions, of which around 500 are commonly known, are noted for their elaborate and poetic descriptions of Hindu gods and temples and for capturing ...
Other minor sects such as Ganapatya and Saura focus on the deities Ganesha or Surya as the Supreme. Hindus following Advaita Vedānta consider ātman , the individual soul within every living being, to be the same as Vishnu, Shiva, or Devi, [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] or, alternatively, identical to the eternal and formless metaphysical Absolute ...
Interested in acting, Tripathi's first role was in the film Jeevan Naiya (1936). He acted in Uttara Abhimanyu (1946) and then played the role of Hanuman along with Trilok Kapoor who played Ram in the Homi Wadia directed superhit movie Ram Bhakt Hanuman (1948) where he also composed the music, his first prominent role as an actor.
He was a prolific composer and highly influential in the development of the South Indian classical music tradition. Tyagaraja is said to have composed thousands of devotional compositions, most of them in praise of Lord Rama ; some of which remain very popular even today.
13th-century Ganesha bronze. Late Chola, Tamil Nadu. Vinayagar Agaval is a devotional poetic hymn to the Hindu deity Ganesha. It was written in the 10th century during the Chola dynasty by the Tamil poet Avvaiyar, shortly before her death. [1] It is considered to be her greatest poem. [2] The 72-line 'Agaval' is a form of blank verse, close to ...
A Smarta may choose any saguna deity (istadevata) such as Vishnu, Shiva, Shakti, Surya, Ganesha or any other, and this is viewed in Smarta Tradition as an interim step towards meditating on Om and true nature of supreme reality, thereby realizing the nirguna Brahman and its equivalence to one's own Atman, as in Advaita Vedanta.