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Bhekuli Biya (transl. frog marriage), is a traditional Hindu practice originating in Assam, India.Also referred to as "Mandooka Parinaya" and "Banger Biye" in various regions of India, [1] the ritual takes place during the dry summer months with the aim of invoking rain.
The Frog and the Lizard [2] The Two Who Were Brothers Indeed [3] How the Gond Saved His Field of Gram [4] Bhimsen and Fever [5] The King Who Learned From a Cock [6] The Wicked Mother-In-Law [7] How a Wedding Song Saved Property [8] The Wonderful Ox [9] The Three Drunkards [10] Satwanti [11] The Woman on a Fig Tree [12]
The Secret Life of Frogs is a 2018 Indian documentary that explores lesser-known frog species. It premiered on May 1, 2019, on Animal Planet. [1] Directed by Ajay Bedi, Vijay Bedi, and narrated by Jeff Alan Greenway, [2] the 45-minute film provides insights into the behaviors and lives of various frog species, with a particular focus on the purple frog and the torrent frog.
Its icon is used in Indian and Southeast Asian culture as a spiritual symbol and a decorative element. Hamsa is a part of the mythical love story of Nala and Damayanti. The hamsa is the vahana of Brahma & Saraswathi. Arayanna, or heavenly hamsa (swans), are said to live in Manasasaras in the Himalayas.
Mowgli (/ ˈ m aʊ ɡ l i / MOW-glee) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Mowgli stories featured among Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book stories. He is a feral boy from the Pench area in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, India, who originally appeared in Kipling's short story "In the Rukh" (collected in Many Inventions, 1893) and then became the most prominent character in the ...
A golden-backed frog was discovered with a tiny mushroom growing out of its flank, leaving scientists to question what might be the cause for the unique fungal growth. A frog in India has a ...
The purple frog (Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis), Indian purple frog, or pignose frog is a frog species of the genus Nasikabatrachus. It is endemic to the Western Ghats in India . Although the adult frog was formally described in October 2003, [ 2 ] the juvenile form of the species was described earlier in 1917.
Durg — Durgasimha's Kannada translation of c. 1031 CE is one of the earliest extant translations into an Indian vernacular. Soma — Somadeva's Kathasaritsagara ("Ocean of Streams of Story") of 1070 is a massive collection of stories and legends, to which a version of the Panchatantra contributes roughly half of Book 10.