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Panchakanya, a pre-1945 lithograph from Ravi Varma Press. The Panchakanya ( Sanskrit: पञ्चकन्या, romanized : Pañcakanyā, lit. 'Five maidens') is a group of five iconic women of the Hindu epics, extolled in a hymn and whose names are believed to dispel sin when recited. They are Ahalya, Draupadi, Kunti, Tara, and Mandodari.
The flowers are racemose panicles, bear numerous small yellow flower heads or capitula, but the silvery white silky covering of down gives the foliage a grey or white appearance. Dhavanam has alternate pinnasect leaves (leaf which is divided into opposite pairs of lobes cut almost to the midrib In narrow divisions) or palmatisect leaves (the ...
Memecylon umbellatum. Burm.f. Memecylon umbellatum, commonly known as ironwood, anjani (Marathi) or alli (Telugu), is a small tree found in India, the Andaman islands and the coastal region of the Deccan. [ 1] It is also found in Sri Lanka, where it is called blue mist, kora-kaha ( Sinhala language) and kurrikaya ( Tamil language ).
Calotropis gigantea, the crown flower, is a species of Calotropis native to Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, China, Pakistan, and Nepal. [2] It is a large shrub growing to 4 m (13 ft) tall. It has clusters of waxy flowers that are either white or lavender in colour.
This is a list of Marathi cinema actresses. Marathi cinema refers to Indian films produced in Marathi , the language of the state of Maharashtra , India . [ 1 ] Based in old Mumbai , it is the oldest and one of the pioneer film industries of India.
List of Indian state flowers State Common name [3] Binomial name [4] Image Andhra Pradesh: Jasmine: Jasminum officinale [5] Arunachal Pradesh: Foxtail orchid: Rhynchostylis retusa [6] Assam: Bihar: Kachnar: Bauhinia variegata [7] Goa: Red jasmine: Plumeria rubra: Gujarat: Marigold: Tagetes erecta: Haryana: Lotus: Nelumbo nucifera: Himachal ...
Ganesh Chaturthi, a popular festival in the state. Maharashtra is the third largest state of India in terms of land area and second largest in terms of population in India. . It has a long history of Marathi saints of Varakari religious movement, such as Dnyaneshwar, Namdev, Chokhamela, Eknath and Tukaram which forms the one of bases of the culture of Maharashtra or Marathi culture.
A rangoli on the occasion of Diwali, Goa, India A rangoli made with flowers on the occasion of Onam Rangoli at Delhi, India Rangoli is an art form that originates from the Indian subcontinent, in which patterns are created on the floor or a tabletop using materials such as powdered lime stone, red ochre, dry rice flour, coloured sand, quartz powder, flower petals, and coloured rocks.