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  2. Pichhwai - Wikipedia

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    Pichhwai (also pichwai, pichhavai, pichhvai, pechhavai etc), literally meaning 'that which hangs from the back' from the Sanskrit words "Pichh" means back and "wais" means hanging, are large devotional Hindu painted pictures, normally on cloth, which portray Krishna. [2]

  3. Ardhanarishvara - Wikipedia

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    While the male neck is sometimes adorned with a jewelled hooded serpent, the female neck has a blue lotus matching it. [5] In the four-armed form, one of the left arms rests on Nandi's head, while the other is bent in kataka mudra pose and holds a nilotpala (blue lotus) or hangs loosely at her side. In the three-armed representation, the left ...

  4. Bindi - Wikipedia

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    A traditional bindi is red or maroon in colour. A pinch of vermilion powder is applied with a ring-finger to make a dot. A small annular disc aids application for beginners. First, a sticky wax paste is applied through the empty centre of the disc. This is then covered with kumkum or vermilion and then the disc is removed to get a round bindi.

  5. List of Egyptian hieroglyphs - Wikipedia

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    The total number of distinct Egyptian hieroglyphs increased over time from several hundred in the Middle Kingdom to several thousand during the Ptolemaic Kingdom.. In 1928/1929 Alan Gardiner published an overview of hieroglyphs, Gardiner's sign list, the basic modern standard.

  6. Nose ring (animal) - Wikipedia

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    The nose ring assists the handler to control a potentially dangerous animal with minimal risk of injury or disruption by exerting stress on one of the most sensitive parts of the animal, the nose. Bulls, especially, are powerful and sometimes unpredictable animals which, if uncontrolled, can kill or severely injure a human handler.

  7. Red Chittagong - Wikipedia

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    Red Chittagong, also known as RCC is a breed of cattle native to Bangladesh. [1] [2] [3] Locally, the breed is known as Lal Birish. The breed has mainly originated in the Chittagong District of southern Bangladesh. Red Chittagong is similar in most ways to the native or local cattle, except that its coats as well as tongue, eyebrow, eyeball ...

  8. Red Sindhi - Wikipedia

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    The Red Sindhi is a dairy breed of zebuine cattle. It is believed to originate in western Sindh and in the Las Bela area of Balochistan , now in Pakistan. [ 2 ] : 281 [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It is widely kept in Pakistan, where in 2006 there were approximately 3 000 000 head; [ 3 ] there are small numbers in India and in Bangladesh .

  9. Norwegian Red - Wikipedia

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    The black gene is dominant to the red gene much like the Holsteins. Producers who are using the Norwegian Red for crossbreeding outside of Norway have the option of using either red or black sires if color is important to them. [14] Norwegian Red cows weigh about 575 kg or about 1,200 pounds while bulls weigh about 1000 kg or about 2,000 pounds ...