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The Ashoka Chakra (Transl: Ashoka's wheel) is an Indian symbol which is a depiction of the dharmachakra (English: "wheel of dharma"). It is so-called because it appears on a number of edicts of Ashoka the Great , [ 1 ] most prominent among which is the Lion Capital of Ashoka . [ 2 ]
24 is the soundtrack album, composed by A. R. Rahman with song lyrics by Vairamuthu and Madhan Karky, to the 2016 Tamil film of the same name, produced by Suriya and directed by Vikram Kumar. The album features six tracks and was released on 9 April 2016 by Eros Music .
The State Emblem of India features the 24 spoke Dharmachakra from the Lion Capital of Ashoka. Jain illustration with dharmachakra and the motto Ahiṃsā Paramo Dharma (non-violence is the highest dharma). The dharmachakra is a symbol in the sramana religion of Budhha Dhamma. [23] [24]
Major Mukund Varadarajan AC (12 April 1983 – 25 April 2014) was an Indian Army officer and a recipient of the Ashoka Chakra.Mukund, a commissioned officer in the Indian Army's Rajput Regiment, was posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra for his actions during a counterterrorism operation while on deputation to the 44th Rashtriya Rifles battalion in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Ashoka Chakra has twenty-four evenly spaced spokes. [21] The size of the Ashoka Chakra is not specified in the flag code, but in section 4.3.1 of "IS1: Manufacturing standards for the Indian Flag", there is a chart that describes specific sizes of the flag and the chakra (reproduced alongside). [26]
Amaran (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar for the 2024 Tamil-language film of the same name, directed by Rajkumar Periasamy starring Sivakarthikeyan and Sai Pallavi as Major Mukund Varadarajan and Indhu Rebecca Varghese.
Colonel Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair was awarded both Ashoka Chakra and Kirti Chakra. Damodar Kashinath Jatar, a pilot of Air India's Kashmir Princess was the first civilian recipient of the Ashoka Chakra. Colonel Yury Malyshev and Flight Engineer Gennadi Strekalov from Russia were the first foreign recipients of the Ashoka Chakra (both were ...
The film surpassed Raayan to become the third biggest opening for a Tamil film in 2024, behind The Greatest of All Time and Vettaiyan. [88] The film crossed ₹ 100 crore (US$12 million) in three days, earning over ₹ 48.25 crore (US$5.6 million) from Tamil Nadu becoming the fastest film of Sivakarthikeyan to reach the ₹ 100 crore mark. [89]