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Kavi Pradeep, Indian poet and songwriter who is best known for his patriotic song "Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo". He received Dada Saheb Phalke Award. [250] M. Govinda Pai, Kannada poet who received first Rashtrakavi title by the Madras Government [251] Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer [252]
Over the millennia of its development, Hinduism has adopted several iconic symbols, forming part of Hindu iconography, that are imbued with spiritual meaning based on either the scriptures or cultural traditions. The exact significance accorded to any of the icons varies with region, period and denomination of the followers.
Wallpapers can come plain as "lining paper" to help cover uneven surfaces and minor wall defects, "textured", plain with a regular repeating pattern design, or with a single non-repeating large design carried over a set of sheets. The smallest wallpaper rectangle that can be tiled to form the whole pattern is known as the pattern repeat.
Hindu art found its first inspiration in the Buddhist art of Mathura. The three Vedic gods Indra , Brahma and Surya were actually first depicted in Buddhist sculpture, as attendants in scenes commemorating the life of the Buddha, such as his Birth, his Descent from the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven , or his retreat in the Indrasala Cave . [ 13 ]
Kamadhenu is regarded as a form of Devi (the Hindu Divine Mother) [8] and is closely related to the fertile Mother Earth , who is often described as a cow in Sanskrit. [5] [8] The sacred cow denotes "purity and non-erotic fertility, ... sacrificing and motherly nature, [and] sustenance of human life". [8]
The Hindu pantheon is composed of deities that have developed their identities through both the scriptures of Hinduism as well as regional traditions that drew their legends from the faith. Some of the most popular deities of the Hindu pantheon include: Statue of Ganesha. Ganesha, also called Vinayaka and Ganapati, is a son of Shiva and Parvati ...
[10] [16] Another theory suggests that the pot-belly reflects a "maternal aspect", which Donaldson describes as "curious" because Varahi and Chamunda "best exemplify" the terrible aspect of the Divine Mother. [19] A notable exception is the depiction of Varahi as human-faced and slender at the sixth-century Rameshvara cave (Cave 21), the Ellora ...
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