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Vadhu Budruk is a village in Shirur tehsil of Pune district. The importance of this place is, successor of Maratha Empire Sambhaji I, son of Shivaji I, brutally executed and killed by Aurangzeb (Mughal king) in Tulapur and his samādhi was built in Vadhu.
Vadhu Pravesha (Sanskrit: वधूप्रवेश, romanized: Vadhūpraveśa) is a Hindu ritual in India performed to welcome the bride to the house of her new husband. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Description
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Vayu (Sanskrit pronunciation:, Sanskrit: वायु, IAST: Vāyu), also known as Vāta and Pavana, [9] is the Hindu god of the winds as well as the divine messenger of the gods. In the Vedic scriptures , Vayu is an important deity and is closely associated with Indra , the king of gods.
Nagarvadhu (also Nagaravadhu or Nagar Vadhu; Devanagari: नगरवधू; lit. ' bride of the city ' ) was a tradition followed in some parts of ancient India . Women competed to win the title of a nagarvadhu, and there was no taboo against the practice. [ 1 ]
He is regarded to have travelled to the holy forest known as the Naimisharanya and composed the Vaikhanasa Kalpasutra and taught the treatise known as the Sri Vaikhanasa Bhagavad Shastra to his four disciples, the sages Atri, Bhrigu, Kashyapa and Marichi, which contained the procedures of Samurtarcana, Amurtarchana, and devotional service to ...
In the Hindu tradition, a murti (Sanskrit: मूर्ति, romanized: mūrti, lit. ' form, embodiment, or solid object ') [1] is a devotional image, such as a statue or icon, of a deity or saint [2] used during puja and/or in other customary forms of actively expressing devotion or reverence - whether at Hindu temples or shrines.
The union of these principles is exalted as the root and womb of all creation. Another view is that Ardhanarishvara is a symbol of Shiva's all-pervasive nature. The right half is usually the male Shiva, illustrating his traditional attributes. The earliest Ardhanarishvara images are dated to the Kushan period, starting from the first century CE.