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In the Satapatha Brahmana, the number of Adityas is eight in some passages, and in other texts of the same Brahmana, twelve Adityas are mentioned. [12]: 102 In the Chandogya Upanishad, Aditya is a name of Viṣṇu in his avatar as Vāmana, and his mother is Aditi. The Adityas in the Vishnu Purana [13] are twelve in number.
Aditi is the daughter of Daksha and Asikni (Panchajani). The Puranas, such as the Shiva Purana and the Bhagavata Purana, suggest that Daksha married all of his daughters off to different people, including Aditi and 12 others to Sage Kashyapa.
Hemant Karkare, Indian Police Service who was the chief of Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad [10] [11] Mannem Nageswara Rao , former-interim director officer Central Bureau of Investigation [ 12 ] Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya , Indian civil engineer and Diwan of Mysore .He was the chief engineer of Krishna Raja Sagara dam.
The second temple dedicated to Matsya in the state is the Mootoli Sree Mahavishnu Temple in Kakkodi, Kozhikode. The third temple is the Perumeenpuram Vishnu Temple in Kakkur, Kozhikode. The idol is that of Matsya. The main ceremony of this temple for devotees is called mīnūt (feeding the fish).
sun god in the temple. Adithyapuram Surya Temple is a Hindu temple located in Iravimangalam near Kaduthuruthy in Kottayam district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is noted mainly as the only 'Adithya' (Hindu solar deity) shrine in the state. [1] [2] The temple is situated just 200 m (0.20 km) from the main highway leading to Vaikom.
Smarta Brahmins in Western India (c. 1855–1862). The Smarta tradition (Sanskrit: स्मार्त, IAST: Smārta), also called Smartism, is a movement in Hinduism that developed and expanded with the Puranas genre of literature. [2]
The Para Brahman (Supreme Brahman) is, states Brahma Upanishad, same as Aditya, Vishnu, Ishvara, Purusha, Prana (human breath, life force), individual Self (soul), and the "god-filled fire inside the Brahman-city of human body" where the highest Brahman shines.
The ancestors of the Thiruvananthapuram Iyers were brought from “Brahmadesam" (a village in Ambasamudram Taluk of Modern day Thirunelveli District in Tamil Nadu) by the Travancore Kings, to take part in the “Mura Japam” ritual of Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple. The Mura Japam ritual is a ritual where Brahmins with Sanskrit Veda knowledge ...