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  2. Indian peafowl - Wikipedia

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    Indian peacocks were frequently used in European heraldry with the peacocks most often depicted as facing the viewer and with the tails displayed. In this pose, the peacock is referred to as being "in his pride". Peacock tails, in isolation from the rest of the bird, are rare in British heraldry, but are used frequently in German systems. [100]

  3. Mandaragiri - Wikipedia

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    This temple is popularly known as pinchi temple and peacock temple due to the temple structure resembling a pinchi, peacock feather fan, used by Digambara monks. [4] A 21 feet (6.4 m) monolithic statue of Chandraprabha is located near Guru mandir. [5] [2] Maidala Kere and Padmavati Kere are the two lakes located near the temple complex on the ...

  4. Shankar Nag filmography - Wikipedia

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    Shankar Nag was an Indian film actor, director, screenwriter and producer known for his work in Kannada cinema.He directed seven Kannada films and one Marathi film. He also wrote the story and screenplay of many of these including a few films that he did not direct. [1]

  5. Peafowl - Wikipedia

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    A peacock spreading his tail, displaying his plumage Peahen. Peafowl is a common name for two bird species of the genus Pavo and one species of the closely related genus Afropavo within the tribe Pavonini of the family Phasianidae (the pheasants and their allies). Male peafowl are referred to as peacocks, and female peafowl are referred to as ...

  6. Peacock Throne - Wikipedia

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    The columns carried a Bengali do-chala roof, which was graced with two peacock statues on the two ends, carrying pearl necklaces in their beaks and two peacocks at the top, also carrying pearl necklaces in their beaks. The two lower peacocks were in the center underneath a flower bouquet made of jewels or under a royal umbrella.

  7. List of Indian folk dances - Wikipedia

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    Mayilattam, or the peacock dance, is performed by girls dressed as peacocks at village festivals. Similar dances are Kaalai Attam (bull dance), Karadi Attam (bear dance), and Aali Aattam (demon dance) which are performed in the villages during village get-togethers.

  8. Kannada literature - Wikipedia

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    Kannada literature is the corpus of ... by the king and co-authored or authored in full by Srivijaya, a Kannada language ... Navilugulu ("Peacocks") and ...

  9. List of English words of Dravidian origin - Wikipedia

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    Peacock, a type of bird; from Old English pawa, the earlier etymology is uncertain, but one possible source is Tamil tokei (தோகை) "peacock feather", via Latin or Greek [37] Sambal, a spicy condiment; from Malay, which may have borrowed the word from a Dravidian language [38] such as Tamil (சம்பல்) or Telugu (సంబల్).