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The bridegroom offers an oblation, standing, looking towards the west, and taking hold of the bride's hands while she sits and looks towards the east. If he wishes only for sons, he clasps her thumbs and says, "I clasp thy hands for the sake of good fortune"; the fingers alone, if he wishes only for daughters; the hairy side of the hand along ...
Devadasu was the first Telugu adaptation of Chattopadhyay's novel, and Devadas was the second Tamil adaptation of the same, following the 1937 Devadas directed by and starring P. V. Rao. [8] The film was launched by Vinoda Pictures with Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Sowcar Janaki as the lead pair.
Yanam (Telugu:) (previously Yanaon, (French:)) is a town located in the Yanam district in Puducherry, India. It has a population of 35,000 and is entirely surrounded by Andhra Pradesh . It was formerly a French colony for nearly 200 years, and, though united with India in 1954, is still sometimes known as "French Yanam". [ 4 ]
The Indranatha Swamy temple faces east with a deck of steps arising from the Penna river There is a temple courtyard, a dilapidated gateway-tower. The Gopura of the temple is slightly towards the south-west of the temple and the temple is roughly a square.
It looks like there could be something to the idea of waking up on the 'wrong' side of the bed. According to a recent survey, 40 percent of Americans have always slept on the same side of the bed ...
The sri-kovil does not have any windows and has only one large door opening most often towards the east (or sometimes towards the west; a few temples have a north-facing door as their specialty, while no temples have a south-facing door). The sri-kovil may be built on different plan shapes – square, rectangular, circular, or apsidal. Of these ...
When man detaches himself from these impurities, he reaches God. Another interpretation is that the other three fingers denote the three states of life: Jagruti (Fully awake through senses and mind), Swapna (Sleep state - When the mind is awake) and Sushupti (True-self - When the senses and mind go into soul - Atma). The Abhaya Mudra, a gesture ...
The Sthala Purana (local legend) of Simhachalam consists of 32 chapters; the number denotes the manifestations of Narasimha. [6] According to Dr. V. C. Krishnamacharyulu, the legends of Simhachalam and other Hindu temples in Andhra Pradesh were written in the 14th century after the attempted establishment of Islam in the region. [6]