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  2. Ent - Wikipedia

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    The word "Ent" is from the Old English ent or eoten, meaning "giant". Tolkien borrowed the word from a phrase in the Anglo-Saxon poems The Ruin and Maxims II, orþanc enta geweorc ("cunning work of giants"), [1] which describes Roman ruins. [T 11] [2] In Sindarin, one of Tolkien's invented Elvish languages, the word for Ent is Onod (plural Enyd).

  3. Thiruvalluvar Statue - Wikipedia

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    The head of the statue stands at a height of 61 metres (200 ft) above the sea level. [3] The statue, with its slight bend around the waist is reminiscent [citation needed] of a dancing pose of the Hindu deities like Nataraja. The statue weighs 7,000 tonnes (6,900 long tons; 7,700 short tons). [4] Thiruvalluvar statue illuminated at night

  4. Thiruvalluvar - Wikipedia

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    The statue was designed by V. Ganapati Sthapati, a temple architect from Tamil Nadu. [115] On 9 August 2009, a statue was unveiled in Ulsoor, near Bengaluru , also making it the first of its kind in India for a poet of a local language to be installed in its near states other than his own homeland.

  5. Architecture of Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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    Sarangapani temple, Kumbakonam. The Sanctum sanctorum is designed like Chariot, Chola architecture These are the two surviving Hindu temples of the pre-Pallava period namely, Veetrirundha Perumal Temple and Murugan temple at Saluvankuppam. These temples are one of the oldest ones in Tamil Nadu. Part of a series on Tamils History History of Tamil Nadu History of Sri Lanka Sources of ancient ...

  6. Sculpture in the Indian subcontinent - Wikipedia

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    The Statue of Henry Hardinge, Governor-General of India. During this period, European styled statues were erected in city squares, as monuments to the British Empire's power. Statues of Queen Victoria, George V, and various Governor-Generals of India were erected. Such statues were removed from public places after independence, and placed ...

  7. Swamimalai Bronze Icons - Wikipedia

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    The statues are made using the technique of wax casting and the cast can be of two types - solid and hollow cast. [ 5 ] Solid wax casts are traditionally used and the model of the required image is cast as a mould filled with wax , made by mixing pure bee wax with resin from the Platanus orientalis and ground nut oil in the ratio 4:4:1. [ 6 ]

  8. Sthala Vriksha - Wikipedia

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    When the tree dies for some reason, another tree is planted in the same location. Spiritually, it is considered as the rebirth cycle. [ 13 ] According to the historian Soundara Rajan, the institutionalization of the temple trees, temple history, and the festival calendar in South Indian temples was initiated during the 11th century.

  9. Jain sculpture - Wikipedia

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    Sculpture depicting Tirthankara Parshvanatha, Thirakoil, Tamil Nadu Jainism spread here and there all over Tamil Nadu during Sangam Age.One of the Tamil literature, called Paripadal (பரிபாடல்), probably belongs to 3rd century, mentions that there were propelling statues sculptured in stone for different deities in the temple of God Murugan in Thirupparankundram.