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The discovery of Indraprastha
Edit The Hindu 28 Jul 2016
The ongoing excavation at the Purana Quila site might lead to discovery of concrete evidence that will help in studying the culture and art patronised by the Pandavas. It is also expected to give a fillip to tourism ... Lal, who retired as ASI Director General, painted grey wares were discovered ... Indraprastha, Mahabarat period, Purana Quila excavations, ASI excavations, panited grey wares, culture of Pandavas ....
His spiritual pursuit
Edit The Hindu 28 Jul 2016
(Excerpts from an article published in Nrisimhapriya dated May 2003. Details associated with the formative years of the preceptor have been recaptured for the benefit of Friday Review readers.) ... Kanchipurna demurred. He was of a low caste. But Ramanuja was adamant ... “In order to repay the grace of Vyasa who wrote the Vishnu Purana, I shall name one greatly learned Vaishnava after him.” The third finger straightened too....
Beneficial samskaras
Edit The Hindu 27 Jul 2016
The mind is a powerful instrument and a great blessing to human beings. But it works in two ways ... The Bhagavata Purana relates the past history of Narada whom we know as Brahma’s Manasa Putra and who is revered as an embodiment of devotion ... Keywords. Bhagavata Purana, Lord Krishna, jivatma, Prahlada, Dhruva, Nochur Venkataraman, religious discourse ....
In search of the pre-Portuguese Konkani paper trail
Edit The Times of India 25 Jul 2016
Most significant of all, the coming of paper enhanced the value of the Purana as an arena for the discussion of history in a different way. Supposedly first narrated by the great sage Vyasa, Puranas were essentially 'authorless' texts, a blending of stories about the gods, royal genealogies, sectarian narratives, caste histories and social commentary (Rocher, 1986. The Puranas)....
How the past saw its past
Edit The Hindu 24 Jul 2016
In the Indian articulation of history, the link with the cyclic concept as seen in the Brahmanical Itihasa-Purana tradition (the four Mahayugas) and the linear concept of time as expressed in the Buddhist and Jain traditions is significant ... Linear time, however, became central to the genealogies (Vamsa) and dynastic lists of the epics and Puranas ......
Brahmarakshas promo review: Krystle D’Souza’s bridal blush is ruined by a MONSTER!
Edit Bollywood Life 22 Jul 2016
Fri, July 22, 2016 4.00pm IST by Urmimala Banerjee. comments. Zoom Holi Party - View pics!. Telly Calendar 2015. Rubina Dilaik, Tina Dutta, Surbhi Jyoti increase the hotness quotient - View pics!. Telly Calendar 2015 ... Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7 ... The show went off air in December 2014 ... The concept of Brahmarakhsas is derived from the Puranas where Brahmins who got cursed due to some reason or the other transformed into demonic beings ... ....
Event planned at Pushkar
Edit The Hindu 21 Jul 2016
Readers of Friday Review may recall reports of a rare event that took place at Naimisaranyam three years ago. A team of Vedic pandits travelled to the wooded place, hence the name, in Uttar Pradesh and chanted the Vedas. According to purana, it was there that sage Vyasa segregated the Vedas into four categories and none had attempted to organise a rendition in that place ... “The world is shaken by violence ... Why Pushkar? ... Dr. M.V ... Dr. R....
Veerappa Moily's epic on Bahubali is about peace
Edit The Times of India 20 Jul 2016
Mangaluru. Congress MP Veerappa Moily, who straddles the political and literary worlds with equal ease, is now on the verge of completing another epic-poem ... "My canvas of the epic poem is the entire world. It's not confined to Bahubali, the person ... This is the first time anybody will be doing it," he said adding the Adi Puranas which he researched gave him some clues on this aspect ... Adi Purana is more of a religious text ... RELATED....
'Gau bhakts' seek blessings from cow on Guru Poornima
Edit The Times of India 19 Jul 2016
ALLAHABAD. Opting for a unique way to celebrate Guru Poornima, 'gau bhakts' (cow devotees) in Sangam city have sought blessings from cows ... Convener of a Jhunsi-based gausala (cow shed) Vivek Pandey says, "The cow is a symbol of the guru so it is called 'gau mata' ... The Puranas, ancient Hindu scriptures, too talk about the importance of cows." ... RELATED....
Padakam, the poor cousin of Chakyarkoothu
Edit The Times of India 19 Jul 2016
Padakam, an age-old art form which is dying a slow death, was brought alive at the Vyloppilli Samskrithi Bhavan at the capital city recently, by Padakam artiste Kalamandalam Sajith Vijayan ... Sajith first delivered the peedika, an introduction about Padakam, in chaste Malayalam ... The themes are from the Puranas, extolling the deeds of gods and goddesses ... However, uplifting an art form does not happen without an appreciative audience....
Chamber concerts & instrumental recitals
Edit The Hindu 19 Jul 2016
During December music season, over 2,000 concerts are hosted across Chennai on a conservative estimate. How many of these are instrumental recitals? They are only a few, and they can easily be counted! Even these few elicit only a poor audience ... A peep into the past will also reveal how Vedas and Puranas have found expression in human voice ... Religious connotation. Music is secular, no doubt ... You may like it or not ... Era of globalization....
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