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Meenakshi temple also known as Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundareshwarar Temple is a historic Hindu temple located on the southern bank of the Vaigai River in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. It is dedicated to Devi Meenakshi (Parvati) and her consort,  Sundareshwar (Shiva).  Tamil Sangam literature (6th century CE) mentions about this temple in detail.

Murudeshwar temple is one of such temples which look quite contemporary though it belongs to the ancient era. The temple is dedicated to worshipping Lord Murudeshwara considered to be one of the forms of Lord Shiva. The temple is situated in India in the state of Karnataka. The temple has one gripping thing is that it is surrounded by Arabian Sea from three sides and the temple premises begins with a twenty storied Gopuram. Besides that the thing that makes it way more bewitching is the location of a huge statue of Lord Shiva which is the second largest statue of Lord Shiva in India.

The mythology of every land is a mirror to its culture, tradition, ethos and the psyche of its people. The tales and legends contained in great epics are not only educative and entertaining, but also serve as a lesson to educate past, present and future generations on cultivating and maintaining values, morals and, in general, becoming a better person.

भगवान नरसिंह के अवतार से दो बातें तो चरितार्थ होती हैं कि भगवान हमारे आस-पास हर एक वस्तु में है हर एक इंसान में है हर एक जीव में तभी तो भगवान नरसिंह खंभे से प्रगट हो गए। और दूसरी यह कि जो कोई भी सच्चे मन से भगवान की आराधना करता है भगवान उसका साथ कभी नहीं छोड़ते हैं। प्रहलाद सच्चा भक्त था इसलिए उसका बाल भी बांका नहीं हो सका । कहते हैं ना जाको राखे साइयां मार सके ना कोई। भगवान विष्णु का नृसिंह  अवतार इतना ज्यादा विध्वंसक  था कि स्वयं उनका भक्त प्रह्लाद भी इससे डर गया था। तब भगवान शिव को शरभ अवतार लेकर उन्हें शांत करवाना पड़ा था। भगवान विष्णु के दशावतारों में से नरसिंह अवतार चतुर्थ अवतार है। इसे नृसिंह अवतार भी कहते हैं जिसमें उनका आधा शरीर सिंह तथा आधा मानव का  था।

The mythology of every land is a mirror to its culture, tradition, ethos and the psyche of its people. The tales and legends contained in great epics are not only educative and entertaining, but also serve as a lesson to educate past, present and future generations on cultivating and maintaining values, morals and, in general, becoming a better person.

Advocacy organisation Legal Rights Protection Forum has filed a complaint with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare(MoHWF) seeking to revoke the medical practitioner license granted to Indian Medical Association’s President Johnrose Austin Jayalal who openly confessed his intentions to convert non Christians in Bharat. It has also sent a complaint to the Home Ministry seeking to cancel IMA’s FCRA license as Jayalal has made it clear that he has been using the organisation to further his agenda.

It is believed that Kambala originated almost 500 years back among the farming community of coastal Karnataka. The festival is purely dedicated to Kadri's Lord Manjunatha, who was an incarnation of Lord Shiva. It is believed that the celebrations happen to please the Gods for good harvest. The festival which can last for 24 hours, attracts up to 50,000 people a year. It is a gathering or an attraction which excites the people living in the area.

Swami Omkarananda was born in 1956 in a village near Coimbatore to Vaidhyanatha Ganapadi and Alamelu Ammal. It was a family of traditional Vedic scholars and hence naturally poor. Goshteswara Sharma was the name given by his parents and he grew up mastering Vedic recitation and rituals.

रामचरितमानस के अब तक जितने भी संस्करण निकले हैं, उनमें गीता प्रेस द्वारा प्रकाशित मानस सर्वोत्कृष्ट और प्रामाणिक है। शुद्ध पाठ के अलावा इसमें जितने रेखा चित्र और रंगीन चित्र दिए गए हैं, उतने शायद ही मानस के किसी संस्करण में हों। सबसे महत्वपूर्ण बात यह है कि मानस के प्रकाशन के लिए भाईजी और उनके सहयोगियों ने काफी शोध और अध्ययन किया। जगह-जगह से पाण्डुलिपियों की नकल मंगाई, तब जाकर इसे प्रकाशित किया जा सका।

Chandragupta Maurya was the founder of the Maurya dynasty which ruled the ancient kingdom of Magadha from around 321 BC to 185 BC.

Chandragupta Maurya can also be said to be the foremost of the ancient Indian rulers who ruled over the maximum amount of known territory in Bharatvarsha (India). His territories extended from present-day Afghanistan-Pakistan to the southern Indian state of Karnataka and right up to the east as far as Bengal and Assam.