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Chintamani is a the elephant-headed god of wisdom form of Lord Ganesha and is one of Ashtavinayakas among the eight forms of Ganesha. All the idols of Ashtavinayaka are Swayambhu / self originated. All the the eight revered shrines of Ganesha are located in Maharashtra. Village of Theur is located in the Haveli taluka of Pune district, near the confluence of river Bhima and the conjoint river Mula-Mutha.
Kala Bhairava is the shortened form of Kaala Shakti Bhairava, the Lord who controls the Shakti of Kala – the Power of Time. A Fearsome Destroyer emanation of Lord Shiva, Whose name translates to the Terrifying Blackness of Time-Death The Sanskrit word ‘Kala’ simultaneously meaning ‘Black’, ‘Death’, and ‘Time’.
Currently, six languages enjoy the ‘Classical’ status: Tamil (declared in 2004), Sanskrit (2005), Kannada (2008), Telugu (2008), Malayalam (2013), and Odia (2014). The University Grant Commission (UGC) also awards research projects for promoting these languages. The UGC released funds worth INR 56.74 lakh in 2016-17 and INR 95.67 lakh in 2017-18, the Ministry of Culture said.
The 20 bone fragments that are on display at the National Museum are part of the 22 bone fragments that were discovered by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in the 1970s in two separate caskets made of soapstone. The other two pieces of these bone fragments are on display at the National Museum in Kolkata.
The documentary was made by filmmakers Amoghavarsha JS and Kalyan Varma along with forest officer Vijay Mohan Raj and naturalist Sarath Champati. The music for the documentary was composed by Ricky Kej, Grammy Award winning composer.
Indian researchers have for the first time connected the decline of a Harappan city to the disappearance of a Himalayan snow-fed river which once flowed in the Rann of Kutch, according to a study.
The swamiji of Udupi Pejavar Mutt, Vishvesha Thirtha, born in 1931, would have been 89 on 27 April 2020, but is not amongst us anymore. He was physically frail, but known for his tremendous internal strength and character, a rare quality these days.
The cranes are revered by the Monpas as the embodiment of the 6th Dalai Lama, Gyalwa Tsangyang Gyatso, who was born in Tawang in 1683. He has written about the majestic bird in poems, and has used it as an imagery of his return. This year’s first black-necked crane arrived in its wintering site in Pangcheng valley, along the Nyamjang Chhu river, in Tawang district, on 25 December.
Another mesmerising finding from Sinclair’s study of the Singapore Stone, which was actually blown up by the British in 1843 for smoothening of their passage through the Singapore River, is: Singapore had ‘Tamil connections’ built through the ‘Strait of Singapore as far back as 1,000 years ago.’
An artist, flutist, artiste and cardiologist. Colonel K Sitaram who served in the Indian Army for 28 years, is a man of many talents. His stint in the army led to him witnessing what a war could do a country and its citizens. And he himself was in the thick of it. “That was memorable,” Col Sitaram said while discussing those turbulent times at his home at Gunrock Enclave in Secunderabad.
