Kathak
Overview Kathak is one of the eight major forms of Indian classical dance. Its origin is attributed to the traveling bards of ancient northern India known as Kathakaar, meaning "storyteller", who communicated narrativ...
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Overview Kathak is one of the eight major forms of Indian classical dance. Its origin is attributed to the traveling bards of ancient northern India known as Kathakaar, meaning "storyteller", who communicated narrativ...
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Overview Suprabhatam (Sanskrit: सुप्रभातम्, Suprabhātam, literally 'auspicious dawn') is a Sanskrit prayer belonging to the Suprabhātakāvya genre of devotional poetry. It comprises a collection of hymns or verses reci...
Overview Stotra (Sanskrit: स्तोत्र) is a Sanskrit term meaning "ode, eulogy or a hymn of praise." The word derives from the root stu, meaning "to praise," and is closely related to the term stuti, which carries a simi...
Overview Shloka or śloka (Sanskrit: श्लोक, from the root śru, meaning 'hear') is, in a broad sense, any verse, stanza, proverb or saying. In a more specific sense, it refers to a 32-syllable verse form derived from th...
Overview Devanagari (देवनागरी, IAST: Devanāgarī) is an Indic script used widely in the Indian subcontinent. It is a left-to-right abugida, a type of segmental writing system, derived from the ancient Brāhmī script. De...
Overview Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्, saṃskṛtam) is a classical language of the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family. It developed in South Asia after its predecessor languages spread into the region from th...
Overview In the Hindu tradition, a murti (Sanskrit: मूर्ति, mūrti, meaning 'form, embodiment, or solid object') is a devotional image, such as a statue or icon, of a deity or saint used during puja and other customary...
Overview Nataraja (Sanskrit: नटराज, IAST: Naṭarāja; Tamil: நடராஜர்), also known as Adalvallan, is a depiction of Shiva, one of the principal deities in Hinduism, as the divine cosmic dancer. His dance is termed the ta...
Overview Lasya (Sanskrit: लास्य, Lāsya) is a female dance form that originated in India. In Hindu tradition, Lasya is associated with the goddess Parvati, who is described as having innovated and performed it. The dan...
Overview Tandava (also spelled Tāṇḍava), also known as Tāṇḍava Natyam, is a divine dance associated in Hindu tradition with the god Shiva. It is regarded as a vigorous and cosmic form of dance, expressing themes centr...
Overview Bhiksha (Sanskrit: भिक्षा, bhikṣā; Pali: bhikkhā) is a term used across Indic religious traditions, including Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. It refers to the act of seeking or receiving alms, and by extensio...
Overview Satya (Sanskrit: सत्य; IAST: Satya) is a Sanskrit word usually translated as "truth" or "essence". Across Indian religions, it is regarded as a deeply valued virtue, signifying the alignment of one's thoughts...
Overview Ahimsa (Sanskrit: अहिंसा, IAST: ahiṃsā), meaning 'nonviolence', is an ancient Indian ethical principle which counsels non-injury towards all living beings. It is a key virtue across Jainism, Buddhism and Hind...
Overview Ramcharitmanas (Devanagari: रामचरितमानस) is an epic poem in the Awadhi language composed by the 16th-century bhakti poet Tulsidas. The title literally means "Lake of the deeds of Rama", and the work is popula...
Overview Valmiki (Sanskrit: वाल्मीकि, Vālmīki, literally 'from an anthill') is a legendary poet and Hindu maharishi (sage) who is celebrated as the traditional author of the Sanskrit epic Ramayana, one of the two Itih...
Overview Sumitra (Sanskrit: सुमित्रा, IAST: Sumitrā) is a figure in the Hindu epic Ramayana. According to the tradition, she is a princess of Kashi who becomes a queen of Kosala upon her marriage to King Dasharatha, w...
Overview Kaikeyi (Sanskrit: कैकेयी, IAST: Kaikeyī) is a prominent character in the Hindu epic Ramayana. She is depicted as a princess of the Kekeya kingdom and a queen of Kosala, having married King Dasharatha, who ru...
Overview Dronagiri is a planned node of South Navi Mumbai, situated in the Raigad district of Maharashtra. Developed as part of the larger Navi Mumbai region, the node lies to the east of Uran town and is bounded by t...