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The Hindu pantheon is composed of deities that have developed their identities through both the scriptures of Hinduism as well as regional traditions that drew their legends from the faith. Some of the most popular deities of the Hindu pantheon include: Statue of Ganesha. Ganesha, also called Vinayaka and Ganapati, is a son of Shiva and Parvati ...
Hindu mythology is the body of myths attributed to, and espoused by, the adherents of the Hindu religion, found in Hindu texts such as the Vedas, [ 1] the itihasa (the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana, [ 2]) the Puranas, [ 3] and mythological stories specific to a particular ethnolinguistic group like the Tamil Periya Puranam and Divya ...
Bhagavata Purana: one of the "Maha" Puranic texts of Hindu literature, and is Sanskrit for "The Book of God". Bharude, Ovya: devotional poetry. Bhavarth Ramayan: Marathi version of the Ramayana written by Sant Eknath in the 16th century. Bījagaṇita: Ancient Indian mathematics, algebra textbook by Indian mathematician Bhāskara II.
Pages in category "Surnames of Hindu origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 284 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Hinduism is the largest and most practised religion in India. [ 2][ 3] According to the 2011 Census of India, 966.3 million people identify as Hindu, [ 4] representing 79.8% (nearly 80%) of the country's population. India contains 94% of the global Hindu population. [ 5][ 6] The vast majority of Indian Hindus belong to Shaivite, Vaishnavite and ...
The Epic-Puranic chronology is a timeline of Hindu mythology based on the Itihasa (the Sanskrit Epics, that is, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana) and the Puranas. These texts have an authoritaive status in Indian tradition, and narrate cosmogeny, royal chronologies, myths and legendary events. The central dates here are the Kurukshetra War and ...
The Ram Mandir ( ISO: Rāma Maṁdira, lit. 'Rama Temple') is a partially constructed Hindu temple complex in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India. [ 6][ 7] Many Hindus believe that it is located at the site of Ram Janmabhoomi, the mythical birthplace of Rama, [ c] a principal deity of Hinduism. [ 8][ 9][ 10] The temple was inaugurated [ 7] on 22 ...
Swades: We, the People ( transl. Homeland) is a 2004 Indian Hindi -language drama film co-written, directed and produced by Ashutosh Gowariker. [ 3] The film stars Shah Rukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi and Kishori Ballal while Daya Shankar Pandey, Rajesh Vivek, Lekh Tandon appear in supporting roles. The plot was based on two episodes of the series ...