Innholdsfortegnelse for October 2021 i A TO Z INDIA

tkvkaruna@gmail.com In local Odia language 'Besha' or 'Vesha' means 'Costume' or 'Dress' or 'Make Up'. There are two types of Beshas observered for the deities in the Jagannath temple of Puri, Daily Beshas and Beshas during festive occasions. During the celebration of different festivals, the deities put on different types of ceremonial costumes or dresses according to the custom of the festival. Nagarjuna Besha is not a daily Besha but is observed during festive occasion in the Kartika month. Kartika is the holiest of all the months in Hindu lunar calendar. It usually overlaps with the months October & November in the English calendar (Mapping of Odia Calender months with English Calender months). This is the most awaited month of the year for Odias. The last five days of the…

e.mail id: salilmumtaz@gmail.com The politics of naming is part of the social production of the nation. Its processes are shaped by broad socio-political conditions and can be studied from several angles. In the 19th century the name Bhārata was used to refer to the geographical, political and administrative entity that the colonial power called ‘India’. The evidence presented shows that it was the Puranic memory of a naturally bounded (sea, mountains) and specifically socially organized territory where human beings could fulfill the specific sets of socio-religious duties required to maintain their cultural identity. That Bhārata—a cultural space whose unity was to be found in the social order of dharma—was a pre-national construction and not a national project. At the time of independence, India and Bhārata were equally worthy candidates to…

Iyothee Thass in the last decade of the 19th Century was a writer, journalist and social reformer, Tamil and Buddhist Scholar. He edited and published ‘Tamizhan’, a journal devoted to social reform for eight years. He opposed Brahminism Vedic rituals and untouchability. He championed communal representation, women’s rights, self-respect, rationalism etc. Subramania Bharathiyar, V.O. Chimdambaram Pillai, Singaravelach Chettiar, Pandit U.V. Saminatha Iyer, Thiru.V. Kalyanasundara Mudaliar, Pandithurai Thevar, Mahavidwan Raghava Iyengar who lived during the same period in the Madras Presidency were honored for their scholarship and devotion. Iyothee Thass' contributions in various fields did not receive due recognition because he belonged to the Paraiyan caste. The neglect Iyothee Thass suffered was worse than physical violence. The higher-caste intellectuals in Tamil Nadu were adopting in practicing this variety of concealed violence.…

Rajasthan houses an amazing display of Arts and Architecture, courtesy of it being a princely state. Each individual kingdom of Rajasthan has a distinctive styles of architecture and arts making it one of the most culturally diverse places in the world. In this article we shall list our the popular places to visit in Rajasthan. Rajasthan is such a blessed land as within its vicinity Lord Brahma dropped a lotus flower and a temple was brought into being. Enemies attacked many times; everything was destroyed, but it was Tanot Mata that went untouched. Since Rajasthan is the abode of rajputs for the longest period, evidently here one can find a good number of an ancient Hindu temples and has an own story to tell. Tulja Bhavani Temple (Chittorgarh), Meerabai Temple…

Bharat Ratna Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, generally known as Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, was the 11th Presidentof India (2002-2007). He was elected against Lakshmi Sehgal in 2002 and had support from both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Indian National Congress, the two leading political parties of India. By profession, he was a scientist and an administrator in India. He worked with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) as an aerospace engineer before becoming the President of India. His work on the development of launch vehicle and ballistic missile technology had earned him the name of the ‘Missile Man of India’. The Pokhran-II nuclear tests conducted in India in 1998 after the original nuclear test of 1974 saw him in a pivotal…

tkvkaruna@gmail.com Dhanu Sankranti is celebrated on the first day of lunar Pousha month. The month of Pousha is considered the month of plenty. After collecting the harvest there is a festival of general rejoicing with special sweets of ‘Muan’(a traditional sweet dish) which is offered to Lord Jagannath in puja. In the month of Dhanu Sankranti, Gopal Ballav Bhog is offered along with Pahali Bhog (the first offering). The Pahili Bhog is the traditional morning offering to the Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Goddess Subadhra (famously known as the Trinity) which continues from the Dhanu Sankranti to Makara Sankranti as per the Odia almanac. Dhanu Muan and Pahili Bhoga are alse offered at Kantilo & Godess Mangala at Kakatpur. Gopal Vallabh Bhog: The offering is the first one of the daily…