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7 unusual facts about Devi


Annapoorneshwari Temple

The single image is of the Goddess Annapoorneshwari standing on a peeta with Shanku, Chakra, Sri Chakra and Devi Gayathri in her four hands.

Devi

She has been repeatedly mentioned in the Rig Veda, and has been identified with the Saraswati River.

The hymn also associates her with lotus and elephant – an association, which has not changed in subsequent history.

Dunagiri

Dunagiri Devi is described as Mahamaya Harpriya (Manaskhand, 36.17-18).

Located at a height of 8,000 feet (2,400 meters) above sea level, Dunagiri is famous within Kumaon for its temple of Shakti – known here as Dunagiri Devi.

Ganges in Hinduism

Personified as a goddess (Sanskrit गङ्गा Gaṅgā), it is worshiped by Hindus who believe that bathing in the river causes the remission of sins and facilitates liberation from the cycle of life and death.

Pathibhara District

The major attraction of note is the Pathibhara Devi temple, commonly a site attended by Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims seeking spiritual fulfilment and to celebrate special occasions.


Ambaji

The Centre of Cosmic Power of India and it is the original holy place of Mata Ambaji, where the piece of the heart of the dead body of Devi Sati fell at the top of this holy hill of Gabbar as per the legend narrated in the "Tantra Chudamani".

Anjana Productions

Chiranjeevi established his own production company with his brother Nagendra Babu and named it Anjana Productions with their mother's name Anjana Devi in 1988.

Bariyarpur, Bara

The event involves the world's largest sacrifice of animals – including buffaloes, pigs, goats, chicken and pigeons – with the goal of pleasing Gadhimai, the goddess of power.

Belha Devi Temple

Raja Pratap Bhahadur Singh of Awadh constructed the present main temple of Shri Belha Devi, which is situated on the bank of Sai river in District Pratapgarh, during the period 1811–15.

Bhanwari Devi

After the Bhanwari Devi case, Vishakha and other women groups filed Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court of India to enforce the fundamental rights of working women under Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution of India.

Bhutamata

In Hinduism, Bhutamata is a terrible and malevolent goddess, a form of Devi.

Birendranath Sircar

Actors such as KL Saigal, Pahadi Sanyal, Amar Mullick, Kanan Devi, Chandrabati Devi, Lila Desai Leela Desai and Prithviraj Kapoor were on his payroll.

Chandrabadani Devi

On the border of tahsil Devaprayag and Pratapnagar is the well known temple of Chandrabadni Devi, lying at the top of the mountain about 10 km.

Christian Bouchet

In the original edition of his book Hitler's Priestess Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke wrote that Bouchet has been associated with Nazi mysticism and that, whilst spending a year in India, he met with Savitri Devi to study Kali Yuga and her ideas about Adolf Hitler as an Avatar.

Cinta 7 Susun

Cast is 7icons, Mischa Chandrawinata, Baim Wong, Raya Kohandi, Devi Noviaty, Gege Elisa, Shandy Ishabella, Gunawan Sudradjat, Cut Memey, Rico Tampatty, Minati Atmanegara, Mario Maulana as well as other supporting cast as well as some cameo actors who have often appeared on Indonesian movie or television series.

Dewas

E.M.Forster wrote a Travelogue named -The Hill of Devi in 1953.The Hill of Devi is his non-fictional account of him.

Dip Chand

Chand's first wife was Rani Kunkam Devi of Kullu but he was succeeded by Bhim Chand who was a son of his second wife, Rani Jalal Devi of Mandi.

Dr. Abdur Rahim Mikrani

He Passed SLC from Shreemati krishna devi school of malangwa in 1972.

Gotham Entertainment Group

The first three titles that were made available in India were: Devi, Snake Woman and The Sadhu followed by Ramayan 3392 AD, a futuristic sci-fi story inspired by the original Ramayana mythology.

Gulab Devi Chest Hospital

Gulab Devi Chest Hospital is a 1,500 bed semi-private tertiary care chest hospital located in Ferozepur Road, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

Harsidhhi

Harsidhhi, a contracted form or, at its very least, a form of "Harshad Amba" - The Happy Mother, is considered one of the aspect of Amba and Kalika, the Hindu Devi.

Hemmige

Thereafter, Sage Mrigashinga dug the Ant hill and found a beautiful Moorthy (stone Idol) of Lord Varadharaja with Shanku, Chakra and Gada and with Abhaya Hastha pose with his Consorts Sri Devi and Bhoo Devi seated on Garuda Peetam.

Himangshu Dutta

Almost all renowned singers of that time like Haripada Roy, Umapada Bhattacharyya, Sati Devi, Kanak Das, Saila Devi, Sabitri Ghosh, Kanak Das, Tarapada Chakraborty, Suprava Sarkar, Supriti Ghosh, Jaganmay Mitra etc. recorded “Himangshu Dutta-er Gaan”.

Hinglaj

The novel is based on real-life experience and has later been adapted into a very successful Indian Bengali movie of the same name (মরুতীর্থ হিংলাজ 1959, Director: Bikash Roy; casting: Anil Chatterjee, Uttam Kumar, Sabitri Chatterjee, Pahari Sanyal, Bikash Roy, Chandrabati Devi).

Indian general election, 1989

Devi Lal, a Jat leader from Haryana stood up and refused the nomination, and said that he would prefer to be an 'elder uncle' to the Government, and that Singh should be PM.

Jitendra Prasada

His grand mother Purnima Devi was the niece of Rabindranath Tagore and mother Pamela Devi belonged to the royal family of Kapurthala State

Kara, Uttar Pradesh

Places of historical interest include; the Dargah of Khwaja Karak, the Kara Devi Temple, the Samadhi of Saint Maluk Das, a mound called fort of Jai Chand, Jama Masjid, Kshetrapal Bharav Temple, Kaleshwar Mahadev Temple, and Shivala Maharishi Ashramractions.

Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran

His mother was Pooram Nal Devi Amba Thampuratti while his father was Cheriyoor Mullapally Narayanan Namboothiri, Perinchelloor Gramam (Taliparamba) in Kannur District.

Kevvu Keka

Allari Naresh and Devi Prasad previously worked together in 2008 successful film Blade Babji.

Koluvu Srinivasa

Details of festivals and observances in the Tirumala temple and those at the temples of Govindaraja Swami and Kodandarama Swami at Tirupati, Padmavathi Devi at Tiruchanur, Sri Kalahastiswara at Sri Kalahasti and several other nearby temples are read out.

Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga

Shakti Peethas are shrines that are believes to have enshrined with the presence of Shakti due to the falling of body parts of the corpse of Sati Devi, when Lord Shiva carried it.

Mahavidya

Mahavidyas (Great Wisdoms) or Dasha-Mahavidyas are a group of ten aspects of the Divine Mother Durga or Kali herself or Devi in Hinduism.

Mukunda Das

He was born as Yajneshwar De to Gurudayal De and Shyamasundari Devi on 22 February 1878, in the village of Banari, in the Bikrampur pargana of Dhaka District (currently part of Munshiganj District, Bangladesh).

Peruvanam Pooram

The Panchari melams of Urakam Devi temple and the Cherpu Bhagavathy Temple, are amongst the finest performed, with the latter being the more famous.

Phijigee Mani

Phijigee Mani (English: The Only Jewel; also written as Phijigi Mani) is a 2011 Manipuri drama film directed by Oinam Gautam Singh, co-written and produced by Takhelchangbam Ongbi and Medha Sharmi, and starring an ensemble cast including Gurumayum Bonny Sharma, Elangbam Abenao and Leishangthem Tonthoingambi Devi.

Pon Arunachalam

Subsequently he became a regular contributor to Tamil periodicals including Thinamani Kadir, Kungumam, Devi, Cinema Express, Ananda Vikatan, Kumudam, Idayam Pesukirathu, Rani, Thai, Vanoli Kathai Mandram.

Princess Shruti of Nepal

Princess Shruti Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah (15 October 1976 – 1 June 2001) was the daughter of King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya, and sister of King Dipendra and Prince Nirajan.

Ramnagar, Udhampur

Ramnagar sits on the Mansa Devi Nallah, a tributary of the River Tawi that flows through Jammu.

Rokni Haerizadeh

Haerizadeh is in a number of notable collections globally, namely the Tate Modern, London, UK, Rosenblum Collection, Paris, France, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran, Charles Saatchi Collection, London, UK, JP Morgan Collection, NY, USA, Devi Art Foundation, Delhi, India, British Museum, London, UK, Francois Pinault Collection, Paris, France, Rubell Family Collection, Florida, USA, UCCA, Beijing.

Sai Maa

Sai Maa (born 1953) also known as Her Holiness Sai Maa (Mataji) or Sai Maa Lakshmi Devi is a guru and leader of a large community of followers, the head of the Humanity In Unity organization based in Boulder, Colorado, and an ashram based in Crestone, Colorado.

Sanchi Town

In Mahavamsa the site is referred to as Chetiyagiri, which was visited by Mahinda and his mother Devi.

Sarada Devi

The followers of the Ramakrishna movement regard Sarada Devi as an incarnation of the Divine Mother.

Shakti

A commonly accepted list of Shakti peethas and their famous temple complexes includes: Jwalaji (Himachal), Tara Tarini (Berhampur, Orissa), Katyayani (Chattarpur, Delhi), Kamakhya (Assam), Kali at Kalighat (Kolkata, West Bengal), Naina Devi (Himachal), Guhyeshwari Temple Devi (Kathmandu, Nepal), Vishalakshi Temple (Varanasi).

Shanti Devi

Shanti Devi (11 December 1926 – 27 December 1987) was born in Delhi, India.

Smt. Ramkuwar Devi Fomra Vivekananda Vidyalaya

Ramkuwar Devi Fomra Vivekananda Vidyalaya Junior College (SRDFVV) is a co-educational senior secondary school in the suburb of Chromepet, Chennai, India.

Sukhamo Devi

Sukhamo Devi is a 1986 Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed by Venu Nagavally who described the film as his own tragical love story.

Sunila Devi

Sunila Devi was born on 1 May 1963 at village Olipur in Lakhisarai district of Bihar.

The Bandit Queen

Bandit Queen, a 1994 film by Shekhar Kapoor on the life of Phoolan Devi

Uyarangalil

Devi (Kajal Kiran), the virgin young widow of Menon arrives at the plantation for future financial formalities.

Yasodara Devi Balika Maha Vidyalaya

Yasodara Devi Balika Maha Vidyalaya is a girls' school located in Gampaha district in Sri Lanka.

Yellapu

Kamala Devi in the presence of BJP leader Ch. Vidaysagar Rao, Karimnagar MP Ponnam Prabhakar, legislator A. Praveen Reddy, former legislators E. Peddi Reddy and Chada Venkat Reddy, freedom fighter Boinpalli Venkat Rama Rao.


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