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5 unusual facts about Shiv


Meera

Tune and lyrics of a very popular Hindi song 'Rang Barse Bhige Chunar wali, rang barse'(movie: Silsila (film), Music:Shiv-Hari, Lyrics:Harivansh Rai Bachchan ) which is generally played on Holi in urban areas of northern India, are taken from a folk bhajan.

Shiv Shani Mandir, Dhori

The presiding deity of the temple, Sri Shiv, as well as Parvati, Ganesh, Hanuman, Kartikey and Shaneshwara or Lord Shani (the personification of the planet Saturn) are worshipped with utmost reverence and devotion by multitudes of people from all over the locality.

Shiv-Hari

Shiv-Hari refers to the Indian music director duo of Shivkumar Sharma, an eminent Santoor player and Hariprasad Chaurasia, a virtuoso flautist.

With the active participation of accomplished guitarist Brij Bhushan Kabra and the unusual way in which this Indian classical music album was organized, the result was a fresh, edgy and slightly controversial form of music.

Trivedi Mewada Brahmin Barishi

Brahmins of Trivedi Mewada Brahmin Barishi are devotees of Shiv.


2011 Santosh Trophy

Cluster I and V matches were played in Guwahati, Cluster II matches were played in Mangaldoi, Cluster III matches will be played in Shiv Sagar, Cluster V matches will take place in Tinsukia, while Cluster VI, VIII and VIII matches will be held in Nagaon, Bongaigaon and Korkrajar respectively.

Edward Sequeira

An outstanding sportsman, Edward Sequeira contributed much to Indian athletics as a coach also, He attended a coaching conference in Tokyo in 1979.He was also on the Committee of the Amateur Federation of India, An officer with Tata Iron and Steel Co Mumbai, Sequeira was honoured the Maharashtra Government Shiv Chhatrapati Award and coveted Arjuna Award came in 1971.

Gandhi Global Family medals and awards

The recipients of the Mahatma Gandhi Award are the Indian Air Force and Indian Army for their work of rehabilitation and resettlement of Jammu and Kashmir State after the devastating 2005 Kashmir earthquake and Jain Acharya Samrat Dr Shiv Muni ji Maharaj of Sthanakvasi for promoting universal peace and brotherhood.

Garodia

Amongst the Garodias, Shiv Prasad Garodia who came from Ratannagar, Churu District of Rajasthan settled in Calcutta in the early 1900s.

Indus World School

The Indus World School was established by IIT and IIM alumni R. Satya Narayanan, Gautam Puri, Nikhil Mahajan, Sujit Bhattacharyya, R. Srinivasan, D. Vijay Kumar and Shiv Kumar who wished to create "a place of learning with a difference".

Lake Pichola

Octopussy, a 1983 James Bond film, was filmed in the precincts of the Lake Palace and other two palaces in Udaipur (Shiv Niwas Palace and Monsoon Palace).

Maharaja College, Jaipur

It was established in 1844 by Maharaja of Jaipur, Sawai Ram Singh II along with Pandit Shiv Deen, who also became its first principal.

Mahwa, India

Babu Maharaj Temple: Temple of Lord Shiv (Mahadev) is famous for treatment of skin diseases (kod rog).

Mohammed Iqbal Khan

After the ending of Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai he went on to do another serial Karam Apnaa Apnaa, where he played the role of Shiv Kapoor opposite Pallavi Subhash.

Neend Hamari Khwab Tumhare

Neend Hamari Khwab Tumhare is a 1966 Indian Bollywood film directed by Shiv Sahni and produced by Hans Choudhary.

Prakash Jadhav

He represented the Ramtek constituency of Maharashtra and was a member of the Shiv Sena (SS) political party, after resignation of Subodh Mohite from Lok Sabha and Shiv Sena and joining Congress.

Sehar

The movie is loosely based on the encounter of the notorious criminal Shiv Prakash Shukla alias Shri Prakash Shukla who was eliminated by the newly formed Special Task Force of the Uttar Pradesh Police.

Sharma Bandhu

Pandit Ramanand along with his younger brother Pandit Shiv Kumar sang Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas, Vinaya Patrika etc. and originated, and were also the exponents of their own style called Shri Ram Darbar Shaily (style) for 60 years.

Shiv Dutt Upadhyaya

Shiv Dutt Upadhyaya, was born in Dwarahat district of Almora in Uttarakhand, India.

Shiv Ganga Express

Shiv Ganga Express is an Indian Super-fast train of North Eastern Railway Zone named after the two jewels of Varanasi: Lord Shiva and the Ganges river.

Shiv Kumar Batalvi

Punjabi folk singer, Hans Raj Hans also did a popular album, ‘Gham’, on the poetry of Shiv Kumar.

Shiv Kumar Mishra

Shiv Kumar Mishra (1916 - December 12, 2007) was born in Unnao, lived in Kanpur, and led the Uttar Pradesh State Committee of Communist Party of India (Marxist) as a member of its Central Committee at the time of the outbreak of the Naxalite movement.

Shiv Kumar Patel

Shiv Kumar Patel (died July 22, 2007), also known as Dadua, was a notorious dacoit who operated in ravines and forests on the borders between the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

SSC College, Junnar

Shri Shiv Chhatrapati College (SSC College) is a degree college in western India, situated in the city of Junnar in Pune district.

Viraf Patel

He is best known for his role in the Yashraj Telefilm, Mahi Way as Shiv,Aditya Merchant in another Yashraj production-Kismat and as Shreshth in Teri Meri Love Stories opposite Shilpa Anand.

Zamaanat

An advocate named Shiv Shankar (Amitabh Bachchan) leaves his practice, after he loses his eyesight and becomes blind.


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