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Rambhatla
Rambhatla Lakshminarayana Sastry(b: 9 December 1908 - d: 19 November 1995) was an eminent Indian teacher, author, playwright, translator, commentator and speaker in Telugu & Sanskrit languages. Sastry's life and notable works have been documented and covered in Telugu University under Luminaries of 20th Century. Childhood and education Sastry was born at Gudivada Agraharam in Palakonda division of Srikakulam district. He lost his father at the age of 13 years. After schooling, Sastry studied Telugu and Sanskrit languages formally. He later joined in Maharajah Government Sanskrit College, Vizianagaram and obtained PoL and M.A. degrees from Banaras Hindu University. Teaching career He has worked as a Telugu pundit in junior colleges in Parvathipuram and Salur for a few years. He then moved to Visakhpatnam and joined as a Telugu lecturer in Mrs. A.V.N. College. Throughout the course of his teaching career Sastry has mentored hundreds of students who later went onto become scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Srikakulam District
Srikakulam district is one of the twenty-six districts of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located in the Uttarandhra region of the state, with its headquarters located at Srikakulam. It is one of the six districts, located in the extreme northeastern direction of the state. It was formerly known as Chicacole , and was under Ganjam district till 1936 April 1, then merged under Vizagapatam district .This was once the part of ancient Kalinga. History Prehistory Evidence of early historic man and his activities during the Stone Age and Iron Age have been discovered at Sangamayya Konda and Dannanapeta. The speciality of Dannanapeta Iron Age megalithic site is a large single capstone as a dolmen with 36 ft in length and 14 ft in width and 2 ft thickness. Sailada Hills consists of 36 upright rocks and natural caves used for habitation by Iron Age man in Amudalavalasa mandal of the district. Jainism and Buddhism Evidences of Jain monuments and Buddhi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palakonda
Palakonda is a town in Parvathipuram Manyam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a nagar panchayat and the mandal headquarters of Palakonda mandal in Palakonda revenue division Geography Palakonda is located at . It has an average elevation of 44 meters (147 feet). Demography According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India, Palkonda Taluk was in Vizagapatnam district with a total area of . The cultivated land is irrigated by the Nagavali River. The Agency area contains about of Reserved Forest. The population in 1901 was 215,376 compared with 201,331 in 1891. There were two towns Palkonda and Razam and 334 villages. The Agency area had population of about 11,000 people, chiefly Savaras living in 106 villages. The greater part of Taluk was held on Ryotwari and belongs to Rajas of Bobbili and Vizianagram. It was within Ganjam District of Orissa state till 1950 when Srikakulam district was formed. Government and politics Palakonda Nagar panchayat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sashtiaapdapoorthi
''Shashtipurti'' () or ''Shashtiabdapurti'' () is a Hindu Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ... ceremony marking the completion of sixty years of age. It also marks the completion of half the years of one's lifetime in Hindu belief, as an age of one hundred and twenty years is considered the theoretical lifespan of a human being. Etymology ''Shashtipurti'' is a portmanteau derived from Sanskrit words ''shashti'', meaning sixty, and ''abdapurti'', meaning cycle of sixty years. Description The rituals that comprise this ceremony include the ''shanti'' and the ''kranti''. The Ugraratha Shanti is a prayer sent to the heavens to make the post-sixty span a spiritually fulfilling experience. After the successful completion of ''shanti'', the ''kranti'' rituals, which sign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All India Radio
All or ALL may refer to: Language * All, an indefinite pronoun in English * All, one of the English determiners * Allar language (ISO 639-3 code) * Allative case (abbreviated ALL) Music * All (band), an American punk rock band * ''All'' (All album), 1999 * ''All'' (Descendents album) or the title song, 1987 * ''All'' (Horace Silver album) or the title song, 1972 * ''All'' (Yann Tiersen album), 2019 * "All" (song), by Patricia Bredin, representing the UK at Eurovision 1957 * "All (I Ever Want)", a song by Alexander Klaws, 2005 * "All", a song by Collective Soul from '' Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid'', 1994 Science and mathematics * ALL (complexity), the class of all decision problems in computability and complexity theory * Acute lymphoblastic leukemia * Anterolateral ligament Sports * American Lacrosse League * Arena Lacrosse League, Canada * Australian Lacrosse League Other uses * All, Missouri, a community in the United States * All, a brand of Sun Products ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhagavatham
The ''Bhagavata Purana'' ( sa, भागवतपुराण; ), also known as the ''Srimad Bhagavatam'', ''Srimad Bhagavata Mahapurana'' or simply ''Bhagavata'', is one of Hinduism's eighteen great Puranas (''Mahapuranas''). Composed in Sanskrit by Veda Vyasa, it promotes '' bhakti'' (devotion) towards Krishna, integrating themes from the Advaita (monism) philosophy of Adi Shankara, the Vishishtadvaita (qualified monism) of Ramanujacharya and the Dvaita (dualism) of Madhvacharya. It is widely available in almost all Indian languages. The ''Bhagavata Purana'', like other puranas, discusses a wide range of topics including cosmology, astronomy, genealogy, geography, legend, music, dance, yoga and culture. As it begins, the forces of evil have won a war between the benevolent ''devas'' (deities) and evil ''asuras'' (demons) and now rule the universe. Truth re-emerges as Krishna, (called "Hari" and "Vāsudeva" in the text) – first makes peace with the demons, understands the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
