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Surya Tilak
Surya Tilak (Devanagari: सूर्य तिलक, Romanised: ''Sūrya Tilaka'') also known as ''Surya Abhishek'' is the modern technological ritual of directing a beam of sunlight onto the forehead of the ''Ram Lalla'' idol within the Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir in Ayodhya on the occasion of Ram Navami. The first Surya Tilak was held on 17 April 2024. It is the collaborative event guided by the traditional Vedic rituals and supported by the modern scientific engineering. It is a display of modern science being used to enhance a religious and spiritual event. History The ritual of Surya Tilak was first demonstrated on 17 April 2024 at the Ram Mandir The Ram Mandir (ISO 15919, ISO: , ), also known as Shri Ramlalla Mandir, is a partially constructed Hindu temple, Hindu temple complex in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India. Many Hindus believe that it is located at the site of Ram Janmabhoomi, t ... in Ayodhya. It is a scientific engineering demonstration. It was conducted by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devanagari
Devanagari ( ; in script: , , ) is an Indic script used in the Indian subcontinent. It is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental Writing systems#Segmental systems: alphabets, writing system), based on the ancient ''Brāhmī script, Brāhmī'' script. It is one of the official scripts of India, official scripts of India and Nepal. It was developed in, and was in regular use by, the 8th century CE. It had achieved its modern form by 1000 CE. The Devanāgarī script, composed of 48 primary characters, including 14 vowels and 34 consonants, is the fourth most widely List of writing systems by adoption, adopted writing system in the world, being used for over 120 languages, the most popular of which is Hindi (). The orthography of this script reflects the pronunciation of the language. Unlike the Latin alphabet, the script has no concept of letter case, meaning the script is a unicase, unicameral alphabet. It is written from left to right, has a strong preference for symmetri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanization
In linguistics, romanization is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Latin script, Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and transcription (linguistics), transcription, for representing the spoken word, and combinations of both. Transcription methods can be subdivided into ''phonemic orthography, phonemic transcription'', which records the phonemes or units of semantic meaning in speech, and more strict ''phonetic transcription'', which records speech sounds with precision. Methods There are many consistent or standardized romanization systems. They can be classified by their characteristics. A particular system's characteristics may make it better-suited for various, sometimes contradictory applications, including document retrieval, linguistic analysis, easy readability, faithful representation of pronunciation. * Source, or donor language – A system may be tai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balak Ram (idol)
Balak Ram (, ), also known as Ram Lalla, is the presiding deity of the Ram Mandir, a prominent Hindu temple located at Ram Janmabhoomi, the birthplace of the Hindu deity Rama in Ayodhya (Ramayana), Ayodhya, India. ''Balak Rama'' is housed in the sacred ''sanctum sanctorum'' () of the ''Ram Mandir'', a traditional Hindu temple architecture, Nagara style temple. The ''murti (idol)'' was consecrated in an elaborate Prana pratishtha ceremony on January 22, 2024. Rama is one of the principal Hindu deities, deities of Hinduism and is traditionally considered by Hindus as the seventh avatar, or incarnation, of Vishnu. Before the Ram Mandir's inauguration, the deity was referred to by the previous name of , whose deity was first placed in the complex in 1949. The Ram Mandir location and the building of the mandir is Ayodhya dispute, controversial due to the demolition of a mosque formerly located at the place, and is an important subject of political debate in India. ''Balak Ram'' deit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
