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  2. Lota (vessel) - Wikipedia

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    In some parts of the Indian subcontinent, the use of the phrase "bependi ka lota" (a "lota without a base") is colloquially used to refer to a person who may switch their loyalties. This comes from the observation that a spherical lota without a base tends to roll over in unpredictable directions when kept on uneven ground.

  3. Balipratipada - Wikipedia

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    Balipratipada (Bali-pratipadā), also called as Bali-Padyami, Padva, Virapratipada or Dyutapratipada, is the fourth day of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. [2] [3] It is celebrated in honour of the notional return of the daitya-king Bali (Mahabali) to earth.

  4. Glossary of Hinduism terms - Wikipedia

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    The first phase of a person's life where he goes to live with his guru to learn the different studies. Brahman The Supreme Transcendental Awareness which pervades and yet transcends the manifest universe. Not to be confused with the god Brahma or the varna Brahmin. Brahmin The class or varna of people consisting of priests, teachers, sages, and ...

  5. Indus script - Wikipedia

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    The spoken Harappan language has not been identified, so, assuming the script is a written language, the language the script is most likely to express is unknown. [5] However, an estimated 300 loanwords in the Rigveda may provide evidence of substrate language(s) which may have been spoken in the region of the Indus civilisation. [68] [i] [69]

  6. Ghoonghat - Wikipedia

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    A Hindu woman with a ghoonghat veil. A ghoonghat (ghunghat, ghunghta, ghomta, orhni, odani, laaj, chunari, jhund, kundh) is a headcovering or headscarf, worn primarily in the Indian subcontinent, by some married Hindu, Jain, and Sikh women to cover their heads, and often their faces.

  7. Sculpture - Wikipedia

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    Small clay figures of people and animals are found at many sites across the Near East from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, and represent the start of a more-or-less continuous tradition in the region. Löwenmensch , from Hohlenstein-Stadel , now in Ulmer Museum, Ulm , Germany , the oldest known anthropomorphic animal-human statuette, Aurignacian era ...

  8. Shilpkar - Wikipedia

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    In 1913, Shilpkar Sudharini Sabha, held a convention for the uplifting of Dalits and oppressed people of the area, known as the Shilpkar Mahasabha in Uttarakhand. [3] Arya Samaj influenced a lot of them, especially in the Garhwal region, and many of them dropped their caste surnames and adopted 'Arya' as a last name. Jayananda Bharati and ...

  9. Masks of West Bengal - Wikipedia

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    Chhau Mask dance performing in the field Tribal bamboo mask from Dinajpur Mask or Mukhosh of West Bengal, as it is known for has a mysterious history. Mostly it uses for the Mask Dance, the folk dance of West Bengal. The wearing of these masks is connected with early types of folklore and religion. There are various type of masks made up of clay, wood, sponge wood or shola, pith, paper, metal ...