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  2. Ratri - Wikipedia

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    'night', IAST: Rātri; also referred to as Nisha), is a Vedic goddess in Hinduism. [2] She is the personification of the night. [ 3 ] The majority of references to Ratri are found in Rigveda and she is described as the sister of Ushas , the personification of dawn.

  3. List of Nakshatras - Wikipedia

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    A list of them is first found in the Vedanga Jyotisha, a text dated to the final centuries BCE [citation needed]. The Nakṣatra system predates the influence of Hellenistic astronomy on Vedic tradition, which became prevalent from about the 2nd century CE.

  4. Marathi Vishwakosh - Wikipedia

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    The Marathi Vishwakosh (lit. ' Marathi Encyclopedia ') is an online free encyclopedia in Marathi language, funded by the Government of Maharashtra, India. [1] [2] The project to create the encyclopedia started as a print project and was inaugurated in 1960, and Lakshman Shastri Joshi was named the first president of the project. The first ...

  5. List of Bal Sahitya Puraskar winners for Marathi - Wikipedia

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    Following is the list of recipients of Bal Sahitya Puraskar for their works written in Marathi. The award comprises a cash prize of Rs . 50,000 and an engraved copper plaque. [ 1 ]

  6. Nakshatra - Wikipedia

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    In Hindu astronomy, there was an older tradition of 28 Nakshatras which were used as celestial markers in the heavens. When these were mapped into equal divisions of the ecliptic, a division of 27 portions was adopted since that resulted in a clearer definition of each portion (i.e. segment) subtending 13° 20′ (as opposed to 12° 51 + 3 ⁄ 7 ′ in the case of 28 segments).

  7. Kalnirnay - Wikipedia

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    It is published in nine languages – English, Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Punjabi with Marathi accounting for the bulk of its readers. [ 7 ] In addition to dates and times of religious and cultural relevance, each issue also contains articles on topics such as health, food and beauty.

  8. Culture of Maharashtra - Wikipedia

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    Ganesh Chaturthi, a popular festival in the state. Maharashtra is the third largest state of India in terms of land area and second largest in terms of population in India. . It has a long history of Marathi saints of Varakari religious movement, such as Dnyaneshwar, Namdev, Chokhamela, Eknath and Tukaram which forms the one of bases of the culture of Maharashtra or Marathi culture.

  9. Ministry of Marathi Language - Wikipedia

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    Marathi is one of the biggest language in the world. Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly by around 83 million Marathi people of Maharashtra, India.It is the official language and co-official language in the Maharashtra and Goa states of Western India, respectively and is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India.