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Maheshwar has been a centre of handloom weaving since the 5th century. Maheshwar is the home of one of India's finest handloom fabric traditions. It is noted as a centre for weaving colourful Maheshwari sarees. [6] It rose to popularity under the rule of strong maratha leader Queen Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar. Ahilya Bai wanted royal gifts for the ...
Uma–Maheshvara, central India, probably late 1000s to 1100s AD, buff sandstone, Dallas Museum of Art. Uma–Maheshvara (Sanskrit: उमामहेश्वर, romanized: Umāmaheśvara) is a form of the divine couple, Shiva (Maheshvara) and Parvati (Uma), in Hindu iconography.
The temple is in a green valley surrounded by snow peaks of Chaukhamba (literal meaning is four pillars or peaks), Neel Kanth and Kedarnath in high Himalayan hill ranges. [ 2 ] [ 9 ] The Kedar hills, called the Kedar Massif, gives a view of the mountain formation with a number of glaciers which include the source of the Mandakini River.
Maheshwar HD Sankalia , [ 8 ] PN Bose [ 9 ] and Francis Wilford , [ 9 ] among others, identify Mahishmati with present-day Maheshwar. Pargiter criticises this identification, stating that the Bramin priests of Maheshwar claimed their town as the ancient Mahishmati on basis of similar-sounding names, in order to glorify their town.
The Śiva·sūtras, technically akṣara·samāmnāya, variously called māheśvarāṇi sūtrāṇi, pratyāhāra·sūtrāṇi, varṇa·samāmnāya, etc., refer to a set of fourteen aphorisms devised as an arrangement of the sounds of Sanskrit for the purposes of grammatical exposition as carried out by the grammarian Pāṇini in the Aṣṭādhyāyī.
Maheshwar Singh is an Indian politician, who is currently the Member of Legislative Council from East Champaran as an Independent candidate. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He is also the former Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly from Harsidhi , he won the 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election as a Lok Janshakti Party candidate.
The presiding deity of the temple is Lord Shiva (one of his epithets is Maheshwarnath, meaning the great Lord). The temple was founded in 1888 by Pandit Shri Sajeebunlall Ramsoondur, who came from Calcutta. The temple is famous for its association with the first pilgrimage to Ganga Talao, the sacred lake found in the center of Mauritius. The ...
Maheshwar Tantra Sarala Hindi Vyakhya Sudhakar Malaviya Chowkambha (Narada Pancrata) Kamratna Tantra, Hemchandra Goswami; Tantric Texts Series Arthur Avalon (John Woodroffe) Tantrabhidhanam with Bijanighantu & Mudranighantu - A Tantric Dictionary; Shatchakranirupanam (Serpant Power) with 2 commentaries - Taranatha Vaidyaratna