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An 18th-century painting from Rajasthan depicts Chhinnamasta as black, as described in the Pranatoshini Tantra legend. She is seated on a copulating couple. Chhinnamasta is often named as the fifth [24] [25] [26] or sixth [1] [27] [20] Mahavidya (Mahavidyas are a group of ten fearsome goddesses from the Hindu esoteric tradition of Tantra), with hymns identifying her as a fierce aspect of Devi ...
[1] [2] Today much of the media is controlled by large, corporations, which reap revenue from advertising, subscriptions, and sale of copyrighted material. India has over 500 satellite channels (more than 80 are news channels) and 70,000 newspapers, the biggest newspaper market in the world with over 100 million copies sold each day. [3]
Bride burning is a form of domestic violence practiced in countries located on or around the Indian subcontinent.A form of dowry death, bride-burning occurs when a woman is murdered by her husband or his family for her family's refusal to pay additional dowry.
They turned their attention to India and Persia for advanced knowledge. Possession of Sind provided the Abbasids with a crucial pathway to access Indian expertise. This period saw the visit of an Indian astronomer-mathematician and diplomat from Sind, Kanaka, to Caliph Al-Mansur's court (754–775).
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The 20th century changed the world in unprecedented ways. The World Wars sparked tension between countries and led to the creation of atomic bombs, the Cold War led to the Space Race and the creation of space-based rockets, and the World Wide Web was created.
Pitchai Rajagopal (5 August 1947 – 18 July 2019) was the founder of the Saravana Bhavan chain of restaurants based in Chennai, India.Born in rural Tamil Nadu into a farming family, and with little education, Rajagopal built a global restaurant chain.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (ISO: Mōhanadāsa Karamacaṁda Gāṁdhī; [c] 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule.