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Pushpagiri Temple Complex

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Pushpagiri Temple Complex is a temple complex located in Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh, India. [1]

98 relations: Adi Shankara, Administrative divisions of India, Advaita Vedanta, Aegle marmelos, Agastya, Ambrosia, Andhra Pradesh, Archaeological Survey of India, Arkavati, Atlur, Buddhism, Chalukya dynasty, Char Dham, Chola art, Chola dynasty, Circumambulation, Dakṣiṇācāra, Deva (Hinduism), Deva Raya, Devanagari, Dwajasthambam, Garuda, GARUDA, Garuda Purana, Hatakeswara, Himalayas, Hinduism, Ikshvaku dynasty, India, Indian Standard Time, Indra, Jainism, Janamejaya II, Jyotirlinga, Kadapa, Kadapa district, Kadru, Kakatiya dynasty, Kalamukha, Kamakshi, Kannada, Kapalika, Karikala, Karnataka, Kaveri, Kayastha, Krishna III, Krishnadevaraya, Lakulisha, Lingam, ..., List of districts in India, Low-pressure area, Mahabharata, Monsoon, Nandi (bull), Nandi Hills, India, Nellore, Nellore district, Palar River, Pallava dynasty, Parikrama, Pashupata Shaivism, Penna River, Pilgrimage, Pinaka (Hinduism), Postal Index Number, Puranas, Rama, Ramayana, Rameswaram, Rashtrakuta dynasty, Rayalaseema, Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya, Sanskrit, Satya Yuga, Shaivism, Shaktism, Shiva, Skanda Purana, Solar deity, Sri Yantra, Srisailam Project (RFC) Township, States and union territories of India, Tamil language, Tantra, Telephone numbers in India, Telugu language, Tourism, Treta Yuga, Tropical cyclone, Vaishnavism, Vamachara, Varanasi, Vijayanagara Empire, Vinata, Vindhya Range, Vishnu, Zamindar. Expand index (48 more) »

Adi Shankara

Adi Shankara (pronounced) or Shankara, was an early 8th century Indian philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta.

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Administrative divisions of India

The administrative divisions of India are subnational administrative units of India; they compose a nested hierarchy of country subdivisions.

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Advaita Vedanta

Advaita Vedanta (अद्वैत वेदान्त, IAST:, literally, "not-two"), originally known as Puruṣavāda, is a school of Hindu philosophy and religious practice, and one of the classic Indian paths to spiritual realization.

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Aegle marmelos

Aegle marmelos L., commonly known as bael (or bili or bhel), also Bengal quince, golden apple, Japanese bitter orange, stone apple or wood apple, is a species of tree native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

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Agastya

Agastya was a revered Vedic sage of Hinduism.

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Ambrosia

In the ancient Greek myths, ambrosia (ἀμβροσία, "immortality") is sometimes the food or drink of the Greek gods, often depicted as conferring longevity or immortality upon whoever consumed it.

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Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh is one of the 29 states of India.

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Archaeological Survey of India

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is a Government of India (Ministry of Culture) organisation responsible for archaeological research and the conservation and preservation of cultural monuments in the country.

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Arkavati

The Arkavati is an important mountain river in Karnataka, India, originating at Nandi Hills of Chikkaballapura district.

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Atlur

Atlur is a village in Kadapa district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

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Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Chalukya dynasty

The Chalukya dynasty was an Indian royal dynasty that ruled large parts of southern and central India between the 6th and the 12th centuries.

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Char Dham

The Char Dham ("four abodes") is a set of four pilgrimage sites in India.

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Chola art

The period of the imperial Cholas (c. 850 CE - 1250 CE) was an age of continuous improvement and refinement of Dravidian art and architecture.

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Chola dynasty

The Chola dynasty was one of the longest-ruling dynasties in the history of southern India.

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Circumambulation

Circumambulation (from Latin circum around and ambulātus to walk) is the act of moving around a sacred object or idol.

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Dakṣiṇācāra

The term Dakshinachara (Right-Hand Path) is a technical term used to refer to Tantric sects that do not engage in heterodox practices.

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Deva (Hinduism)

Deva (Sanskrit: देव) means "heavenly, divine, anything of excellence", and is also one of the terms for a deity in Hinduism.

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Deva Raya

Deva Raya I (reigned 1406–1422 CE) was a king of the Vijayanagara Empire (of the Sangama Dynasty).

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Devanagari

Devanagari (देवनागरी,, a compound of "''deva''" देव and "''nāgarī''" नागरी; Hindi pronunciation), also called Nagari (Nāgarī, नागरी),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group,, page 83 is an abugida (alphasyllabary) used in India and Nepal.

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Dwajasthambam

A Dhvaja sthambham, kodi maram or kodi-k-kambam is a flagstaff that usually features South Indian Hindu temples.

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Garuda

The Garuda is a legendary bird or bird-like creature in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain mythology.

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GARUDA

GARUDA(Global Access to Resource Using Distributed Architecture) is India's Grid Computing initiative connecting 17 cities across the country.

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Garuda Purana

The Garuda Purana is one of eighteen Mahāpurāṇa genre of texts in Hinduism.

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Hatakeswara

Hatakeswara is a form of Shiva worshipped by the cult of Lingayat or Veera Pashupatha.

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Himalayas

The Himalayas, or Himalaya, form a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or a way of life, widely practised in the Indian subcontinent.

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Ikshvaku dynasty

The Ikshvaku dynasty, in Puranic literature, was a dynasty founded by the legendary king Ikshvaku.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian Standard Time

Indian Standard Time (IST) is the time observed throughout India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30.

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Indra

(Sanskrit: इन्द्र), also known as Devendra, is a Vedic deity in Hinduism, a guardian deity in Buddhism, and the king of the highest heaven called Saudharmakalpa in Jainism.

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Jainism

Jainism, traditionally known as Jain Dharma, is an ancient Indian religion.

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Janamejaya II

Janamejaya (जनमेजय) was a Kuru king who reigned during the Middle Vedic period (12th-9th centuries BCE).

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Jyotirlinga

A Jyotirlinga or Jyotirlingam, is a devotional representation of the Supreme God Shiva.

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Kadapa

Kadapa (formerly known as Cuddapah) is a city in the Rayalseema region of the south-central part of Andhra Pradesh, India and also called as "Heart of Rayalaseema".

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Kadapa district

Kadapa district is said to be the heart of the Rayalaseema as it is centrally located and well connected with the 4 districts of Rayalaseema.

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Kadru

In Hindu mythology, according to the Adi Parva of the Mahabharata, Kadru is usually regarded as the daughter of Daksha.

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Kakatiya dynasty

The Kakatiya dynasty was a South Indian dynasty whose capital was Orugallu, now known as Warangal.

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Kalamukha

The Kalamukha were a medieval Shaivite sect of the Deccan Plateau who were among the first professional monks of India.

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Kamakshi

The goddess Kamakshee is the form of Tripura Sundari or Parvati or the universal mother goddess.

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Kannada

Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Kannada people in India, mainly in the state of Karnataka, and by significant linguistic minorities in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, Goa and abroad.

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Kapalika

The Kāpālika tradition was a non-Puranic form of Shaivism in India.

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Karikala

Karikala was a Chola king who ruled in southern India during the Sangam period.

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Karnataka

Karnataka also known Kannada Nadu is a state in the south western region of India.

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Kaveri

Kaveri (anglicized as Cauvery), also referred as Ponni, is an Indian river flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

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Kayastha

Kayastha (also referred to as Kayasth or Kayeth) is a group consisting of a cluster of several different castes(or sub-groups) of different origin from India.

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Krishna III

Krishna III whose Kannada name was Kannara (r. 939 – 967 C.E.) was the last great warrior and able monarch of the Rashtrakuta Dynasty of Manyakheta.

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Krishnadevaraya

Krishnadevaraya (IAST) was an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire who reigned from 1509–1529.

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Lakulisha

Lakulisha (Sanskrit:, Devnagari: लकुलीश) (Etymology: लगुड (staff) or लकुट (mace) + ईश (lord).

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Lingam

Lingam (Sanskrit: लिंगम्,, lit. "sign, symbol or mark"; also linga, Shiva linga), is an abstract or aniconic representation of the Hindu deity Shiva, used for worship in temples, smaller shrines, or as self-manifested natural objects.

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List of districts in India

A district (zilā) is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory.

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Low-pressure area

A low-pressure area, low, or depression, is a region on the topographic map where the atmospheric pressure is lower than that of surrounding locations.

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Mahabharata

The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.

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Monsoon

Monsoon is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation, but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with the asymmetric heating of land and sea.

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Nandi (bull)

Nandi (नन्दि, நந்தி, ನಂದಿ, న౦ది, ନନ୍ଦି) is the name of the gate- guardian deity of Kailasa, the abode of Lord Shiva.

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Nandi Hills, India

Nandi Hills or Nandi betta (Anglicised forms include Nandidurg and Nandydoorg) is an ancient hill fortress in southern India, in the Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka state.

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Nellore

Nellore is a city and district headquarters of Nellore district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

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Nellore district

Nellore district (officially: Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district), located in Coastal Andhra region is one of the 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh.

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Palar River

Palar is a river of southern India.

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Pallava dynasty

The Pallava dynasty was a South Indian dynasty that existed from 275 CE to 897 CE, ruling a portion of southern India.

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Parikrama

Parikrama or Pradakshina refers to circumambulation of sacred places in Hindu, Jain or Buddhist context, and the path along which this is performed.

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Pashupata Shaivism

Pashupata Shaivism (पाशुपत) is the oldest of the major Shaivite Hindu schools.

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Penna River

The Penna (also known as Pennar, Penner, Penneru or North Pinākinī) is a river of southern India.

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Pilgrimage

A pilgrimage is a journey or search of moral or spiritual significance.

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Pinaka (Hinduism)

Shiva Dhanush (शिव धनुष) or Pinaka (पिनाक, pínāka) is the bow of Lord Shiva.

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Postal Index Number

A Postal Index Number or PIN or PIN code is a code in the post office numbering or post code system used by India Post, the Indian postal administration.

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Puranas

The Puranas (singular: पुराण), are ancient Hindu texts eulogizing various deities, primarily the divine Trimurti God in Hinduism through divine stories.

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Rama

Rama or Ram (Sanskrit: राम, IAST: Rāma), also known as Ramachandra, is a major deity of Hinduism.

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Ramayana

Ramayana (रामायणम्) is an ancient Indian epic poem which narrates the struggle of the divine prince Rama to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana.

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Rameswaram

Rameswaram, (also spelt as Ramesvaram, Rameshwaram) is a town and a second grade municipality in the Ramanathapuram district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Rashtrakuta dynasty

Rashtrakuta (IAST) was a royal dynasty ruling large parts of the Indian subcontinent between the sixth and 10th centuries.

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Rayalaseema

Rayalaseema is a geographic region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It comprises four southern districts of the state namely, Anantapur, Chittoor, Kadapa and Kurnool. census of India, the region with four districts had a population of 15,184,908 and covers an area of.

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Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya

Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya (r. 1485–1491 CE) (or Saluva Narasimha, Saluva Narasimha I) was an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire from the Saluva Dynasty.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.

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Satya Yuga

The Satya Yuga (Sanskrit: सत्य युग), also called Satyug, or Kṛta Yuga (Sanskrit: कृत युग) in Hinduism, is the first of the four Yugas, the "Yuga (Age or Era) of Truth", when humanity is governed by gods, and every manifestation or work is close to the purest ideal and humanity will allow intrinsic goodness to rule supreme.

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Shaivism

Shaivism (Śaivam) (Devanagari: शैव संप्रदाय) (Bengali: শৈব) (Tamil: சைவம்) (Telugu: శైవ సాంప్రదాయం) (Kannada:ಶೈವ ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯ) is one of the major traditions within Hinduism that reveres Shiva as the Supreme Being.

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Shaktism

Shaktism (Sanskrit:, lit., "doctrine of energy, power, the Goddess") is a major tradition of Hinduism, wherein the metaphysical reality is considered feminine and the Devi (goddess) is supreme.

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Shiva

Shiva (Sanskrit: शिव, IAST: Śiva, lit. the auspicious one) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.

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Skanda Purana

The Skanda Purana (IAST: Skanda Purāṇa) is the largest Mahāpurāṇa, a genre of eighteen Hindu religious texts.

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Solar deity

A solar deity (also sun god or sun goddess) is a sky deity who represents the Sun, or an aspect of it, usually by its perceived power and strength.

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Sri Yantra

The Sri Yantra or Sri Chakra is a form of mystical diagram (yantra) used in the Shri Vidya school of Hindu tantra.

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Srisailam Project (RFC) Township

Srisailam Project (RFC) Township is a census town in Kurnool district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

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States and union territories of India

India is a federal union comprising 29 states and 7 union territories, for a total of 36 entities.

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Tamil language

Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language predominantly spoken by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, and by the Tamil diaspora, Sri Lankan Moors, Burghers, Douglas, and Chindians.

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Tantra

Tantra (Sanskrit: तन्त्र, literally "loom, weave, system") denotes the esoteric traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism that co-developed most likely about the middle of 1st millennium CE.

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Telephone numbers in India

Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) codes are assigned to each city/town/village, with the larger Metro cities having shorter area codes (STD codes), which are from 2 to 8 digits long.

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Telugu language

Telugu (తెలుగు) is a South-central Dravidian language native to India.

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Tourism

Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours.

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Treta Yuga

Treta Yuga (Sanskrit: त्रेता युग) is the second out of the four yugas, or ages of mankind, in the religion of Hinduism.

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Tropical cyclone

A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain.

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Vaishnavism

Vaishnavism (Vaishnava dharma) is one of the major traditions within Hinduism along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism.

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Vamachara

Vāmācāra (वामाचार) is a Sanskrit term meaning "left-handed attainment" and is synonymous with "Left-Hand Path" or "Left-path" (Sanskrit: Vāmamārga).

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Varanasi

Varanasi, also known as Benares, Banaras (Banāras), or Kashi (Kāśī), is a city on the banks of the Ganges in the Uttar Pradesh state of North India, south-east of the state capital, Lucknow, and east of Allahabad.

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Vijayanagara Empire

The Vijayanagara Empire (also called Karnata Empire, and the Kingdom of Bisnegar by the Portuguese) was based in the Deccan Plateau region in South India.

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Vinata

Vinata is the mother of birds.

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Vindhya Range

The Vindhya Range(also known as Vindhyachal)() is a complex, discontinuous chain of mountain ridges, hill ranges, highlands and plateau escarpments in west-central India.

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Vishnu

Vishnu (Sanskrit: विष्णु, IAST) is one of the principal deities of Hinduism, and the Supreme Being in its Vaishnavism tradition.

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Zamindar

A zamindar in the Indian subcontinent was an aristocrat.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushpagiri_Temple_Complex

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