The Dashavatara (Sanskrit: दशावतार, daśāvatāra) are the ten primary avatars of Vishnu, a principal Hindu god. Vishnu is said to descend in the form of an avatar to restore cosmic order. The word Dashavatara derives from daśa, meaning "ten", and avatāra, roughly equivalent to "incarnation".. The list of included avatars varies across sects and regions, particularly in …

The Jagannath Temple is an important Hindu temple dedicated to Jagannath, a form of Vishnu - one of the trinity of supreme divinity in Hinduism, Puri is in the state of Odisha on the eastern coast of India. The present temple was rebuilt from the tenth century onwards, on the site of pre existing temples in the compound but not the main Jagannatha temple, and begun by …

The Paramara dynasty (IAST: Paramāra) was an Indian dynasty that ruled Malwa and surrounding areas in west-central India between 9th and 14th centuries. They belonged to the Parmara clan of the Rajputs.. The dynasty was established in either the 9th or 10th century, and its early rulers most probably ruled as vassals of the Rashtrakutas of Manyakheta.The earliest …

Vishvarupa (Sanskrit: विश्वरूप, lit. 'universal form', IAST: Viśvarūpā) is an iconographical form and theophany of a Hindu deity, most commonly associated with Vishnu in contemporary Hinduism.Though there are multiple Vishvarupa theophanies, the most celebrated is in the Bhagavad Gita, given by Krishna in the epic Mahabharata, which was told to Pandava prince …

The Gupta period produced scholars such as Kalidasa, Aryabhata, Varahamihira, ... The rule of his son Govinda III signaled a new era with Rashtrakuta victories against the Pala Dynasty of Bengal and Gurjara Pratihara of north western India resulting in the ... They traced their origins to Krishna who was the conqueror of Kalinjar and Dahala in ...

Amitav Ghosh (born 11 July 1956) is an Indian writer.He won the 54th Jnanpith award in 2018, India's highest literary honor. Ghosh's ambitious novels use complex narrative strategies to probe the nature of national and personal identity, particularly of the people of India and South Asia. He has written historical fiction and also written non-fiction works discussing topics such as …

Pradyumna was the son of Krishna and the sixty-first grandson of Adinarayana. His mother was Rukmini, whom Krishna had eloped with from Vidarbha during her swayamvara on her request. Pradyumna was born in Dvaraka.He was the reincarnation of the demigod Kamadeva, the deity having previously been burnt to ashes formerly by the fury of Shiva.. According to the …

Abhishek Sharma (born 30 May 1983), popularly known by his stage name Krushna Abhishek, is an Indian actor, comedian, television presenter and producer.He became successful as a comedian after participating in several Comedy Circus seasons. He also participated in numerous dance reality shows, including Nach Baliye 3 (2007) and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 4 (2010).

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), known colloquially as the Hare Krishna movement or Hare Krishnas, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava religious organization. ISKCON was founded in 1966 in New York City by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.. Its core beliefs are based on Hindu scriptures, particularly the Bhagavad Gita and the Bhagavata …

Naraka, also known as Narakasura (Sanskrit: नरकासुर, romanized: Narakāsura), is an asura king in Hindu mythology. In Assamese tradition, he is regarded as the legendary progenitor of all three dynasties of Pragjyotisha-Kamarupa, and the founding ruler of the legendary Bhauma dynasty of Pragjyotisha. Though the myths about Naraka are first mentioned in the Mahabharata, later ...