Ashokas

          Ashoka trees The Ashoka tree, literally, “sorrow-less” or Saraca asoca is a plant belonging to the Caesalpinioideae subfamily of the legume family. It is an important tree in the cultural traditions of the Indian subcontinent and adjacent areas. It is sometimes incorrectly known as Saraca indica. The Ashoka is a rain-forest tree. Its original distribution…

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Shri

Shri Shri (Devanagari: श्री, ISO: Śrī, also transliterated as Shree, Sri, or Sree, is an Indian word denoting wealth and prosperity, primarily used as a honorific.  Hindu goddess of wealth, Lakshmi, is also known as Shree. In Devanagari script for Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi and other languages, the word ⟨श्री⟩ is combination of three sounds: श् (ś), र् (r) and ई (ī, long…

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Pitris

Pitris The Pitris (Sanskrit: पितृ, the fore-fathers), are the spirits of the departed ancestors in Hindu culture. They are often remembered annually. The most complete accounts about the Pitṛs are found in the Vayu Purana and Brahmanda Purana and both are practically identical. The account in the Harivamsha is shorter but agrees closely with them. The similar but brief accounts are…

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Kolahala

Kolahala Kolahala was the mountain which, maddened by lust, once attacked the river Suktimati near Chedi capital . Vasu Uparichara, beholding the foul attempt, struck the mountain with his foot. By the indentation caused by Vasu’s stamp, the river came out of the embraces of Kolahala. But the mountain begat…

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Suktimati

Suktimati Suktimati was the capital city of the Chedi Kingdom in India. It lay on the banks of the river Suktimati flowing through Chedi. It was built by a Chedi king known as Uparichara vasu. In the Mahabharata, it has been quoted that this river gave birth to twins (a boy and a girl)…

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