Ganesha is a prominent Hindu god. He is the god of beginnings, wisdom and luck and worshipped as the remover of obstacles. Ganesha is easily recognized...
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Ganesha (Sanskrit: गणेश, IAST: Gaṇeśa), also spelled Ganesh, and also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, Lambodara and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and...
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and leaders of the new religions in Japan, three times the number of traditional Shinto priests. Many of these new religions derive from Shinto, retain...
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Ganesh Chaturthi (redirect from Ganesha Chaturthi (old version))
festival is marked with the installation of Ganesha's murtis (devotional representations of a deity) privately in homes and publicly on elaborate pandals...
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There are many anecdotes of Ganesha. Ganesha's elephant head makes him easy to identify. He is worshipped as the lord of beginnings and as the lord of...
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which 1.21% are Bangladeshi nationals and other religions (0.86%) (including Chinese ethnic religions). 0.63% reported themselves as non-religious and...
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religions, sometimes also termed Dharmic religions or Indic religions, are the religions that originated in the Indian subcontinent. These religions,...
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temple (mandir) dedicated to Ganesha, god of wisdom. It is located in Moragaon in Pune District, about 65 km away from Pune city in the Indian state of Maharashtra...
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Gana (category Non-human races in Hindu mythology)
to discuss matters of religion or other topics. In Hinduism, the Gaṇas are attendants of Shiva and live on Mount Kailash. Ganesha was chosen as their leader...
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The Ganesha drinking milk miracle was a phenomenon which occurred on 21 September 1995, in which statues of the Hindu deity Ganesha were observed to be...
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Axis mundi (redirect from World axis)
practices or animist belief systems, in major world religions, and in technologically advanced "urban centers". In Mircea Eliade's opinion: "Every Microcosm...
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Kangiten (category Forms of Ganesha)
Kōyasan Shingon-shū Uchchhishta Ganapati Acala Benzaiten Daikokuten Ganesha in world religions Guanyin Modak Skanda (Buddhism) 大孔雀咒王經, pinyin: Dàkǒngquè zhòuwáng...
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indigenous religion. A cult of Ganesha (Chinese: 象頭神 Xiàngtóushén, "Elephant-Head God") is attested in the year 531. Pollination from Indian religions included...
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elephant-like figures occur in mythology and religion. Ganesh, the famous Hindu deity. Malini, a goddess associated with the birth of Ganesha Vinayaki, a Hindu...
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the god Ganesha, It is one of the religious destinations near Murudeshwara, it is located on the West Coast of India in the Idagunji town in Uttara Kannada...
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Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago (category Hindu temples in Illinois)
complex in Lemont, Illinois. It was inaugurated and opened to the public in 1986. It includes a Rama temple and a temple dedicated to Ganesha, Shiva,...
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Religion in Tamil Nadu consists of various religions practiced by the populace of the state. Hinduism is the predominant religion in the state with significant...
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Polytheism (redirect from Polytheistic religions)
Roman religion, and in ethnic religions such as Germanic, Slavic, and Baltic paganism and Native American religions. Notable polytheistic religions practiced...
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Ganesha Ratha is a temple in Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of ten rathas ("chariots") carved out of pink granite within the group...
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Dodda Basavana Gudi (redirect from Dodda Ganesha Temple)
Hindu deity Ganesha close by. Every year on the last Monday and Tuesday of the Hindu month of Karthika Maasa a groundnut fair is held in the temple premises...
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an important role in the lives of the Maharashtrian people in their day-to-day life. Ganesha, Vitthala, other incarnations of Vishnu such as Rama and Krishna...
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Panchamukha (section Ganesha)
iconography, such as Hanuman, Shiva, Brahma, Ganesha, and Gayatri. The deity Hanuman is sometimes featured with five-faces in his iconography, known as Panchamukhi...
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largest religion in the Indian subcontinent, and the third largest religion in the world. It has been called the "oldest religion" in the world, and many...
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Avatar (section Avatars of Ganesha)
commonly found. While avatars of other deities such as Ganesha and Shiva are also mentioned in medieval Hindu texts, this is minor and occasional. The...
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Diwali (redirect from Diwali in Maharashtra)
is the Hindu festival of lights, with variations celebrated in other Indian religions such as Jainism and Sikhism. It symbolises the spiritual victory...
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that 1% prefer not to say and another 1% has no religion. Thai law officially recognizes five religions: Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, and Sikhism...
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of Hindu temples in India Freedom of religion in India Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 Hindu Code Bills "The Major Religions In India". WorldAtlas. 20 September...
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Hinduism (redirect from Prophets in Hinduism)
Vegetarianism Related systems and religions Adivasi religion Ayyavazhi Bathouism Donyi-Polo Dravidian folk religion Eastern religions Eastern philosophy Gurung...
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school, kristendomskunnskap med religions- og livssynsorientering (Teachings of Christianity with orientation about religion and philosophy), KRL. The applicants...
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