Sagara (Sanskrit: सगर, romanized: Sagara, lit. 'one who is born with poison') is a mythological king of the Suryavamsha dynasty in Hinduism. The son of...

In Hindu cosmology, the Kshira Sagara (IAST: Kṣīra Sāgara; Tamil: Tiruppāṟkaṭal; Malayalam: Pālāḻi) or Ocean of Milk is the fifth from the centre of the...

mother of the warrior Bhishma in a union with the Kuru king Shantanu. In Hinduism, Ganga is seen as a mother to humanity. Pilgrims immerse the ashes of their...

principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme being within Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism. Vishnu is known as...

Suryavamsha dynasty in Hinduism. The son of Asamanjasa, Amshuman becomes the king of Ayodhya after the death of his grandfather, King Sagara. Amshuman's grandson...

explains the origin of the elixir of eternal life, amrita. Sāgara manthana (सागरमन्थन) – Sāgara is another word for Samudra, both meaning a sea or large...

Takshaka (Sanskrit: तक्षक, Takṣaka) is a Nagaraja in Hinduism and Buddhism. He is mentioned in the Hindu epic Mahabharata as well as in the Bhagavata Purana...

mortal at one time in Hinduism. Amrita, the divine nectar that grants immortality, could only be obtained by churning Kshira Sagara ('Ocean of Milk'). The...

Mandhatri, Muchukunda, Ambarisha, Bharata, Bahubali, Harishchandra, Dilīpa, Sagara, Raghu, Rama, and Pasenadi. Both the Hindu Puranas and the Buddhist texts...

Brahuka Pratapendra Bruka Sushandhi Bahuka Vrika or Bharata II Bahu or Asita Sagara Amshuman Dilipa I Bhagiratha Suhotra Shruti Kukutsa II Raghu I Nabhaga Ambarisha...

Vasuki (Sanskrit: वासुकि, romanized: Vāsuki) is the king of the nagas in Hinduism. He is described as having a gem called Nagamani (serpent's ornament) on...

ashvamedha from Indra. Raghuvaṃśī kings include Mandhata, Harishchandra, Sagara, Bhagiratha, Dilīpa, Raghu, Aja, Dasharatha and Rama. Kalidasa's work, Raghuvaṃśa...

Parvata and Sagara in Uttarkhand, Saraswati, Bharati and Puri in Karnataka. Kshetram Kshetrajna Pilgrimage (section Hinduism) Hinduism (section Pilgrimage)...

known as the Ganges. In Hindu texts, Bhagiratha was a descendant of King Sagara of the Suryavamsha, or Solar Dynasty. He played an important role in the...

divine ocean called the Kshira Sagara. Nagalakshmi's legend is mainly found in the Garga Samhita. In this, the Kshira Sagara is personified as her. In Chapter...

King Sagara performed it for 99 times successfully. If a King performs it 100 times, he becomes eligible to obtain throne of King of Heaven. Sagara also...

In Hinduism, Vinata (Sanskrit: विनता, IAST: Vinatā) is the mother of Aruna and Garuda. She is one of the daughters of Prajapati Daksha. She is married...

The Marikamba Temple is located in Sagara in the Shimoga district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It features the image of the goddess Marikamba Devi...

deities from Hinduism and the Vedas who were syncretized into Indian Buddhism. However, more deities, namely Surya, Chandra, Yama and Sāgara, were later...

considered to be the personification of the divine ocean called the Kshira Sagara. Shesha is believed to have taken six incarnations on earth. During the...

Sharavathi River. Sigandur is about 40 km from its taluk headquarters, Sagara town and 8 km from tumari. Sigandur was cut off from Sagar once the reservoir...

and Kerala. During the rule of King Maharayar of Vijayanagara Empire, Sagaras ruled 24 nadus (areas) and acquired the title Naicker. The caste is known...

goddess Ganga, from heaven upon the earth, by performing a penance. King Sagara, the great-grandfather of Bhagiratha, once performed the ashvamedha sacrifice...

Kaveri in 1902 was the first hydroelectric plant in Asia. The Krishna Raja Sagara Dam has a capacity of 49 tmc ft. and the Mettur Dam which creates Stanley...

Raghuvamsha Charitram are Ikshvaku, Vikushi, Kakusta, etc. According to Hinduism, the city of Kosala and Ayodhya were founded by Manu (the earliest Prajapati)...

promoting the Indian Institute of Science, construction of the Vani Vilas Sagara dam (also known as the Māri-Kanave Valley aqueduct), construction of the...

Kathā Sarit Sāgara, Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus — Books VI, VII & VIII; and Books IX–XVIII (1866) Tawney, C. H. (1884), The Katha Sarit Sagara; or Ocean of...

and to provide a guide to unique concepts of Hinduism all in one place. Separating concepts in Hinduism from concepts specific to Indian culture, or from...

The Venugopala Swamy Temple located at Hosa Kannambadi, near Krishna Raja Sagara, is an example of Hoysala architecture in Karnataka, India. This temple...

(Sanskrit: स्मार्त, IAST: Smārta), also called Smartism, is a movement in Hinduism that developed and expanded with the Puranas genre of literature. It reflects...