Lakshmanrao Upadhyayula The venerable sage Śaunaka Gṛtsamada, endowed with profound spiritual insight, raised his voice in adoration to the radiant Maruts through a majestic hymn composed in the Jagatī and Triṣṭubh metres of the Rigveda. These metres, stately and sonorous, were chosen to match the grandeur of the deities invoked. The Maruts, the resplendent sons…
Sanjaya said: “O King Dhritarashtra, your warriors fought with their very lives to protect Jayadratha, the ruler of Sindhu. Arrayed before him stood Kripacharya, Ashwatthama, Shalya, Vrishasena, and countless heroic soldiers, forming an impenetrable shield around the doomed prince. Arjuna, beholding the sun hastening toward the western horizon, bit his lips in anxiety. Though his…
Sri Dhenugiri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple is situated on Avalabetta Hills in Mandikallu Hobli, Chikkaballapur district, Karnataka. Avalabetta is about 6 km from Mandikallu and is traditionally known as Dhenugiri. The name is derived from ‘Dhenu’, meaning cow, and ‘Giri’, meaning hill. The temple is a small and traditionally revered hill shrine dedicated to Sri…
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Cricket Association will soon come out with a comprehensive road map to give a fresh fillip to cricket across all the 33 districts of Telangana, according to T. Seshnarayan, Chairman, Constitution of the District Cricket Infrastructure Development Committee (Hyderabad Cricket Association). Seshnarayan, who briefed media on Wednesday in the presence of some of…
London: British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has appointed a leading Indian-origin strategist and media executive to the role of Expert Adviser on Structure and Process. Gautam Rangarajan, a former BBC strategist and musician, takes charge at 10 Downing Street this week in the newly created role. “Gautam Rangarajan has been appointed as an Expert Adviser…
New Delhi: Retail inflation inched up to 4.45 per cent in July on expensive kitchen staples, including onion and ginger, even as the price rise remained above the Reserve Bank’s median target for the second consecutive month, according to government data. The consumer price index (CPI) based retail inflation was 4.38 per cent in June….
Bengaluru: Ten days after expanding his cabinet, Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday allocated portfolios to the newly inducted Ministers, while effecting changes in the departments assigned to a couple of Ministers who assumed office earlier. B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan has been given the Housing portfolio, while Lakshman Savadi is the minister…
Beijing/New Delhi: China on Wednesday said the situation along the Sino-India border is “generally stable at the moment” while declining to comment on reports of stepped-up Chinese military activity near the Arunachal Pradesh border. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun made the comments while responding to media queries about whether there has been a recent military…
New Delhi: Amid a noisy stand-off between treasury and opposition benches, Lok Sabha on Wednesday referred the controversial FCRA amendment bill to a joint parliamentary committee and passed a bill to amend laws on mines and mineral development without any debate, before adjourning for the day on the penultimate day of the Monsoon Session. At…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday dared the opposition to submit a formal letter to the Lok Sabha speaker for a debate on students’ protests and all related issues, and said he will attend the entire proceedings to address all questions once the discussion begins today. Speaking to reporters in the Parliament…
