Both authors took an approach that was out of the norm‚ meaning that they didn’t present the twins as absolutely identical and outline the plot in the favor of the twins. In Cutting For Stone‚ Verghese initially expresses Marion and Shiva somewhat more grounded in reality compared to Roy’s Rahel and Estha. The twin imagery that Verghese uses is much more believable because it tackles with situational problems that readers can relate to‚ from betrayal‚ to life and death. Whereas Roy
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Looking At Art Part One [pic] • Nataraja‚ Shiva as the King of Dance • Unknown Artist • India • South India Chola period (900-13th Century) • 11th century • Bronze • 111.50 x 101.65 cm (43 7/8 x 40 inches) • Cleveland Museum of Art • Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund‚ 1930.331 Shiva as Nataraja‚ Lord of Dance‚ at once destroys and re-creates the universe. Based on the rhythmic‚ graceful postures of classical Indian dance‚ the
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creator‚ Vishnu the preserver and‚ Shiva the destroyer. The three Lords that rule the world have wives and they are goddesses too. The wife of Brahma is Sarasvati‚ goddess of learning. Vishnu ’s wife is Lakshmi‚ goddess of wealth and prosperity. Shiva ’s wife is Parvati who is worshipped as Kali or Durga. Besides these‚ there are a number of other Gods and Goddesses. To name a few of them‚ there is Ganesh‚ who has an elephant ’s head and he is the son of Shiva and Parvati. Hanuman who is an
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insect species alone in the tropical rainforests (Shiva et al‚ 1991‚ 14). One of the true challenges to biodiversity is that there are so many species that we may be obliterating that we are not even aware exist yet. We are destroying species faster than we can identify them. Extinction and evolution are a normal part of the life cycle on Earth. Of all the species that ever have lived on the earth only between one and six percent exist today (Shiva et al‚ 1991‚ 15). Many mass extinctions have
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colonial territory of Kumaun (Shiva‚ 7). The political structure of hill society in those two kingdoms was distinct from the rest of India in that along with the prescense of communal tradition‚ there was an absence of sharp class division (Shiva 14). The land was understood to belong to the community rather as a whole even though there was a caste system in place. The natural environment for the hill people consisted of a system of tillage and methods of crop rotation (Shiva 15). The production was directed
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the world. Many people can understand the wonders of Hinduism in a universal way. 01524000An interesting artwork that is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art is called Shiva as Lord of Dance. This artwork is from during the Chola period‚ 11th century and has a green copper color. The physical appearance of this art piece is the god Shiva has four extended arms and is surrounded by a symmetrical ring. The dimensions of the artwork are about 2 feet by 2
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Dravidian architecture Dravidian architecture was an architectural idiom that emerged in the Southern part of the Indian subcontinent or South India. It consists primarily of temples with pyramid shaped towers and are constructed of sandstone‚ soapstone or granite. Mentioned as one of three styles of temple building in the ancient book Vastu shastra‚ the majority of the existing structures are located in the Southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu‚ Karnataka‚ Kerala‚ and Andhra pradesh. Various kingdoms
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Midnight’s Children essay Salman Rushdie’s creation‚ Saleem Sinai‚ has a self-proclaimed "overpowering desire for form" (363). In writing his own autobiography Saleem seems to be after what Frank Kermode says every writer is a after: concordance. Concordance would allow Saleem to bring meaning to moments in the "middest" by elucidating (or creating) their coherence with moments in the past and future. While Kermode talks about providing this order primarily through an "imaginatively predicted
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Mookambika and Chottanikkara Eons ago‚ a rishi named Kola performed prayers and penances to the Trimurtis (Brahma‚ Vishnu and Shiva). Pleased with his prayers they appeared before him and offered him a boon. The rishi humbly wished for the three of them to stay at this place and bless the people forever. Granting him his boon‚ they also said that the goddesses that represented the other half of them would also reside there. The Trimurtis then took the form of a swayambhu linga. The place where Kola
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short boat trip from Manikarnika Ghat can be an interesting introduction to the river. | | | It is believed that cremation at Manikarnika ghat ensures a safe place in Heaven‚ as the cremators of this ghat are believed to have the patronage of Shiva. The furthermost upstream ghat is Assi Ghat‚ which marks the confluence of the Ganges and the Assi rivers. It is said that after striking down demon Shumbha and nishumbha‚ Durga’s sword fell and created a curved ditch‚ which later became the Assi Channel
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