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Mar 312012
 

Aapadam aphartaram , dataram sarva sampadam Lokabhiramam Sriramam , bhuyo bhuyo namamyaham Aartanaamaartihantaram , bheetanaam bheetinashanam Dvishtataam kaladandam tam , Ramachandram namamyaham Sannadhaha kavachi khadgi , chaapabaanadharo yuva Gachhan mamagrato nityam , Ramaha paatu salakshmanaha Namaha kodandahastaya , sandhikrita sharaya cha Khanditakhil daityaya , Ramayapana nivaarine Ramaya Ramabhadraya , Ramachandraya vedhase Raghunaatahya naathaya , Sitayah

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Mar 302012
 

Mandodari was the wife of Ravana, the demon king of Lanka. In Ramayana she is portrayed as a profoundly chaste and exceptionally virtuous woman. She was calm, majestic and whole-heartedly devoted to Ravana. Even Hanuman when he came to Lanka, mistook her for Sita. Mandodari had warned time and again that he was guilty in

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Mar 302012
 

Keladi was a small state in the northwest of modern Mysore. Two Brother of the Nyaka Dynasty became well known in the second half of the 17th century. They were Bhadraapa Nayaka and Somasekhara Nayaka. The latter’s wife was Chennamma. Chennamma gained eminence as a woman of great administrative ability. Her husband allowed her to

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Mar 292012
 

Avvai is a saint-poetess of ancient Tamil land. She is traditionally believed to belong to ” Panar ”  community, a community well versed in music, dance and poetry. She was born of a low cast woman and a brahmin father and brought up by a brahmin family. Divine grace was showered on her even while

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