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From the Beginning, Silver jewelry is a great gift for women in India. Silver Ornaments are the great gifts from India. Buying silver traditional jewelry is as much an art as crafting it. Unlike many other countries abroad India has not hack a system of hall- marking the silver jewellery more so in the case [...]

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Navratri is a festival of worship which celebrated over a period of nine nights. The devotees of Maa Durga perform the ‘Devi-Sthaapna’ in their homes wherein they invite the Goddess and perform ‘pooja-path’ for nine days. This festival is devoted solely to the Mother Goddess — known variously as Durga, Bhavani, Amba, Chandika, Gauri, Parvati, [...]

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Crafts in India – Stone Carving Statues Sculptures from India The art of stone carving developed in India a little later when compared to woodcarving. India has a huge resource of different varieties of stones and our skilled craftsmen fuse life into them. The Indian craftsman’s mastery over stone is best revealed in the architecture [...]

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Asian Bed Comfortable Bedspread or Bedcovers Duvets and comforters are very popular because the casual look is in, and because they’re cheaper – you can have two or three for the price of a fancy bedcover. Some are reversible so you get two for the price of one. And most are washable. In addition, you [...]

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Brocade Silk Long Rectangular Scarves & Handmade Accessories Brocade silk rectangular Designer scarf are generally worn by Indian women on formal occasions. It has some extra shine coming from the metallic thread used in the fabric. Brocade is a luxuriant fabric made with or without gold and silver threads… Brocade Silk Shawl, Pure Silk Shawls [...]

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Shiva first appears as a complete god with his own myths in the epics. In the Ramayana, Rama breaks the bow that Shiva had given to King Janaka and wins Sita as a bride. Then even though he is an avatar of Vishnu he worships Shiva just before crossing the ocean to invade Lanka. The [...]

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The Great Mother Goddess Durga is said to be exquisitely beautiful. Her form is blindingly bright (devi), with three lotus-like eyes, ten powerful hands, lush hair with beautiful curls, a red-golden glow from her skin and a quarter moon on her forehead. She wears a shiny oceanic blue attire emitting fierce rays. Her ornaments were [...]

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Aum also Om is the symbol and essence of Hinduism, It means oneness with the Supreme, the merging of the physical being with the spiritual. Aum has its own word meaning. Here you can find that; A+U+M=Aum or Om A is for “aakar” which means creation of universe.This work is done by Lord Brahma. U [...]

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RAMAYANA One of the great Epic poems of the Hindus, the other being the Mahabharata. It is perhaps impossible to fix the exact period at which either of them was composed; though it is evident from internal evidence that both are productions of a postvedic age. The Ramayana was the more ancient of the two [...]

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People wore three ornaments on the neck—a choker, one necklace descending down to the collar bone and the third one covering the breasts. All these ornaments were made of strips of metals and beads. Most of the necklaces recovered from the Indus Valley are made of beads. From Harappa, a necklace with thirteen pendants composed [...]

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