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| Biographies of Great
Indians & Hindus |
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GODS & GODDESSES |
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Ganesha |
Kartikeya |
| The Lord of Wisdom.The Son of Ishwara
and Parvati. When they were in trouble and helpless, by killing Talasura and
outwitting Ravana He is also wor- shipped as the God who grants success |
Son of Shiva and Parvati. Worshipped
through various names also such as kumaraswamy, Shanmukha, Subrahmanya. He resurrected the
path of virtue by killing Tarkasura and Shurapadma who were harassing the world |
Parvati |
Sitadevi |
| Consort of Lord Shiva. By Rigorous
penance she won over Shiva, himself a great ascetic.Mother ofShanmukha and Ganesha. By
becoming wife of Shiva she paved a way for the spread of peace of felicity in the world |
Wife of Rama, prince of Ayodhya.
When Rama gave up the throune and set out tot he forest, Sita followed Rama to the
forest.Abducted by Ravana, and to prove her chastity she did not hesitate to enter fire
and she emerged unhurt, establishing her purity |
Lakshmi |
Sri Krishna |
| Goddess of Wealth. Wife of Sri Maha
Vishnu. In different incarnations of Vishnu she married Sri Rama as Sita, Sri Krishna as
Rukmini and Sri Venkateshwara as Padma- vati. She resides in a place where virtue,
righteousness , truth and compassion prevail. |
The matchless hero who held the fate of
emperors in the palm of his hand but himself never desired a throne. He gave world the
'Bhagavadgeetha' He is the architect of Dharma who lives for ever in the hearts of the
people of India. |
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