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Darshan Somashekar
Darshan, a Sanskrit word meaning "sight" or "viewing", may refer to: Ceremony and religion * Darshan (Indian religions), the auspicious sight of a divine image or holy person; also a school of Hindu philosophy * Darshan (Judaism), a Scriptural interpreter * Jharokha Darshan, in medieval India, the display of a ruler to his court or the public * A type of maggid, a traditional Eastern European Jewish religious itinerant preacher Arts and entertainment * ''Darshan'' (1967 film), an East Pakistani film directed by Rehman * ''Darshan'' (2004 film), an Indian Kannada-language film directed by Ramesh Kitty * Darshan (band), an American Jewish hip hop group * '' Darshan (The Road to Graceland)'', a 1993 album by David Sylvian and Robert Fripp * ''Darshan'', a 1997 album by Shehzad Roy * ''Darshan'', an Indian reality TV show on Colors Marathi People * Darshan (Kannada actor) (born 1977), Indian actor in Kannada films * Darshan (Tamil actor) (born 1991), Indian actor in Tamil films * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darshan (Indian Religions)
In Indian religions, a ''darshan'' (Sanskrit: दर्शन, ; 'showing, appearance, view, sight') or ''darshanam'' is the auspicious sight of a deity or a holy person. The term also refers to any one of the six traditional schools of Hindu philosophy and their literature on spirituality and soteriology. Etymology The word ''darshana'', also in the forms of ''darśana'' or ''darshanam'', comes from the Sanskrit root of दर्शन ''dṛś'' 'to look at', 'to view', vision (spirituality), vision, apparition or glimpse. Definition ''Darshana'' is described as an "auspicious sight" of a holy person, which bestows merit on the viewer. It is most commonly used for theophany, meaning a manifestation or vision of the divine. In Hinduism In Hindu worship, it refers to seeing a deity (especially in image form), or a very holy person or artifact. One can receive ''darshana'' or a glimpse of the deity in the temple, or from a great saintly person, such as a great guru. One can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darshan (video Game Player)
Darshan Upadhyaya, better known mononymously as Darshan and as ZionSpartan, is a Canadian-born American ''League of Legends'' player who played professionally from 2012–2023. He is most known for his four-and-a-half-year tenure as Counter Logic Gaming's top laner from November 2014 to May 2019, a time during which CLG and ZionSpartan made both the 2015 World Championship and the 2016 World Championship. ZionSpartan and CLG also won the 2015 NALCS Summer Split as well as the 2016 NALCS Spring Split. From the start of his career to November 2015, Upadhyaya played under the screenname ZionSpartan; from November 2015–2019, he played under the screenname Darshan; in 2020 he resumed playing as ZionSpartan; and in 2021 he has returned to Darshan. Darshan was elected the inaugural president of the LCS Players Association in 2018, a loose union-like advocacy organization that represents the interests of contracted players in the LCS, and held that that position until 2022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darshan Academy
Darshan Academy is a CBSE Affiliated, English medium, co-educational private high school. The school is situated in 22 cities of India and Abroad- Ambala, Amritsar, Bhubaneswar, Bigas, Dasuya, Delhi, Devlali, Ferozepur, Guleria Bhat, Hisar, Jalandhar, Jansat, Kaithal, Kalka, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Meerut, Modasa, Pune, Rathonda, Sundargarh and Cali (Colombia). Overview Darshan Academy was founded by Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj. The school teaches students from classes pre-kindergarten to 12th grade. Darshan Academy offers senior secondary education The senior secondary years are the years of later adolescence corresponding to the later part of secondary education. Although definitions vary, the senior secondary years are sometimes defined as being from approximately age 15 to age 18. The ... in the fields of science (medical and non-medical), commerce, and humanities. The school motto is "creating generations of peacemakers." Magazine The annual school magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darshan Singh Canadian
Darshan Singh Canadian (born Darshan A. Sangha in 1917 – 25 September 1986) was a Sikh trade union activist and communist organizer in Canada and India. Canada Darshan Singh Canadian immigrated to Vancouver, Canada in 1937. Upon his arrival, his uncle attempted to get him a job at Dominion Sawmills resulting in the uncle being fired and Sangha being hired at five cents less pay an hour. He became active in the Labor-Progressive Party (as the Communist Party of Canada was known). He was one of the founders of the International Woodworkers of America and served as one of the union's organizers as well as its general secretary from 1942 to 1946. He led striking woodworkers on a march on the provincial capital of Victoria in 1946. He fought for the rights of B.C.'s East Indian woodworkers. Return to India Darshan Singh Canadian returned to India upon its independence in 1947 and adopted "Canadian" as his surname. He became active in the Communist Party of India (CPI) bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darshan Singh Awara
Darshan Singh Awara (1906–1982) was an Indian poet, who wrote poetry under the impulse of the Indian Freedom Struggle in the early 1920s.Das, Sisir Kumar.A History of Indian Literature 1911-1956: Struggle for Freedom: Triumph and Tragedy. Delhi. Sawastik Offset. 2006 pg. 734. Poetry The tone and diction of these poems were nationalist revolutionary and they were first published in a volume named ''Bijii di Tarak (The Lap of Lightning)''. It was confiscated by the British Government under the title ''Bhaghawat (Rebellion)'''','' followed in 1941 by Main Baghi Han (I am a Rebel). The rebellion at this state has gone from mere political defiance of the British rulers to the more fundamental spiritual rebellion against the belief in an all-pervading divinity and the principles and tactics of institutional religion. Awara saw the variety of religions in India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darshan Singh (field Hockey)
Darshan Singh Kular (born 15 April 1938 in Sansarpur, Punjab) is a former Indian field hockey player who now lives in Telford, United Kingdom. In 1961, he played for India in the international hockey tournament at Ahemdabad and scored 22 goals. In the semi-final, he scored a double hat-trick against Holland. He was part of the Indian Hockey team that won the gold medal in the 1964 Summer Olympics at Tokyo, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea .... at sikhhockeyolympians.com References External links * * Field hockey players from Punjab, India Olympic field hockey players for India Olympic gold medalists for India Field hockey players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Indian male field hockey players Sportspeople from Telford Living people Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darshan Singh (executioner)
Van Tuong Nguyen (Vietnamese: ''Nguyễn Tường Vân'', ; 17 August 1980 – 2 December 2005), baptised Caleb, was an Australian from Melbourne, Victoria convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore. A Vietnamese Australian, he was also addressed as Nguyen Tuong Van (阮祥雲) in Singaporean media, his name in Vietnamese custom like most customs in the Sinosphere. Drug trafficking carries a mandatory death sentence under Singapore's Misuse of Drugs Act, and despite pleas for clemency from the Australian Government, Amnesty International, the Holy See, as well as other individuals and groups, he was executed by hanging at 06:06 SST on 2 December 2005 at Changi Prison (22:06 UTC, 1 December 2005). Biography Van Tuong Nguyen and his twin brother, Dang Khoa Nguyen, were born in a refugee camp at Songkhla in Thailand to Vietnamese parents. He did not know his father until 2001 when he travelled from the United States to Australia. His mother, Kim, is Vietnamese and migrated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darshan Ranganathan
Darshan Ranganathan (4 June 1941 – 4 June 2001) was an organic chemist from India who was known for her work in bio-organic chemistry, including "pioneering work in protein folding." She was also recognized for her work in " supramolecular assemblies, molecular design, chemical simulation of key biological processes, synthesis of functional hybrid peptides and synthesis of nanotubes." Early life Darshan Ranganathan was born as Darshan Markan on 4 June 1941 to Vidyavati Markan and Shanti Swarup in Delhi. She was educated in Delhi and received a Ph.D. in chemistry from Delhi University in 1967. First hired as a lecturer, she became head of the Chemistry Department at Miranda College, Delhi, and went on to receive an 1851 Research Fellowship from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, to enable her to conduct postdoctoral work at Imperial College London with Professor D.H.R. Barton. Career In 1970, she began research at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darshan Punshi
Darshan Punshi () is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 till August 2023. Previously he was member of the National Assembly from 2008 to May 2018. He served as Minister of State for Inter Provincial Coordination, in Abbasi cabinet from August 2017 to May 2018. Political career Punshi was elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan on a seat reserved for minorities as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) in the 2008 Pakistani general election. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of PML-N on a seat reserved for minorities in the 2013 Pakistani general election. During his tenure as Member of the National Assembly, he served as the Federal Parliamentary Secretary for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination. Following the election of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2017, he was inducted into the federal cabinet of Abbasi. He is believed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darshan Kang
Darshan Singh Kang (born 1951) is a Canadian politician, who served in the House of Commons of Canada representing Calgary Skyview from 2015 until 2019. He previously sat as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada caucus. Prior to his election to Parliament, he served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-McCall from 2008 to 2015, representing the Alberta Liberal Party. Before entering politics, he was a welder and a real estate agent. Political career Provincial politics Kang ran for office for the first time in Calgary-McCall in the 2004 Alberta general election. He was defeated in a closely contested race by incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA Shiraz Shariff. Kang won his second bid for office in the 2008 Alberta general election. The election was a virtual rematch of 2004, with all of the same candidates running. Kang defeated Shariff by 98 votes, after returns in the advanced polls showed he had won overwhelming victories. Kang's num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darshan (Tamil Actor)
Darshan (born 29 April 1991) is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil cinema. He made his breakthrough by playing the supporting role in '' Kanaa'' (2018) and played one of the leads in '' Thumbaa'' (2019). He is also the runner up of the comedy cooking show '' Cooku with Comali (season 3)''. Early life Darshan was born on 29 April 1991 in Coonoor in the state of Tamil Nadu to Subramani and Latha. He later did his schooling at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor, and went to CSI Bishop Appasamy College Of Arts And Science for his college. He later graduated from his studies and decided to go into the film industry full time. Career Darshan first made his lead debut under Sivakarthikeyan's productions banner called '' Kanaa'' playing a supporting role known as Murali Krishna which was directed by Arunraja Kamaraj. The film overall received a high positive feedback from critics, with Darshan citing Sivakarthikeyan as his mentor thereafter. After his debut, Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darshan (Judaism)
A darshan () or baal darshan () is a Jewish scriptural interpreter. Since the Middle Ages, it has referred to a professional sermonizer more broadly. The title was given to Abtalion and Shemaiah in the 1st century BCE. Since the 1990s, some branches of Liberal Judaism have lay leaders and s as ''darshanim''. Today, the term is sometimes used for whoever delivers a sermon at a service, whether they are ordained or a layperson. See also * |
