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Ananthapadmanabha Temple
Padmanabha () is an epithet of the Hindu deity Vishnu. It may refer to: Places * Padmanabhaswamy Temple, in Trivandrum, Kerala, India * Padmanabhapuram, a town in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India * Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple, in Vikarabad, Andhra Pradesh, India * Padmanabhanagar, a neighborhood in Bangalore, Karnataka, India ** Padmanaba Nagar Assembly constituency Religion * One of the Thousand Names of Lord Vishnu in the Sanskrit hymn '' Vishnu Sahasranama'' ** Padmanabha Swamy, the presiding deity at the Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India * Padmanabha, in the Jain tradition, the future reincarnation of Bimbisara Bimbisāra (in Buddhist tradition) or Shrenika () and Seniya () in the Jain histories ( or ) was the King of Magadha (V. K. Agnihotri (ed.), ''Indian History''. Allied Publishers, New Delhi 262010p. 166f. or ) and belonged to the Haryanka d ..., King of Magadha Other * Padmanābha (poet), 15th century Indian poet * Padma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vishnu
Vishnu (; , , ), also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme being within Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism, and the god of preservation (sattva). Vishnu is known as ''The Preserver'' within the Trimurti, the triple deity of Para Brahman, supreme divinity that includes Brahma and Shiva.Gavin Flood, An Introduction to Hinduism' () (1996), p. 17. In Vaishnavism, Vishnu is the supreme Lord who creates, protects, and transforms the Hindu cosmology, universe. Tridevi is stated to be the energy and creative power (Shakti) of each, with Lakshmi being the equal complementary partner of Vishnu. He is one of the five equivalent deities in Panchayatana puja of the Smarta tradition of Hinduism. According to Vaishnavism, the supreme being is with qualities (Saguna Brahman, Saguna), and has definite form, but is limitless, transcendent and unchanging absolute Brahman, and the primal Atma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padmanabhapuram
Padmanabhapuram () is a town and a municipality near Thuckalay in Kanyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As of 2011, the town had a population of 21,342. Padmanabhapuram was the capital of Travancore state in the past. In 1795, the King of Travancore, Rama Varma (known as Dharma Raja moved the capital from Padmanabhapuram to Thiruvananthapuram. At that time the boundaries of Travancore state included half the area of modem Kerala state. In 1947, after independence, Padmanabhapuram became part of Travancore-Cochin state When Indian states ware reorganized on the basis of language. In 1957, Padmanabhapuram along with other Tamil-speaking areas were ceded to Madras State, while the Malayalam-speaking areas became part of Kerala. Later the name of Madras State was changed to Tamil Nadu. History Padmanabhapuram was the erstwhile capital of the Kingdom of Travancore (now part of India). The Travancore King, Rama Varma, who was popularly known as Dharma Raja, shif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple
Anandha Padmanabha Swamy Temple is a Hindu temple in India. It is located within the Kulattur taluk of Pudukottai district of the state of Tamil Nadu and is a lesser known one of the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to the Hindu deity Vishnu. It dates back roughly to the late eighth or early ninth century AD. The temple is known for two rock cut temples, one dedicated to Shiva and the other to Vishnu. There is a huge underground behind the 6th room. It is directly connected to kings palace. See also * Badami Cave Temples * List of rock-cut temples in India This is a partial List of caves, list of Indian rock-cut architecture, rock-cut temples by state or union territory. Andhra Pradesh * Akkana and Madanna cave temple, Akkanna Madanna Caves, Vijayawada * Belum Caves, Kurnool district * Prakasa ... References {{reflist Rock-cut architecture of India Vishnu temples 8th-century Hindu temples Hindu cave temples ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padmanabhanagar
Padmanabhanagar is a posh residential locality in South Bangalore, India, covering an area of 1.68 km2. It is one of the zones of BBMP. Padmanabhanagar has a very famous park called Lakshmikanta Park. This park houses Lakshmi Kantha temple. It was looked after by residents association, in 2018 the corporator allotted funds and developed it further. The park was eyed for its medicinal trees and was sanctioned to be cut down completely and set up a landscaped area but the senior citizens of the locality who nurtured the park protested and stopped it. It is surrounded by Kumaraswamy Layout, Gowdanapalya, Chennamanakere, Kathriguppe, Kadirenahalli, Uttarahalli and Chikkakalasandra. It is a constituency in the Karnataka legislative assembly. The assembly constituency has several areas surrounding Padmanabhanagara like Kumaraswamy Layout, Yediyur, Tyagarajanagara, Banashankari 2nd stage, Yarab Nagara, parts of Banashankari temple ward, Jayanagara 6th/7th/8th blocks, Shastri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padmanaba Nagar Assembly Constituency
Padmanabhanagar Assembly seat is one of the seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India. It is a segment of Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency. Padmanabhanagar constituency (ಪದ್ಮನಾಭನಗರ) came into existence after the 2008 delimitation of assembly segments came into effect. Members of Assembly Election results 2023 2018 2013 * R Ashoka (BJP): 53,680 votes * L S Chethan Gowda (INC): 33,557 votes * Dr M R V Prasad (JD-S): 26,272 votes 2008 * R Ashoka (BJP): 61,561 votes * M. V. Prasad Babu (Kabbadi Babu) (JD-S): 30,285 votes See also * List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly The Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Karnataka state in India. Karnataka is one of the six states in India, where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses. The two houses are the ... * Uttarahalli Assembly constituency References Assembly constituencies of Karnat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bimbisara
Bimbisāra (in Buddhist tradition) or Shrenika () and Seniya () in the Jain histories ( or ) was the King of Magadha (V. K. Agnihotri (ed.), ''Indian History''. Allied Publishers, New Delhi 262010p. 166f. or ) and belonged to the Haryanka dynasty.Peter N. Stearns (2001), ''The Encyclopedia of World History''. Houghton Mifflin, p. 76 ff. . He was the son of Bhattiya. His expansion of the kingdom, especially his annexation of the kingdom of Anga to the east, is considered to have laid the foundations for the later expansion of the Mauryan Empire. According to Jain Tradition, he is said to be the first Tirthankara (''will be named as Padmanabha / Mahapadma'') out of 24th Tirthankara of the future cosmic age. He frequently visited Samavasarana of Lord Mahavira seeking answers to his queries. According to Buddhist Tradition, he is also known for his cultural achievements and was a great friend and protector of the Buddha. According to the 7th century Chinese monk Xuanzang, Bim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padmanābha (poet)
Padmanābha was a 15th-century Indian poet and historian. He has been hailed as the Yug Charan (Charan of the Era) for commemorating Kanhadade's struggle in his famous treatise "Kanhadade Prabandha", written in 1455. This work has been praised as the finest work in Dingal (Old Gujarati or Old Western Rajasthani), and one of the greatest Indian works written during the medieval period by eminent scholars like Muni Jinvijay, K.M. Munshi, Dasharatha Sharma and K.B. Vyas. The German Indologist Georg Bühler was the first Western scholar who wrote about this treatise. The work was translated into English by V.S. Bhatnagar, a professor of History at the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur.Padmanābha, ., & Bhatnagar, V. S. (1991). Kānhaḍade prabandha: India's greatest patriotic saga of medieval times : Padmanābha's epic account of Kānhaḍade. New Delhi: Voice of India. Further reading *Padmanābha, ., & Bhatnagar, V. S. (1991). Kānhaḍade prabandha: India's greatest patriotic s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
