A TO Z INDIA - AUGUST 2021
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK: INDEPENDENCE DAY 2021 - On this day, the national flag of India is hoisted at multiple public places; Prime Minister unfurls the national flag at Red Fort in Delhi to commemorate this historical event. Along with the flag-hoisting ceremony, parade and folk-dance performances also take place. Multiple festivities take place in different parts of the nation. WOMEN IN PRISONS - Prison systems often hide violence and depravity behind their closed doors, which is detrimental to the reform of offenders. AFGHAN POLITICAL LEADER:ABDUL GHAFFAR KHAN - Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan was known as Badshah Khan and “Sarhadi Gandhi” and Frontier Gandhi. He was born in 1890and Died on January 1988.
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK: INDEPENDENCE DAY 2021 - On this day, the national flag of India is hoisted at multiple public places; Prime Minister unfurls the national flag at Red Fort in Delhi to commemorate this historical event. Along with the flag-hoisting ceremony, parade and folk-dance performances also take place. Multiple festivities take place in different parts of the nation.
WOMEN IN PRISONS - Prison systems often hide violence and depravity behind their closed doors, which is detrimental to the reform of offenders.
AFGHAN POLITICAL LEADER:ABDUL GHAFFAR KHAN - Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan was known as Badshah Khan and “Sarhadi Gandhi” and Frontier Gandhi. He was born in 1890and Died on January 1988.
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Ancient Temples:<br />
Kanaka Durga Temple, Andhra Pradesh<br />
✒ Adithyan<br />
Kanaka Durga Temple, AP<br />
Kanaka Durga Temple is a famous hindu<br />
Temple of Goddess Durga located in<br />
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. The temple is<br />
located on the Indrakeeladri hill, on the<br />
banks of Krishna River. Kaalika puraana,<br />
Durgaa sapthashati and other vedic<br />
literature have mentioned about Goddess<br />
Kanaka Durga on the Indrakeelaadri and<br />
have described the deity as Swayambhu,<br />
(self-manifested) in Triteeya kalpa.<br />
According to a legend, the now verdant Vijayawada was once a rocky region strewn with hills that<br />
obstructed the flow of River Krishna. The land was thus rendered unfit for habitation or cultivation.<br />
Invocation to Lord Shiva for His intervention directed the hills to make way for the river. And the river<br />
started flowing unimpeded with all its might, through the tunnels or "Bejjam" bored into the hills by Lord<br />
Shiva. That is how the place got its name Bezawada.One of the many mythologies associated with this place<br />
is that Arjuna prayed to Lord Shiva on top of Indrakeela hill to win His blessings and the city derived its<br />
name "Vijayawada" after this victory.<br />
Another popular legend is about the triumph of goddess Kanakadurga over the demon King Mahishasura. It<br />
is said that the growing menace of demons became unbearable for the natives. Sage Indrakila practiced<br />
severe penance, and when the goddess appeared the sage pleaded Her to reside on his head and keep vigil<br />
on the wicked demons. As per his wishes of killing the demons, Goddess Durga made Indrakila Her<br />
permanent abode. Later, She also slayed the demon king Mahishasura freeing the people of Vijayawada<br />
from evil. At the Kanakadurga temple, the enchanting 4-foot-high (1.2 m) icon of the deity is bedecked in<br />
glittering ornaments and bright flowers. Her icon here depicts Her eight-armed form - each holding a<br />
powerful weapon- in a standing posture over the demon Mahishashura and piercing him with Her trident.<br />
The goddess is the epitome of beauty.Adjacent to the Kanakadurga temple is the shrine of Malleswara<br />
Swamy on the Indrakeeladri. By ascending the steps on the hill, one comes across little images of different<br />
deities, prominent among them are Kanaka Durga, Malleswara and Krishna (River).<br />
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