Iyer women are noted for their culture and tradition. Proud of their culture, they are uncompromising in their stand. If the Iyers have been able to retain many aspects of their culture, and if they are indeed among the most disciplined yet progressive brahmins, the credit must indeed go to Iyer women. Iyer women have played a major role in propagating Carnatic music and the classical dance form called Bharatanatyam. The Iyer woman is often portrayed as fair skinned woman draped in a nine yard saree, also known as madisaror[Kosha] in ...

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Iyer, Iyer - Spiritual and philosophical beliefs, Iyer - Rituals Ceremonies and Festivals, Iyer - Origins, Iyer - Social and political issues, Iyer - Iyer Women, Iyer - Traditional Iyer Ethics, Iyer - Iyers today, Iyer - Some notable Iyers in the Modern Era

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Iyer, Iyer - Spiritual and philosophical beliefs, Iyer - Rituals Ceremonies and Festivals, Iyer - Origins, Iyer - Social and political issues, Iyer - Iyer Women, Iyer - Traditional Iyer Ethics, Iyer - Iyers today, Iyer - Some notable Iyers in the Modern Era

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Iyers were extremely orthodox a century ago. They followed Dharma shastra texts of Manusmriti Apastamba and Baudhayana. 1.A traditional Iyer is not expected to eat rajasic and tamasic food such as that was derived from meat, or from unclean plants such as onion, garlic and mushroom and it is avoided by the orthodox people even to this day. It must however be added that for the young generation, only "non-vegetarian" foods are taboo. Milk or milk products are considered acceptable. Onions and Garlic are sometimes acceptable to many Iye ...

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Iyer, Iyer - Spiritual and philosophical beliefs, Iyer - Rituals Ceremonies and Festivals, Iyer - Origins, Iyer - Social and political issues, Iyer - Iyer Women, Iyer - Traditional Iyer Ethics, Iyer - Iyers today, Iyer - Some notable Iyers in the Modern Era

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Although many rituals that were practiced in ancient times are no longer followed, some traditions are continued to this day. Iyers are initiated into rituals at the time of Birth itself. In ancient times Iyers performed rituals when the baby was being separated from mother's umbilical cord. However, this practice is not followed in modern times. At the time of birth, a horoscope is made for the child based on the position of the stars. Then Iyers undergo the naming ceremony. This affair is important as the name given during this cere ...

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Iyer, Iyer - Spiritual and philosophical beliefs, Iyer - Rituals Ceremonies and Festivals, Iyer - Origins, Iyer - Social and political issues, Iyer - Iyer Women, Iyer - Traditional Iyer Ethics, Iyer - Iyers today, Iyer - Some notable Iyers in the Modern Era

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A Brahmin (pronunciation is Brahmann) is a member of the Hindu priestly caste. The word is related to, but not to be confused with, the Hindu religious conception of the transcendent and immanent supreme soul, "Brahman". The word Brahmin is said to literally mean One who has realised or attempts to realise Brahman. The traditional duties of this caste include studying Hindu religious scriptures of Vedas and preserving them in memory and transmitting them orally to the next generation. Additionally, they were also ...

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Theosophy is a body of ideas which holds that all religions are attempts by man to ascertain "the Divine," and as such each religion has a portion of the truth. Theosophy, as a coherent system of thought, developed from the writings of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (also Hélène). Together with Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan Judge, and others she founded the Theosophical Society in 1875. A more formal definition from the Concise Oxford Dictionary describes Theosophy as "any of various philosophies professing to achieve a ...

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• Theosophy - Basic Theosophical beliefs
• Theosophy - Consciousness is universal and individual
• Theosophy - Man is provisionally immortal
• Theosophy - Reincarnation is universal
• Theosophy - Karma
• Theosophy - Universal brotherhood
• Theosophy - Evolution
• Theosophy - The Septenary
• Theosophy - A brief history of Theosophy
• Theosophy - Music
• Theosophy - Early 20th-century literary references to Theosophy
• Theosophy - Notes

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Bharatanatyam (also spelled Bharathanatyam, Bharatnatyam or Bharata Natyam) is a classical dance form originating in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Originally known as sadir, it owes its current name to Krishna Iyer and later, Rukmini Devi Arundale. Bharata could refer to either the author of the Natya Shastra or to a legendary king after whom the country of India was supposedly named Bharata and natya is Sanskrit for the art of dance-drama. It was brought to the stage at the beginning of the 20th ce ...

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• Bharatanatyam - Traditional roots
• Bharatanatyam - Essential ideas
• Bharatanatyam - Medieval decline
• Bharatanatyam - Modern rebirth
• Bharatanatyam - Technique
• Bharatanatyam - Elements
• Bharatanatyam - Other elements
• Bharatanatyam - Dancers

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The Namboothiris (Malayalam :നമ്പൂതിരി)are the Brahmins of Kerala. They adhere to the Advaita philosophy propounded by Sri Adi Shankaracharya and are Smartha's. Indeed, Sri Adi Shankaracharya himself was born into this community. In Malayalam, Namboothiri is Nambu means sacred or trustworthy,thiri means Light. According to some traditions that ascribe, controversially, a non-Indian origin to Indo-Aryans, the Namboothiri's are thought to have migrated from North India, or countries fur ...

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Carnatic music, known as karnātaka sangīta (कर्णाटक सङ्गीतं) in Indian languages (Telugu కర్నాటక సంగీతం) is the classical music that originated in the South Indian region of present day Karnataka. Lyrics in Carnatic music are largely devotional; most of the songs are addressed to the Hindu deities. There are a l ...

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• Carnatic music - History
• Carnatic music - Theory
• Carnatic music - Śruti ಶೃತಿ श्रुति శ్రుతి
• Carnatic music - The solfege
• Carnatic music - The raga system
• Carnatic music - The tala system
• Carnatic music - Compositions
• Carnatic music - Kīrtanas
• Carnatic music - Varnams
• Carnatic music - Special compositions
• Carnatic music - Improvisation
• Carnatic music - Concerts
• Carnatic music - Instruments
• Carnatic music - Content
• Carnatic music - The teaching of Carnatic music
• Carnatic music - The use and disuse of notation
• Carnatic music - History of notation in Carnatic music
• Carnatic music - Form of modern notation
• Carnatic music - Some Artists
• Carnatic music - The great composers
• Carnatic music - Modern singers
• Carnatic music - Modern instrumentalists
• Carnatic music - Bibliography
• Carnatic music - Footnotes

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In telecommunications and reliability theory, the term availability has the following meanings: 1. The degree to which a system, subsystem, or equipment is operable and in a committable state at the start of a mission, when the mission is called for at an unknown, i.e., a random, time. Simply put, availability is the proportion of time a system is in a functioning condition. Note 1: The conditions determining operability and committability must be specified. Note 2: Expressed mathematic ...

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Balachander was born to V. Sundaram Iyer and his wife Parvati in Madras. The family were Iyeri Bhramins hailing from the area of Tanjore, an important centre of the arts in South India. The elder brother, S. Rajam, was a classical vocalist with a concert career, and in Balachander's first performances he accompanied him on the kanjira, a sort of bass tambourine. Growing up, he taught himself to play a variety of instruments, most notably the sitar, on which, although it is a North Indian instrument, he actually gave concerts as a teenager playing Carnatic classical music. His platform for experimenting wa ...

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S. Balachander, S. Balachander - Life and music, S. Balachander - Cinema, S. Balachander - Feud with Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer

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Blavatsky was influenced by the following authors: William Blake Edward Bulwer-Lytton Blavatsky influenced the following authors, artists and musicians: Annie Besant C.W. Leadbeater Raghavan Iyer Sir Edwin Arnold Col. James Churchward Aleister Crowley Charles Johnston James Joyce Wassily Kandinsky Max Theon Piet Mondrian Boris Pasternak Nicholas Roerich George W. Russell

South Indians, for long time, had a simple naming system. Historically, everyone was called by a single name, which was chosen in one of three ways that South Indians chose their names: The name of their Village / Town e.g. Delhi Ganesh Their Family name e.g. Pulithevar Some used both e.g. Madurai Mani Iyer The concepts of initials, middle names, family names and surnames is foreign to South Indians. Everyone had a single name like Murugesh or Lakshmanan. Occasionally these names wer ...

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Indian names, Indian names - Given names, Indian names - Last names, Indian names - South Indian names, Indian names - Initials, Indian names - Surnames or Family Names, Indian names - North Indian Names, Indian names - External link

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Smarthas have free rein to choose whichever deity they wish to worship. They usually worship five deities (pancopasana). It is a liberal and eclectic sect. Some prominent Smarta communities: In south India Iyer Vaidike Mulukanadu Vaidiki Velanadu Vaidiki Telanganya Namboothiri Badaganadu Hoysala Kannada Kota brahmin Babboor Kamme Arvel Niyogi Brahmins In Maharashtra Karhade Deshast ...

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Hindu denominations, Hindu denominations - Basic overview, Hindu denominations - Vaishnavism, Hindu denominations - Śaivism, Hindu denominations - Shaktism, Hindu denominations - Smartha sect, Hindu denominations - Newer denominations, Hindu denominations - Agama Hindu Dharma

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The Tamil plantation labourers ('coolies'), were treated inhumanely, receiving very little health care, even less education and living in 'line rooms' which were worse than cattle sheds in England. In the 1930s, Natesa Iyer and the Lanka Sama Samaja Party organised them into trade unions. Natesa Iyer represented the Hill-country Tamils in the State Council; by 1947 his Ceylon Indian Congress (CIC) had 6 Members of Parliament. The Left parties ...

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Hill Country Tamils, Hill Country Tamils - History, Hill Country Tamils - Culture, Hill Country Tamils - People

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Theosophists trace the origin of Theosophy to the universal striving for divinity that existed in all ancient cultures. It is found in an unbroken chain in India but existed in ancient Greece and also in the writings of Plato (427-347 BCE), Plotinus (204-270) and other neo-Platonists, as well as Jakob Boehme (1575-1624). Some relevant quotes: ...we are imprisoned in the body, like an oyster in his shell. — The Socrates of Plato, Phaedrus To the philosopher, the body is "a disturbin ...

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Theosophy, Theosophy - Basic Theosophical beliefs, Theosophy - Consciousness is universal and individual, Theosophy - Man is provisionally immortal, Theosophy - Reincarnation is universal, Theosophy - Karma, Theosophy - Universal brotherhood, Theosophy - Evolution, Theosophy - The Septenary, Theosophy - A brief history of Theosophy, Theosophy - Music, Theosophy - Early 20th-century literary references to Theosophy, Theosophy - Notes

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Theosophy - Consciousness is universal and individual. According to Theosophy, nature does not operate by chance. Every event, past or present, happens because of laws which are part of a Universal Paradigm. Theosophists hold that everything, living or not, is "impregnated" with Consciousness. This paradigm has been called variously God (nonpersonal), Law, Heaven, the Great Architect, Evolution, and Logos. The term used in this article is "paradigm." See also:

Theosophy, Theosophy - Basic Theosophical beliefs, Theosophy - Consciousness is universal and individual, Theosophy - Man is provisionally immortal, Theosophy - Reincarnation is universal, Theosophy - Karma, Theosophy - Universal brotherhood, Theosophy - Evolution, Theosophy - The Septenary, Theosophy - A brief history of Theosophy, Theosophy - Music, Theosophy - Early 20th-century literary references to Theosophy, Theosophy - Notes

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In 1926 he took the Prestigious Imerial Police Examination ( No IAS or IPS in those days). He Joined the Indian Police Service on 1 May 1927 and Posted to Thanjavur. He worked in various grades as SP, DIG, and later on became the Commissioner of Police, Madras. He had worked in the then entire Madras Presidency covering the parts of Orissa to South Canara and Kerala. He was Proficient in Telugu, Urdu besides English and Tamil. As per the wishes of the late Sir C.P.Ramswamy Iyer the then Diwan of the old State of Travancore, Sri Partha ...

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S. Parthasarathi Ayyangar, S. Parthasarathi Ayyangar - Education, S. Parthasarathi Ayyangar - Police Career, S. Parthasarathi Ayyangar - Other public service

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The main religion is Hinduism, with many castes - Menon, Pisharody, Nair, Ezhava, Ezhuthachan, Namboothiri (Kerala Brahmin), Iyer (Tamil Brahmin), trader (Moothan), Gupthans, artisan community like carpenter (Asari), goldsmith (Thattan), blacksmith (Kollan) and potter (Kusavan). There are some tribals also in the forest areas. Nairs are traditionally the warrior caste. They are now in all fields, mainly in government service. Ezhavas and Ezhuthachans are mostly farmers, the educated among them in other areas also. Namboothiris work as temple priests. They were big landlords once and some of the families were of great as ...

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Palakkad, Palakkad - Statistics, Palakkad - People, Palakkad - Traditions of Palakkad, Palakkad - Places of worship, Palakkad - Climate, Palakkad - Industry, Palakkad - Educational institutions, Palakkad - Transport, Palakkad - Places of Interest, Palakkad - Famous festivals, Palakkad - Municipalities of Palakkad Dt., Palakkad - Kerala Assembly seats of Palakkad Dt.

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