The Vindhya Range is a range of hills in central India, which geographically separates The Indian subcontinent into northern India (the Indo-Gangetic plain) and Southern India. The western end of the range rises in eastern Gujarat state, near the border with Madhya Pradesh, and the range runs east and north nearly to the Ganges River at Mirzapur. The southern slopes of the range are drained by the Narmada River, which drains westward to the Arabian Sea in the depression between the Vindhya Range and the parallel Satpu ...

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Vindhya

A range of hills that form the natural boundary between northern and southern India.

(See also: Vindhya, Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul)

Vindhya mountain range:

Vindhya mountain range. One of seven chief holy mountain ranges. Separates South India from North India and faces the Himalayas.

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Diwali is a time of the year when families, friends and communities come together in a spirit of celebration and joy. Diwali is the time, according to the version popular north of Vindhyas, when Lord Rama returned to Ayodhya after spending 14 years in exile.

However, the deeper meaning of Diwali is celebration of the message of Lord Rama's life of sacrifice and dharma.

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Telugu New Year's Day

THIS FALLS on the first day of the month of Chaitra (March-April) according to Chandramana. This is a day of rejoicing. This is new year's day for the people of Andhra Pradesh and also the Telugu people all over the world.

From Hindu Fasts & Festivals by Sri Swami Sivananda.

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In Hinduism, Agastya (अगस्त्य in devanagari, pronounced as /ə gəs tyə/; also transliterated as Agathiar, Agasthiar, Agastyar and in other ways) is a legendary Vedic sage or rishi. He is in some ways regarded as the patron saint of much of the south India. Some say that it was the sage Agastya who first brought and popularized the Vedic religion to south India. Agastya and his clan are also credited to have "authored" many mantras of the Rig Veda, the earliest and most revered Hindu scripture, in t ...

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• Agastya - Humbling the Vindhya mountains
• Agastya - Agastya and the Tamil language
• Agastya - Agastya and Lopāmudrā
• Agastya - Legends about Agastya
• Agastya - Other facets of Agastya
• Agastya - Unity of Vishnu and Shiva
• Agastya - Agastya In Ayyavazhi
• Agastya - Certain important Stotrams

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For the mountain in Tanzania, see Mount Meru, Tanzania. Mount Meru or Mount Sumeru is a sacred mountain in Hindu and Buddhist mythology considered to be the center of the universe. It is believed to be the abode of Brahma and other deities of both religions. The mountain is said to be 80,000 leagues (450,000 km) high and located in Jambudvipa, one of the continents on earth in Hindu mythology. Angkor Wat, the principal temple of Angkor in Cambodia, was built as a symbolic representation of Mount Meru. Including:

• Mount Meru Mythology - Legends
• Mount Meru Mythology - Meru Vayu and Lanka
• Mount Meru Mythology - Meru Agastya and the Vindhya mountains
• Mount Meru Mythology - Beliefs

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The Deccan Plateau is a vast plateau in India, encompassing most of Central and Southern India. It comprises the whole of peninsular India south of the Vindhya range and has an elevation which ranges from 1,500 to 2,500 feet (450 to 750 m). It is bounded in the west by the Western Ghats and in the east by the Eastern Ghats. These two formations form one of the vertex of a triangle which encompasses the plateau with the Vindhya range forming the third side. This region is one ...

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• Deccan - Origin of Name
• Deccan - Geography
• Deccan - People

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Sal (Shorea robusta) is an important tree of South Asia. Sal ranges south of the Himalayas, from Myanmar in the east through India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. In India it extends from Assam, Bengal and Jharkhand west to Haryana's Shivalik Hills, east of the Yamuna. Sal's range also extends through the Eastern Ghats and to the eastern Vindhya and Satpura ranges of central India. It is often the dominant tree in the forests where it occurs. Sal is moderate to slow growing, ...

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The black and red ware culture (BRW) is an early Iron Age archaeological culture of the northern Indian Subcontinent. It is dated to roughly the 12th – 9th centuries BC, and associated with the post-Rigvedic Vedic civilization. It is reaches from the upper Gangetic plain in Uttar Pradesh to the eastern Vindhya range and West Bengal. Use of Iron, although sparse at first, is relatively early, postdating the beginning of the Iron Age in Anatolia (Hittites) by only two or three centuries, and predating the European (Celts) Iron Age by another two to three hundred years. R ...

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Bundelkhand is a geographic region of central India. The region is divided between the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, with the larger portion lying in Madhya Pradesh. Bundelkhand - Geography. Bundelkhand lies between the Indo-Gangetic Plain to the north and the Vindhya Range to the south. It is a gently-sloping upland, distinguished by barren hilly terrain with sparse vegetation, although the it was historically forested. The plains of Bundelkhand are intersected by three mountain ranges, the V ...

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• Bundelkhand - Geography
• Bundelkhand - Ecology
• Bundelkhand - History
• Bundelkhand - Precolonial history to 1818
• Bundelkhand - British rule 1818-1947
• Bundelkhand - Independent India 1947-present
• Bundelkhand - External link

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The Chambal River (Hindi-चम्बल) is a tributary of the Yamuna River in central India. It is a perennial river. The Chambal river originates from the south slope of the Vindhya Range in Madhya Pradesh state, at Manpura , south of Mhow town , near Indore. The river flows north-northeast, running for a time through Rajasthan, then forming the boundary between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh before turning ...

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• Chambal River - External link

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The Vakataka was an Indian dynasty. They ruled in the today's parts of Maharashtra and Madya Pradesh from third century to fifth century and are the the most important follow-up dynasty of the Satavahana and are contemoraries to the Gupta. The dynasty founder was called Vindhyashakti (250-270), which also the name of the goddess Vindhya mountains was. It was Brahman and probably came from there. The next ruler was Pravarasena I. (270-330), which 60 years long, formed the realm governed to a great power and called themselves as a "all ruler". I ...

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• Vakataka - Rulers of Vakataka
• Vakataka - Vatsagulma branch

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Aryavarta (Sanskrit: Abode of the noble or excellent ones or the sacred land of the Aryans) is the ancient name for northern and central India. It is erroneous to give this name to the whole of India, since the borders of Aryavarta have been described differently in sources from different times. The Manu Smriti gives the name to "the tract between the Himalaya and the Vindh ...

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Bagelkhand (or Baghelkhand) is a region in central India, in northeastern Madhya Pradesh state. It includes the Madhya Pradesh districts of Anuppur, Rewa, Satna, Shadol, Sidhi, and Umaria, and the adjacent Uttar Pradesh district of Sonbhadra. The Bagheli, who give their name to the region, are a branch of the Solanki Rajputs who once ruled in Gujarat and migrated eastward in the 13th century. Bagelkhand Agency was a collection of princely states in British India. The agency was established in March 1871. Un ...

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The Central India Agency was a political unit of British India, which covered the northern half of present-day Madhya Pradesh state. The Central India Agency was made up entirely of princely states, which were under native rulers. The agency was bordered by the Central Provinces and Berar to the south; the Chota Nagpur princely states to the east, which were transferred from Bengal to the Central Provinces and Berar in 1905; the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh to the north; Rajputana to the northwest; and Bombay Presidency to the west and southwest. The district of Lalitpur, part of the United Provinces, split ...

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The ancient Buddhist and Brahmanical texts use the expression Dakshinpatha as a name for both the southern high road and for the region lying south of Majjhimdesa or Mid India. The first reference to Dakshinapatha occurs in the Rig-Veda where it refers to the region where the exile goes on being turned out. In the opinion of several scholars, this means the South beyond the limits of the Saptasindhu-- the then recognised Aryan world. Dakshinapatha is found in Panini (IV.2.98). Baudhyana mentions Dakshina ...

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Legend says that the Vindhya mountains that separate north and south India from each other once showed a tendency to grow so high as to obstruct the usual trajectory of the sun. This was accompanied by increasing vanity on the part of that mountain range, which demanded that Surya, the sun-God, should circum-ambulate the Vindhyas in the same way as he does Mount Meru [identified by some as being the north pole]. The need arose to subdue, ...

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Agastya, Agastya - Humbling the Vindhya mountains, Agastya - Agastya and the Tamil language, Agastya - Agastya and Lopāmudrā, Agastya - Legends about Agastya, Agastya - Other facets of Agastya, Agastya - Unity of Vishnu and Shiva, Agastya - Agastya In Ayyavazhi, Agastya - Certain important Stotrams

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Legend says that the Vindhya mountains that separate north and south India from each other once showed a tendency to grow so high as to obstruct the usual trajectory of the sun. This was accompanied by increasing vanity on the part of that mountain range, which demanded that Surya, the sun-God, should circum-ambulate the Vindhyas in the same way as he does Mount Meru [identified by some as being the north pole]. The need arose to subdue, ...

See also:

Agastya, Agastya - Humbling the Vindhya mountains, Agastya - Agastya and the Tamil language, Agastya - Agastya and Lopāmudrā, Agastya - Legends about Agastya, Agastya - Other facets of Agastya, Agastya - Unity of Vishnu and Shiva, Agastya - Agastya In Ayyavazhi, Agastya - Certain important Stotrams, Agastya - Reference

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Mount Meru finds mention innumerable times in Hindu mythology. Some of the better-known legends are recounted here. Mount Meru Mythology - Meru Vayu and Lanka. Legends say that Mount Meru and the wind god Vayu were good friends. However, the sage Narada approached Vayu and incited him to humble the mountain. Vayu blew with full force for one full year, but Meru did not submit. However, after a year Meru took respite for some time. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Vayu increased its force. Thus the apex of the mountain was broken and it fell i ...

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Mount Meru Mythology, Mount Meru Mythology - Legends, Mount Meru Mythology - Meru Vayu and Lanka, Mount Meru Mythology - Meru Agastya and the Vindhya mountains, Mount Meru Mythology - Beliefs

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