Hindu deities and texts

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Rathi (born 23 September 1982) is an Indian film actress, who appears mostly in Tamil cinema and Telugu cinema. She made her feature film debut in Suki S. Murthy's 2002 Tamil film Gummalam. Later, she went on to do critically acclaimed performances in Solla Marandha Kadhai (2002). She had also dubbed for actress Genelia for the 2003 Tamil movie Boys. Rathi will make a comeback in Akshay Kumar and Dhanush starrer Atrangi Re and Puneet Rajkumar starrer James.

Valmiki (Sanskrit: वाल्मीकि Vālmīki ) is celebrated as the harbinger-poet in Sanskrit literature. The epic Ramayana, dated variously from the 5th century BCE to first century BCE, is attributed to him, based on the attribution in the text itself. He is revered as Ādi Kavi, the first poet, author of Ramayana, the first epic poem.

(Sanskrit: , IPA: Bengali: ; Tamil: ), also known as Kalika (Bengali: , ), is the Hindu goddess associated with eternal energy. The name Kali comes from kala, which means black, time, death, lord of death, Shiva. Kali means "the black one". Since Shiva is called Kala - the eternal time, Kali, his consort, also means "the Time" or "Death" (as in time has come). Hence, Kali is considered the goddess of time and change. Although sometimes presented as dark and violent, her earliest incarnation as a figure of annihilation still has some influence. Various Shakta Hindu cosmologies, as well as Shakta Tantric beliefs, worship her as the ultimate reality or Brahman. She is also revered as Bhavatarini (literally "redeemer of the universe"). Comparatively recent devotional movements largely conceive Kali as a benevolent mother goddess.

Shakti (Devanagari: ?????) from Sanskrit shak - "to be able," meaning sacred force or empowerment, is the primordial cosmic energy and represents the dynamic forces that are thought to move through the entire universe in Hinduism. Shakti is the concept, or personification, of divine feminine creative power, sometimes referred to as 'The Great Divine Mother' in Hinduism. On the earthly plane, Shakti most actively manifests through female embodiment and creativity/fertility, though it is also present in males in its potential, unmanifest form.

Shri Anantbodh Chaitanya (श्री अनंतबोध चैतन्य) is a spiritual teacher and Trustee in Shri Govind Math Trust, Varanasi. He represents the luminary lineage of the great-enlightened saints and yogis that renounce their homes at an early age in the search of supreme truth giving up all worldly ties and aspirations. He belongs to Advaita Vedanta tradition one of the oldest tradition in India.

Adithya Menon (born 6 April 1974), often credited as Adithya, is an Indian film actor who appears in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films.

Apam Napat is a deity in the Indo-Iranian pantheon associated with water. His names in the Vedas, Apām Napāt, and in Zoroastrianism, Apąm Napāt, mean "child of the waters" in Sanskrit and Avestan respectively. Napāt ("grandson", "progeny") is cognate with Latin nepos and English nephew. In the Rig Veda, he is described as the creator of all things. It is considered to originate from the Proto-Indo-European Hepom Nepōts.

Mahavishnu (Sanskrit: महाविष्णु, Mahāviṣṇu, 'Great Vishnu') is an aspect of Vishnu, the principal deity in Vaishnavism. In his capacity as Mahavishnu, the deity is known as the Supreme Purusha, the absolute protector and sustainer of the universe, the one who is beyond human comprehension, and all attributes.

Bhrigu Ashram is a temple in Ballia. The Dadri mela, which is the second largest cattle fair in India, takes place every year approximately one kilometer away from the temple.