Topics and Cultural Keywords

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List of Topics and
Cultural Keywords from India

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Agni, God of Fire and Agni V missile
Amritsar and Golden Temple
Anand Karaji - Sikh wedding ceremony
Ashoka, Ashoka Maurya, King Ashoka (304 BCE - 232 BCE)
and the Ashoka tree (Saraca asoca)
Ayurveda and Massage
Anklets (payal) , Bracelets, Bangles
Aum (阿吽) A-Un, Om

Babbler bird (Turdoides striata)
Bamboo . An Asian Plant
Banyan Tree
Baobab tree (Adansonia digitata)
Basil, Holy Basil (tulsi, tulasi, thulasi)
Beas River
Bells, Temple Bells in India
Benares and the Burning Ghats - Varanasi
Bhagavad Gita
Bhang, Bhaang Drink
Bikaner .. a town in Rajasthan
Bindi, the Red Dot decoration
Birla Planetarium, Chennai
Bodhidarma, Daruma san in Japan
Bombay, Mumbai
Buddha, Shakyamuni, Shaka
- Bhushan - Professor Satya Bhushan -


Chandigarh Town - Open Hand, Rose Garden, Rock Garden
Chhath festivals
Chickpeas (kala chana) Cicer arietinum. Bengal gram
Chillum, chilum, cheelam .. pipe
Chittorgarh Fort (Rajasthan)
Coconut, Coconut palms Philippines, India
Cow (Pashu, Gai) The Holy Cow of India
Curry (karee カレー) Curry rice and other curry dishes

Dal Lake, Kashmir
Dalit (Untouchables)
Damaru drum, damru
Dance, dancing
Dargah Sufi Islamic Shrine Sufism
Delhi, Old Delhi, New Delhi
Dhobi cast - washers
Doli, bridal palanquin
Dukh-Bhanjani Beri tree Golden Temple, Amritsar
Dukh Nivaran shrine Punjab
Dupatta scarf

Earthquake

Food from India
- - - Food from Punjab

Football, Soccer

Ganesh The elelphant-headed god
Ganges, the Holy River Ganga
Gangotri, origin of the River Ganges
Garhwali songs
gharat or water flour mills
Giddha dance Punjab
Giddarpirhi mushroom (Trametes versicolor)

Gilli-Danda game
Guava tree myrtle family Myrtaceae
Gurbani hymns Punjab
Guru (teacher) Sensei (Japan)
Guru Granth Sahib - Adi Granth scripture
. Guru Nanak and Guru Nanak Gurpurab .


Harike Wetland, Punjab
Henna (mehandi)
hijra and eunuch
Himalaya Mountains
- Hindu babies -

Incense

Jal-trang instrument
Japji Sahib, Japji hymns Punjab


Kabir, Sant Kabir, the Poet
Kahwah tea
Kalyani, kalyan, kalyaan - raga music
Kamadeva, Kāmadeva, Kama
Kamakhya Temple near Guwahati in Assam
Kachnar tree, orchid tree Bauhinia variegata
Kashmir
Khadi handspun cotton. Mahatma Gandhi.
Kharif crops and Rabi crops n India
Koel, Koil, Kuil, Koyal (Eudynamys scolopacea) oni kakkoo bird (Japan)
　Kolam, kollam, kulam - flower decorations
Krishna
Kumbh Mela, Kumbmela, Kumbha Mela

Labyrinth 　
Lingam, Shiva Linga
Lotus (padma)
Lotus Temple Delhi
Lucknow

Mandala
Mangalsutra marriage token, Thaali
Marathon Boy Budhia Singh
Marigold garlands - Tagetes and Calendula
Meditation (dhyana)
Meera, a Saint Meerabai, Mirabai, Mira
Monkey, Hanuman, Langur
Moon, waxing (moondraam pirai)
Moti Bagh Palace Punjab, Patiala

Music of India
..... Music: Raagam
..... Music: Shruthi
..... Tansen The Musician

Mynah bird, myna India. Fam. Sturnidae

Nath - nose ring
- Navy Day Celebration
Nihang warriors
Nirala, Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala' Poet, Painter
Nishan Sahib flag, Punjab
... Kalasa, khanda, chakram, kirpan

Ornaments from Punjab
Saggi Phul, Giddha, Jhumka Earrings

Panchatantra, a Fable
Papaya Carica papaya
Parikrama circumambulation
Pashmina shawl, Kashmir

..... Philosophical and Mythological Haiku from India

Plumeria, Champa, Frangipani
Phulkari embroidery Punjab
Prasad, Prasād, Prasada offering - "gracious gift"

Puja, pooja, prayer
. - - - - - Punjab - Haiku from Punjab - パンジャブ .
Punjabi University


Punjabi apparel
... Patiala salwar trousers, pauncha ankle cuff
Punjabi Jutti shoes



Qawwali - devotional music
Quisqualis indica. Chinese honeysuckle

Raga Chandar Kauns, Chandarkauns Moon raga
Rain　
Raj Kapoor - actor
Rajanigandha (Polianthes tuberosa)
rangoli flower decorations
Rice, Basmati Rice　
Ropar town, Punjab
Rudraksha tree - "Rudra's eyes" mala


sadhu - holy man
Sandalwood (chandan)
Saraswati, Sarasvati deity
Sari Dress for Ladies
Sarovar - Sacred Pool
Sassui Punhun folktale, Sassi Punnun

Shisham tree - Dalbergia sissoo
Shivaji's forts
Shraddha devotion - Sraaddha

Silence (maun)
..... The Infinite Cosmoses Of Infinite Silences
by Narayanan Raghunathan
..... Silence and Stones
..... Silence and Haiga

sindoor, sindooram - red powder
Sirhind canal - Punjab
Sleshmantak ban Forest Nepal
Spices of India, an overview 　　

Sukhna Lake - Punjab
Sun (dinesh, dinesha) "He who is the lord of the days"　　　　　　　　
Sun god (aditya) (India), Sun Godess Amaterasu Omikami (Japan)
..... including suriya namaskar and the gayatri mantra
Sunbirds

Sutlej River


Taj Mahal ... "the Taj"
- Tamil, Tamiz - Haiku in Tamil
Tantra
Temples in India
Thar desert
Tiger
Towns of India and haiku Asansol, Bangalore, Contai, Hardwar, Mysore, Sambalpur
Trekking Treck, Trecking


Urs -death anniversary


Window 　 　　　

Yoga



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