Word: goddesses
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...hangs upstairs in a small office. It shows a tall crown studded with 4,000 diamonds and made from seven kilograms of gold. Four craftsmen from NAC Jewellers spent six months making the crown, at a cost of about $700,000. It now rests on a statue of the goddess Padmavathi Devi at the Tiruchanur Shrine in South India. Anantha Padmanaban, a partner of NAC Jewellers, proudly shows off a photo album full of snapshots of the work his shop has done for other Hindu shrines: a gold-plated archway for the temple at Guruvayur, a silver crown...
...second musical drama, “Actéon,” Kurt C. Crowley ’06-07 and Katrin D. Gerlach ’07 delivered energetic and convincing performances as the hunter Actéon and the goddess Diane, who is spied bathing in the river by Act?...
Throughout South Asia, Hindus worship the goddess Lakshmi, and it is said that on the night of the new moon, Lakshmi descends to earth and only enters houses that are properly cleaned and lighted...
...celebration opened with prayers to the Hindu gods, Lord Ganesha and Goddess Saraswati. Volunteers were then asked to share stories and experiences of Diwali. Some spoke of traditions with their parents and siblings, while others spoke of their Dharma community...
...brings an elfin gravity to the first 40 minutes of the film. Zhang, 26, blossoms persuasively from a girl of 15 to a woman in her early 30s, and Watanabe lends his warmth and regal machismo to the Chairman. But it's Gong Li, in a Bette Davis bitch-goddess role, who strides away with the picture. Her stiletto stare can burn in passion or turn on a rival with Freon fury. Facing it, one child extra started sobbing and had to be replaced...