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Word: nagasaram (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1947-1947
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With the emissaries came south India's most famous player of the nagasaram, a special kind of Indian flute. Like other sannyasis, who abstain from hair-cutting and hair-combing, the two emissaries wore their long hair properly matted and wound round their heads. Their naked chests and foreheads were streaked with sacred ash, blessed by Sri Amblavana. In an ancient Ford, the evening of Aug. 14, they began their slow, solemn progress to Nehru's house. Ahead walked the flutist, stopping every 100 yards or so to sit on the road and play his flute for about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Oh Lovely Dawn | 8/25/1947 | See Source »

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