Ganges

incorporated into the sculpture are essentially the type of features that reflect the Renaissance. In addition, this sculpture as well features river gods that represent four rivers. They come from four continents where each one holds a major river. The Ganges, from Asia, the Nile, from Africa, the Rio de la Plata, from America, and Danube from Europe. The gods surround the center of the basin and around them are animals and plants. I thought it was interesting to see a dragon, horse, and dolphin. I wonder

some mutant monster of the sea with a beak." Some claim that it resembles a Ganges River dolphin, commonly found in freshwater in India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh. One online comment jokes: "Probably, our summer is so cold that even the Indian dolphins getting into the local water is covered with feathers." With a small triangular hump instead of a dorsal fin, a brown color and tendency to swim on their side, the Ganges dolphin is different from other common species of

The death of a child is something no one wants to think about, but when it happens each religion deals with it differently. Some religions are very strict with the way they organize and carry out the whole dead and dying process, while others are very lenient and do not hold much regard to the process. In the Hindu belief system there are specific processes to each stage of the morning period and the cremation of the body because it directly relates to their religion and afterlife belief system.

What is the title of the document? Rig-Veda Who is the author of this document? The author is unknown. For what purpose did the author write this document? The Rig-Veda is in a form of many books that the Aryans composed of prayers, hymns, and sacrifices. These prayers, hymns, and sacrifices are used for religious rituals. Their religious belief is known as Hinduism; believing in many gods. Also, the Rig-Veda contains the beliefs such as, reincarnation meaning, when you die you are transmitted into

When I went to Museum of Metropolitan of Art, I saw many interesting works of arts. I was so amazed by all of the art-work. It was a tough decision to choose one work to focus on for my art paper, but there was one sculpture that caught my eye; it was Nataraja of Shiva (11th century) from Ancient Southeastern Art located on the 2nd floor of the museum. The main message of this sculpture is focused on the idea of the boundaries of cosmos and the destruction and rebirth of the world. This paper will

Malak Issa Lebanese University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hadath, Beirut KEYWORDS: India, Health, Life Expectancy, Disease Burden, Economy, Pharmaceutics ABSTRACT: The research aims primarily to meet the needs of the Public Health course. The research’s interest involves a general overview of India, its population, geography, economy, major past conflicts. Add to that the health status in the country with the funding, insurance, problems in and benefits of the system; diseases in the country and major

exceptions “like young children who are left to float in the Ganges River because it’s a sacred river.” Sarah also says that “male relatives carry the body to cremation grounds; also the funeral pyre is made of stacks of wood”. It is known that after the cremation the males’ relatives of the deceases’ will gather the ashes and throw them in water, most commonly in the Ganges River. Like in Namesake, Gogol and his family traveled to the Ganges River to scatter his father’s ashes (p188). On the other

Due to Pi’s devotion to all of his faiths, particularly Hinduism, not only changed how he thought about his current situation, but also changed how he would think about every single situation after in Martel’s Life of Pi. Hinduism deeply changes Pi for the good, although people don’t believe his story, Pi is convinced that through his faith, he survives crossing the Pacific Ocean. There is also a great amount of symbolism in Martel’s novel, from the Tiger, to even the travel itself, symbolism plays

In the first poem a statement that is being implied is how slow he could love her with if time was not an issue. The Ganges River is grimy and the rubies are absent. He would spend a lifetime searching for these rubies, even though he would never discover any. A second example is his vegetable love implies that his love is an unconscious growth. Another example is times

attributes work to reinforce crucial elements that are regarded as spiritually and domestically desirable. In regards to religious virtues that are revered which are illustrated through Shiva’s iconography, the Ganges River, which flows from Shiva’s head, indicates his role as supreme creator. The Ganges River is a rather sacred aspect of the natural world for Hindu’s for not only religious purposes, but for their everyday lives such as travelling, filtration and it provides water for crops and livestock