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		<title>Patachitra &#8211; Religious Indian Folk Art Paintings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Yantra&#8217; is a geometric figuration of a God or Goddess which represents his or her powers. In worship Shastras rule that with God/Goddess Idol, the related yantra should also be worshiped accompanied by the recitation of prescribed mantra according to tarntra (Specified process). The belief is that yantras carry the powers of the Gods or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.shalinworld.com&amp;blog=2065397&amp;post=102&amp;subd=shalincraft&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shalini Verma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is meditation? Why is it necessary? Everybody wants to know about himself or herself. Don&#8217;t they? One often asks oneself: &#8220;Who am I? What&#8217;s the purpose of my life?&#8221; Meditation may answer these questions. Meditation brings us to the inmost core of our being, to the truth ourselves. It helps us explore into ourselves [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.shalinworld.com&amp;blog=2065397&amp;post=43&amp;subd=shalincraft&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Buddha Statues and Images</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Prateek Sanjay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buddhist Art had not been there in the earlier days of Buddhism, and did not appear until the first century BC. The more devout priests had no need for images of Buddha, but as it became popular in the first century BC, the laymen patronized the making of images of Buddha, for tangible visual forms [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.shalinworld.com&amp;blog=2065397&amp;post=17&amp;subd=shalincraft&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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