Agni Archive
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Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The temple was built on the banks of a large artificial lake and sponsored by King Vishnuvardhan of the Hoysala Empire, located in
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In Mahabharata, one of the major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, Surya is the "eye of the universe, soul of all existence, origin
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Ancient Symbols
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Fire has played an important role in human life since the dawn of history. Generally, fire symbolizes eternity, warmth, love, spiritual enlightenment, hell, punishment,
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In ancient Roman beliefs, Vesta (the equivalent of the Greeks' Hestia) was the goddess of fire, home, and family. She was an abstract
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The holy bird Garuda is one of the most interesting figures in the Hindu pantheon. Garuda (not a god himself) is half-man, half-bird, and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Agni is the fire god, represented as red and two-faced (sometimes covered with butter), suggesting both his destructive and beneficent qualities and with black
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