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Hanuman with Five Faces – Panchmukhi Hanuman

Panchmukhi Hanuman is the form of Hanuman in which he has five faces. This is the Virata Rupa of Hanuman – a gigantic form that is beyond imagination of human mind. There are two forms of Panchmukhi Hanuman – in one all the five heads are that of Hanuman. In another form – only one head is of Hanuman and the other heads are that of Hayagriva, Narasimha, Varaha and Garuda. As Hayagriva, Narasimha and Varaha are incarnations of Vishnu, Panchmukhi Hanuman is a combined avatar of Vishnu and Hanuman. The five-faced Hanuman is widely believed to be Tantric representation of Hanuman as he is the perfect Siddha. A story associated with Panchamukhi Hanuman states that Hanuman took this form to save Sri Ram and Lakshman who were captured by Mahiravana and Ahiravan during the Ram-Ravan war. The demons took them the netherworld and kept confusing the brothers with their black magic. Hanuman fought a fierce battle with the demons but was not able to defeat them. The only way to

Malayalam Calendar 2002 Online – Download Kerala Calendar year 2002 in jpeg format

Malayalam Calendar 2002 followed in Kerala is provided by the Deepika Newspaper. The 2002 year Malayalam calendar contains important festivals in Kerala and uses Malayalam language to mention Nakshatram and festival details. This Kerala calendar of 2002 of Deepika is not in pdf format but in jpeg format. But you can save the webpage or image format and use it. You can visit the newspaper website and download it here -  Deepika MalayalamCalendar 2002. You can try this  to use the main calendar link.  (in this select the 2002 calendar for viewing)

Crowd-sourced animation movie in Sanskrit

Punyakoti, which explores man-animal conflicts, will be the first crowd-sourced animation movie in Sanskrit. Produced by Puppetica Media, an India based media house, Punyakoti will be the world's first full length animated movie in Sanskrit. The movie will be crowd funded and crowd animated by studios/schools across the world. The movie will also feature a unique musical experiment by the legendary music composer Sri Ilaiyaraaja. The movie is based on a Kannada folk song that narrates the story of a confrontation between a cow and a tiger. You can find more about the movie and contribute to it here – Punyakoti – A Sanskrit Animation Movie