Kandan Karunai
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Nissankara Savitri (also known as Savitri Ganesan; 6 December 1934 – 26 December 1981) was an Indian actress, singer, and filmmaker known for her works primarily in Telugu and Tamil films. Known by the epithets Mahanati (transl.
Savitri, goddess in Hindu mythology, the daughter of the solar deity Savitr and the wife of the creator god Brahma. The Mahabharata recounts how Savitri used the power of her dedication to her husband Satyavan to prevent Yama, the god of the dead, from taking him when he was fated to die.
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Savitri (Sanskrit: सावित्री, IAST: Sāvitrī) and Satyavan (Sanskrit: सत्यवान, IAST: Satyavān) are a legendary couple in Hinduism. Savitri is a princess who marries an exiled prince named Satyavan, who is prophesied to die early.
Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol is the poetic main work of Sri Aurobindo, composed in nearly 24000 lines in blank verse. It is based on the legend of Savitri and Satyavan in the Mahabharata, which was given a symbolic significance by Sri Aurobindo.
May 3, 2018 · Former journalists and authors who have chronicled the life of Savitri discuss the varied, at times disturbing, facets of her life.
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Introduction. The Indian legend of Satyavan and Savitri appears as an episode in the renowned Indian epic, the Mahabharata. As such It is widely known in India and in many families the rescue from a premature death of her husband Satyavan by the young princess Savitri is commemorated annually.
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Jun 16, 2017 · Savitri was a great actress in the Indian film celluloid. She acted in more than three hundred movies and left outstanding performances in the film industry, working in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi.
