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“The nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons.They arise from sense perception,and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed.” -Bhagavad Gita

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"Man, the imperfect, the bound, the sorrowful, has a thousand enemies within. He is riddled with negative thoughts fears, yearnings. These are selfishness, jealousy, meanness, prejudice and hatred – just to mention but a few. The Sadhak must get rid of these lawless villains within. With Mother Durga’s kripa, these destructive masters are to be annihilated. Invoke the Mother Terrible to help us annihilate within ourselves all negative forces; all weaknesses, - all littleness." - Swami Chinmayananda 

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do you ever just want to cry because you love Disney so much

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I just love Deepika so much I can't stand it sometimes her gif's are irresistible to reblog

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Kiss Curl (Devika Rani, Madhubala, Padmini)

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In the Vishnu Purana we are told if Narayana is like the sun, Lakshmi is like the radiance of the sun. They are inseparable. Wherever Narayana is, there is Lakshmi. Wherever is divinity, there is prosperity.

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Costumes in the Deccan, circa 1700. Ankle grazing kurtas/anarkalis seem to have a long history-though not always evident from the paintings often these seem to be worn with chudidars beneath.

In the paintings:  A princess flying a kite with a female attendant on a terrace: a princess releasing doves on a terrace with a female attendant standing before her holding a hookah; a princess offering a cup to a prince (gouache and gold on paper), 

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Sumatran tiger cub “Rojo”

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couldn't resist

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The Travancore Sisters were a famous dancing trio and one of them, Padmini, was a major star in South Indian cinema and also acted in Hindi films. 

Betsy Woodman’s family lived next door to the sisters and her blog is full of fascinating details about both expat life in India in the 50s (her mother also learnt dance while in India) and the everyday lives of the sisters. The picture here is from her family album and appears thanks to her.  I love the matched nature of the outfits, the little embroidery details on the blouses. And that they carry off the doubled up plaits. And am wondering if the brassiere (really an inner bodice) is handmade as was quite common back then. 

 Used by permission of the Woodman family - source here. 

PS: The sisters dancing in an early film.