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The Tirumala Temple trust has determined to show the craft in the expo gallery in the course of the following Brahmotsavams at Tirumala this year. The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), the unbiased trust which manages the hill temples of Lord Venkateswara atop Tirumala hills in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, preferred the inventive expertise of a junior college scholar for his extra-curricular talent of creating artwork out of waste. M Omkar, son of M Madhusudhan, from Kadiri of Anantapur district, has had a ardour for drawing and crafts on account that his childhood. After his university hours, he used to make crafts out of antique newspapers and mastered this artwork on his own. He currently finished making a reproduction of Sri Venkateswara Swamy with waste paper and gave it a stu...

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Hyderabad: PM Unveils The Statue Of Ramanujacharya; Know More About Hindu City

Pooja YadavFebruary 8, 20220

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a statue of Hindu saint Ramanujacharya on the outskirts of Hyderabad, which is termed the Statue of Equality. The 216 feet Statue of Equality is made of Panchaloha — an associate alloy of five metals particularly gold, silver, copper, brass, and zinc — and is among one of the tallest argentiferous statues in sitting position among the globe. It's mounted on a 54-foot-high base building named ‘Bhadra Vedi’, that homes a sacred text digital library, ancient Indian texts, a theatre, associate tutorial gallery on the works of Ramanujacharya. It had been conceptualized by Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swamy of Sri Ramanujacharya Ashram. Vaishnava's saint's sculpture, popularly known as the sculpture of Equality is going to be disclosed to commemorate Raman...

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Social Media Blows Out With Protests Against Criminalizing Marital Rape: A Classic Case Of Men Avoiding Accountability

Snehashish RoyJanuary 25, 20220

Twitter, among other social media platforms, has been stormed with #MarriageStrike and #MaritalStrike from the last two days. The hashtag inundation is the result of a protest showcasing "concerns" and dissatisfaction with court hearings on a plea seeking the criminalisation of marital rape under the Indian Penal Code (IPC). In recent times, there has been an overhaul of laws related to sexual assaults. However, the judiciary has failed to give protection to a married woman being forced to have sex without consent. A divide is being seen where men and women are taking sides. Arguments are being kept from the proponents of the social media protest that criminalising marital rape will lead to false convictions of men as a result of frivolous allegations. They argue that altering...