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December 1 5, 1984

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O N E D M I N T H E K IN G P O M
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B R O A D - C H E S T E P K A I V f iR T f lS
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T H E D Y IN G F IS H
W IT H P IT Y A N D
C O M P A S S IO N .
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J U S T T H E N A N A S C E T IC
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THE CURSE
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B V H IS G O O D D E E D S A N P
U N M ATC H EP VALO UR, H E
D A Z Z L E P E V E N T H E D E N IZ E N S
OF H E A V E N .

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T H E N B R A H M A B L E S S E D H I M W IT H THE
M O S T PO W ERFUL BOON OF A L L .
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Illustrated by: Ram esh U m ro tk a r

® To which heavenly body is the Gayatri

Mantra of the Vedas addressed?

D ID Y O U K N O W ...
...that Brahma, the creator of this
universe is worshipped only in
one temple (at Pushkar in Ajmer)
in the w hole of India? Of the tw o sons of Shiva,
Ganesha rides on a rat. W hat is
the mount of the second son,
Kartikeya, w ho is also kn^own as
Skanda or Subrahmanya?

QUIZ IN DIA - 14 (Answ ers) A. M o u n t Abu B. Sravanabelagola

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11 KRISHNA 42 PARASHURAM A
13 THE PANDAVA PRINCES 88 GANGA
14 SAVITRI 89 GANESHA
15 RAM A 111 S A T I& SHIVA
16 N ALA DAM AY AN TI 122 ANCESTORS OF RAM A
17 HARISCHANDRA 127 THE GITA
18 THE SONS OF R A M A 1 60 TALES OF VISHNU
19 HANUMAN 176 TALES OF DURGA
20 M AHABHARATA 273 THE CHURNING OF
26 KARNA THE OCEAN
29 SHIVA PARVATI 281 SHUNAHSHEPA
34 BHEESHMA JA G A N N A T H A OF PURI
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