He was awarded the Padma Vibushan, India's second highest civilian award in 2008.

Once Tagtshang Repa Ngawang Gyatso ( 1573 – 1651 ), a disciple of the 5th Gyalwang Drukpa Paksam Wangpo ( 1593 – 1641 ) and Drukpa Yongzin Ngawang Sangpo, was meditating at Ugyen dzong, a retreat cave near Kargil of Guru Padma Sambhava and Naropa, after his pilgrimage to the Swat Valley ( now in Pakistan ), when he received an invitation from King Jamyang Namgyal of Ladakh.

Padmasambhava ( flourished eighth century AD ), also called Guru Rimpoche, Tibetan Slob-dpon ( teacher ), or Padma ‘ byung-gnas ( lotus born ) legendary Indian Buddhist mystic who introduced Tantric Buddhism to Tibet and is credited with establishing the first buddhist monastery there. According to tradition, Padmasambhava was native to Udyana ( now Swat in Pakistan ).

His prayers Sri Rupa Manjari Pada and Sri Guru Carana Padma are still sung in within both Gaudiya Math and ISKCON temples on a regular basis.

Guru Nātyāchārya Vidūshakaratnam Padma Shri Māni Mādhava Chākyār choreographed and directed plays like Kalidasa's Abhijñānaśākuntala, Vikramorvaśīya and Mālavikāgnimitra ; Bhasa's Swapnavāsadatta and Pancharātra for the first time in the history of Koodiyattam.

However, legendary Kutiyattam artist and Natyashastra scholar Nātyāchārya Vidūshakaratnam Padma Shri Guru Māni Mādhava Chākyār has choreographed a Koodiyattam production of The Recognition of Sakuntala.

It is derieved from the Padma Purana that Narada Maharshi originally placed the idol of Guru Narasimha in its current place.

The area in Rathong chu valley at Narbugong was considered as blessed by Guru Padma Sambhava ( Guru Rim-bo-che ).

' Members of the State Bar Council of Chhattisgarh :' Mr. Awadh Tripathi, Mr. Tiharu Ram Nirala, Mr. Ashok Kumar Tiwari, Mr. Padma Kumar Agrawal, Mr. Yashwant Tiwari, Mr. Koshram Sahu, Mr. Yogeshchandra Sharma, Mr. Krishna Kumar Shukla, Mr. Ram Narayan Vyas, Mr. Abdul Wahab Khan, Mr. Basant Rai, Mr. Shiv Narayan Pandey, Mr. Sushil Chaturvedi, Mr. Arun Kochar, Mr Badshah Prasad Singh, Mr. Praveen Gupta, Mr. Anand Kumar Sharma, Mr. Anand Mohan Thakur, Mr. Leeladhar Singh Chandra, Mr. Vivek Ranjan Tiwari, Mr. Pankaj Shrivastava, Mr. Deoraj Singh Surana ' Advocate General & Ex-officio member ' of CGSBC.

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The legends regarding the origin of Jagannath, which have been recorded in various sources such as Mahabharat of Sarala Dasa, Deula Tola of Nilambar Das, Skanda Purana, Brahma Purana, Narada Purana, Padma Purana, Kapila Samhita etc., suggest the tribal as well as Brahmanical links of the deity in the initial stages.

* Buddhadev Das Gupta, sarodist, Padma Shree awardee

The alumni of the college include Former President of India, His Excellency late V. V. Giri, Former Governor & Chief Minister of Orissa, Late Shri Biswanath Das, Justice Late Shri B Jagannath Das of Supreme Court of India, Padma Shree Dr. Kota Harinarayana Senior Scientist, Programme Director and Chief Designer of Light Combat Aircraft, Host of Top Academicians, Scientist, Burocrats, Social Servants and Business leaders.

Out of which, Chandi Prasad Bhatt was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1982, and Sundarlal Bahuguna was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2009.

They were Bala Deva, Padma Deva, Nagarjuna Deva and Shankara Deva.

Sree Padma and Anthony Barber also associate the earlier development of the Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra with the Mahāsāṃghikas, and conclude that the Mahāsāṃghikas of the Āndhra region were responsible for the inception of the Tathāgatagarbha doctrine.

Brahmins were forbidden from the practise by the Padma Purana.

His birth and preaching activities were predicted in the Padma Purana long ago.

Lakshmi, Padma Vaasanthi, Geetha, Madhavi, Saritha, and Jayamala were some of the actresses who made their mark.

Sree Padma and Anthony Barber also associate the earlier development of the Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra with the Mahāsāṃghikas, and conclude that the Mahāsāṃghikas of the Āndhra region were responsible for the inception of the Tathāgatagarbha doctrine.

Sree Padma and Anthony Barber also associate the earlier development of the Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra with the Mahāsāṃghikas, and conclude that the Mahāsāṃghikas of the Āndhra region were responsible for the inception of the Tathāgatagarbha doctrine.

Sree Padma and Anthony Barber also associate the earlier development of the Tathāgatagarbha Sūtra with the Mahāsāṃghikas, and conclude that the Mahāsāṃghikas of the Āndhra region were responsible for the inception of the Tathāgatagarbha doctrine.

According to the Padma Purana, Bali along with his kinsmen, friends and followers were bound.

He and Jasu Patel were the first cricketers to be honoured with the Padma Shri.

Sree Padma and Anthony Barber associate the development of the Tathagātagarbha Sūtra with the Mahāsāṃghika sect of Buddhism, and conclude that the Mahāsāṃghikas of the Āndhra region ( i. e. the Caitika schools ) were responsible for the inception of the Tathāgatagarbha doctrines.

During the War of the Vordarian Pretendership, the pregnant Lady Alys, along with Lord Padma, were targeted for assassination because of Padma's Vorbarra bloodlines, which would make both her husband and her unborn child potential rival claimants for the throne.

All of the important figures in Tsogyel ’ s life were to be reborn in the life of Machig Lapdron, including Padma Sambhava himself, who would become Phadampa Sangye.

He and Vijay Hazare were the first cricketers to be honoured with the Padma Shri.

Another branch of descendants of Jung Bahadur are from two of his sons Gen. Ranabir Jung and Commander-in-Chief Gen. Padma Jung Bahadur Rana KIH Gold Medal 1877 who were escorted to Allahabad.

In the center of Srinagara is the Maha Padma Vana ( The great lotus forest ) and within it the Chintamani Griha ( The house of holy thought ), In its north east is the Chid agni kunda and on both sides of its eastern gate are the houses of Manthrini and Dhandini. On its four gates stand the Chaduramnaya gods for watch and ward.

There are four Vaishnava sampradayas according to Padma Purana quoted in Böthlingk Sanskrit-Sanskrit dictionary, entry Sampradaya,

Padma Shri Mayadhar Raut also played a major role in giving Odissi dance its classical status.

A Map showing major rivers in Bangladesh including Padma.

The Padma ( Pôdda ) is a major trans-boundary river in Bangladesh.

Rajshahi, a major city in western Bangladesh, is situated on the north bank of the Padma.

Chandpur is a conflux of two major rivers, the Padma River ( the main branch of the Ganges River ) and the Meghna River, which converge near Chandpur town.

The beloved of Kalki is " पद ् म ां" " Padma " ( beloved of the " lotus ") who lives at द ् व ी प dweep ( island ) स िं हल े Sinhale ( not Sri Lanka because Sri Lanka was known at the time as " Lanka " in Ramayana )( स िं ह shiha ( Lion ) + ल े( of ))= " the island of the lion "( 1: 3: 9 ).

Ramanas ' career has many facades-Journalist, Story teller, Film critic, Film story writer, Dialogue writer and a popular film personality who represented a genre that produced finest work in Film arts, literature, Journalism, many has dissatisfaction that he hasn't been nominated for Padma awards, instituted by Government of India.

Prof. Sunil Handa, Padma Shri Prof. Anil K. Gupta, Sanjeev Bhikchandani, Vinod Dham, Arjun Malhotra, and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw are some of the speakers who have delivered lectures within and outside IIT-Kgp.

There is another occasion involving Chaitanya who deposited his divine love ( prema ) for great saint Narottama dasa Thakura in the river Padma in Bangladesh.

The devas faced a very great enemy in Sura Padma / Banda who had a boon that he could be killed only by a son of Shiva and Parvati.

The first principal was Padma Shri, S. L. Dhawan, who retired from active duty in 1998.

The last ruler of the Seraikella princely state was HH Raja Aditya Pratap Singh Deo ( son of HH Maharaja Udit Narayan Singh Deo ) and notables of the era include his sons Tikayet Sahib Nrupendra Narayan Singh Deo, HH Maharaja Sir Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo ( given in adoption to Patna-Bolangir state, former Chief Minister of Orissa ), Patayet Sahib Maharajkumar Bhoopendra Narayan Singh Deo ( leading regional politician who supported the popular tribal anti-merger movement with Bihar ) and Rajkumar Sudhendra Narayan Singh Deo ( Param-Guru of Chau ), a Padma Shree awardee.

She advises Ravana to cast off the box containing the ill-fated Padma, who led to the doom of her father.

Ravana buries the box in the city of Janaka, who discovers Padma and brings her up as Sita.

She has also acted in Telugu films with Dr. N T Rama Rao, who became the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2002.