The latter verse is the celebrated Savitri, now termed as the Gayatri mantra, with which Savitr was in later times invoked at the beginning of Vedic study.

His stepmother, Gayatri Rajapatni, was supposed to replace him, but Rajapatni retired from court to become a Bhikkhuni.

Sage Vishvamitra was the one who found revered great Mantra-The Gayatri Mantra.

However, certain persons, though very few in number, were born into other varnas but dedicated themselves to such an austere life that they were also recognized as Brahmins in ancient India ( e. g., sage Vishwamitra, a non-brahmin who attained brahmavidya and composed the Gayatri mantra was venerated as " Brahmarishi ", not by caste but by title / pre-fix accorded to him by the well-read in general in those days ).

He was survived by his wife, Gayatri Devi and 5 children.

Postcolonial literary theorist Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak wrote that Ramakrishna was a " Bengali bhakta visionary " and that as a bhakta, " he turned chiefly towards Kali.

This prefixing of the mantra proper is described in the Taittiriya Aranyaka ( 2. 11. 1-8 ), which states that scriptural recitation was always to begin with the chanting of the syllable, followed by the three Vyahrtis and the Gayatri verse.

During the year 2003-04, a series based on the mythological stories of Goddess Gayatri was aired on Doordarshan, the national TV channel of India on prime time ( 10 AM, Sunday ).

This prefixing of the mantra proper is described in the Taittiriya Aranyaka ( 2. 11. 1-8 ), which states that scriptural recitation was always to begin with the chanting of the syllable, followed by the three Vyahrtis and the Gayatri verse.

It is said that Jayanagara was overprotective towards his two half sisters, born from Kertarajasa's youngest queen, Dyah Dewi Gayatri.

A Mega Reunion of UVCE alumni was held on January 2 and 3, 2011, at Gayatri Vihar, Palace Grounds, Bangalore.

Growing popularity and success of many of the Indian Royalty in the hustings particularly Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur and Raja Matha of Gwalior, Viajya Raje Sindhia among others was not to the liking of Mrs. Gandhi who had become prime Minister by 1966.

Amar Nath Kak ( 1889 – 1963 ) was a prominent Kashmiri lawyer and author who's most important books are Hamara Vrittanta and the Gayatri, both written in Hindi.

The reasons for its being so sacred are: Godavari river originates from this place ; its a place of Tri-Sandhya Gayatri ; the birth place of Lord Ganesha ; a place of the first Nath of Nath Sampradaya consisting of Gorakhnath and others ; a place where Nivrittinath was made to imbibe the holy knowledge by his Guru Gahininath ; and also a place where Nivrittinath made his brothers and sister attain the self by his preaching.

In November 2000, a modern version of Purushamedha was organised by All World Gayatri Pariwar at Shantikunj Haridwar marking completion of 12 year Yugsandhi Mahapurascharana.

Having been in communication with Manikchand and Saxena all along, Baadshah arranges an exchange of the hostages for the diamonds at an abandoned construction site after meeting them at a school event where Gayatri Bachchan was speaking.

Gayatri was born in the Marathi-speaking Joshi family on March 20, 1977 In Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.

Shankar Nag directed Malgudi Days and introduced Vishnuvardhan as the main character Venkat Rao, in an episode called " Rupees Forty-five a Month ". Here his co-star was Gayatri Anant Nag.

# Indira's second daughter, Gayatri, became the third wife of the Maharaja of Jaipur, and was a noted celebrity in her own right.

* Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, University Professor in the Humanities, Columbia University in the City of New York, was born and grew up in Old Ballygunge and still lives there on her frequent visits.

His first film was Gayatri directed by P. N. Menon in 1973.

HH Maharani Gayatri Devi was born on 23 May 1919 in London.

She was the Director of the Rambagh Palace Hotel, Jaipur, and Gee Stud Farm Pvt Ltd., Chairman of the Governing Council of Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls Public School, Jaipur, Chairman of the Board of Trustee of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh Benevolent Trust, Jaipur, the Maharani Gayatri Soldier's Welfare Fund, Jaipur ; the Sawai Ram Singh Shilp Kala Mandir, Jaipur ; M / s Jaipur Durries Pvt Ltd, Jalpur and Rajasthan State Tourist Development Corporation, Jaipur ; Member of the 3rd, 4th and 5th Lok Sabha, author of: " A Princess Remembers " and " A Government's Gateway ", interests include photography, Fine Arts and Museums.

The film stars Shahrukh Khan and Gayatri Joshi in her first film.

All the hymns of third mandala of the Rig Veda is ascribed to Vishwamitra who is mentioned as son of Gathi, including the Gayatri mantra.

Even the Gayatri mantra, which is regarded as one of the most sacred of the Vedic hymns is dedicated to Savitr, one of the principal Ādityas.

Savitr disappeared as an independent deity from the Hindu pantheon after the end of the Vedic period, but in modern Hinduism, his name occurs in the well-known Gayatri mantra ( taken from book three of the Rigveda ), which is also known as Savitri because of this.

There are also conscientious supporters of identity politics who have developed their stances on the basis of Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak's work, and have described some forms of identity politics as strategic essentialism, a form which has sought to work with hegemonic discourses to reform the understanding of " universal " goals.

Gayatri (, ) is the feminine form of, a Sanskrit word for a song or a hymn.

by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.

The 1988 film The Bengali Night, directed by Nicolas Klotz and based upon the French translation of Maitreyi, stars British actor Hugh Grant as Allan, the European character based on Eliade, while Supriya Pathak is Gayatri, a character based on Maitreyi Devi ( who had refused to be mentioned by name ).

Recitation of the Gayatri Mantra is preceded by () and the formula (), known as the (" great utterance ").

Recitation of the Gayatri Mantra is preceded by () and the formula (), known as the (" great utterance ").

The field of postcolonial theory, championed in the late 20th century by theorists such as Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak and Homi K. Bhabha has established itself as a major academic presence.

Though uneducated Sarada Devi's spiritual insight and utterances are highly regarded by scholars like Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, who writes, " We have bits and pieces of her exquisite remarks as testimony.

Modern Bengali music has been enriched by Indian singers like Hemanta Mukhopadhyay ( Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay ), Sandhya Mukhopadhyay, Manna Dey, Geeta Dutta, Sachin Dev Burman, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Kishore Kumar, Dhananjay Bhattacharya, Shyamal Mitra, Tarun Bandopadhyay, Satinath Mukhopadhyay, Shreya Ghoshal, Dwijen Mukhopadhyay, Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, Sudhirlal Chakraborty, Jaganmoy Mitra, Robin Majumdar, Bechu Dutta, Gourikedar Bhattacharya, Satya Chowdhury, Sachin Gupta, Subir Sen, Dilip Kumar Roy, Uma Bose, Kanan Devi, Sabitri Ghosh, Ila Ghosh, Kamala Jharia, Angurbala, Indubala, Utpala Sen, Gayatri Bose, Supriti Ghosh, Alpana Banerjee, Protima Banerjee, Sabita Chowdhury ; and, Azam Khan, Abdul Jabbar, Apel Mahmud, Ferdousi Rahman, Khurshid Alam, Bashir Ahmed, Syed Abdul Hadi, Shahnaz Rahmatullah, Kalim Sharafi, Abida Sultana, Kanak Chapa, Shakila Zafar, Samina Chowdhury, Happy Akhond, Lucky Akond, Maqsood, Arnob, Farida Parvin, Latif SaNi, Bari Siddiki, Anusheh Anadil, Sabina Yasmin, and Runa Laila hailing from Bangladesh.

Suraj Singh Thapar ( Amrish Puri ) is a business tycoon whose bio-chemical plant is due to be shut down following a preventable industrial accident by the popular and uncompromising Chief Minister of Goa, Gayatri Bachchan.

Meanwhile, it is revealed by the CBI that Shiva's attempt on Chief Minister Gayatri Bachchan's life failed as a result of his death in a car accident.

* Kehinde Wiley: The World Stage: India, Sri Lanka Text by Gayatri Sinha.

Strategic essentialism, a major concept in postcolonial theory was introduced by the Indian literary critic and theorist Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.

* Glossary of Key Terms in the Work of Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak by Michael Kinburn