Makara River information

The Makara River refers to one of the following rivers in New Zealand. Makara River (Chatham Islands), in the Chatham Islands Mākara River (Wellington)...

sign Capricorn. Makara appears as the vahana (vehicle) of the river goddess Ganga, Narmada, and of the god of the ocean, Varuna. Makara are considered...

transition of the sun from the zodiac of Sagittarius (dhanu) to Capricorn (makara). Since the sun has made this transition which vaguely coincides with moving...

incarnation, two river goddesses, Ganga and Yamuna appear atop their respective mounts, makara and kurma (a turtle or tortoise). The makara is often accompanied...

Maerewhenua River Mahakirau River Mahitahi River Mahurangi River Maitai River Makahu River Mākākahi River Makara River (Chatham Islands) Mākara River (Wellington)...

of both river and oceanic dolphins. The Ganges dolphin is associated with Ganga and is occasionally the depiction of her vahana, the makara. "Fossilworks:...

Coromandel Peninsula) Waimata River (NI) - 20 km (16 mi) Makara River (Chatham Island) - 16 km (10 mi) (longest New Zealand river not in New Zealand's main...

of India and Pakistan respectively. Irrawaddy dolphin List of cetaceans Makara – water creature from Hindu mythology that is sometimes depicted dolphin-like...

heralded the goddess' descent from the heavens, and Ganga's mount, the Makara, is sometimes depicted as a dolphin. In Chinese mythology, the baiji has...

southward movement of the Sun). It is the period between Karka Sankranti and Makara Sankranti as per the sidereal zodiac and between the summer solstice and...

The Makara Nedunkuḻaikathar Temple is one of the Nava Tirupathi, nine Hindu temples dedicated to Vishnu located Thenthiruperai along Tiruchendur-Tirunelveli...

River Tauweru River Waiohine River Park River Hector River Mangatarere Stream Huangarua River Mākara River Ruakokoputuna River Dry River (New Zealand)...

removes sins and helps in gaining moksha. Her mount is a creature called the makara. A legend in the Bhagavata Purana and Devi Bhagavata Purana describes Ganga...

reveals that she had been cursed to become the monster. Makara as the Vahana (vehicle) of the river-goddess Ganga Makarasana in Yogasopana, 1905 In Light...

of fresh water, such as in rivers and lakes. Danu, goddess of primordial waters, mother of Vritra and the Danavas. Makara, mystical creature of waters...

Mandala Pooja (approximately 15 November to 26 December), Makaravilakku or "Makara Sankranti" (14 January), and Maha Thirumal Sankranti (14 April), and the...

experience). From the mouths of the makara come tongues which come together in a point. The five-pronged vajra (with four makara, plus a central prong) is the...

book series, Amar Chitra Katha. Harihara Harivarasanam Maalikapurathamma Makara Jyothi Karuppuswamy Younger 2002, pp. 21–25. Paul Williams; Anthony Tribe;...

rocky hills of the Ghagra and Ghai rivers in the Likabali sub-division. Read more here. Annual fair is held during Makara Sankranti, to which wild cows, rare...

shapeshifting trickster dolphins Glashtyn (Celtic) – Horse goblin from the sea Makara (Hindu mythology) – half terrestrial animal in the frontal part (stag, deer...

and mukha mandapa, which rest on six pillars. The entrance is through a makara-torana. There are surasundaris which are carved on the front pillars of...

acknowledged as the prototype of the makara and symbolises both the fructifying and the destructive powers of the rivers. It is the animal vehicle of the...

coincides with the observance of Makara Sankranti. On this occasion, the sun god, Surya, is believed to enter the Makara Constellation (Uttarayana of the...