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Hemis Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery (gompa) of the Drukpa Lineage, located in Hemis, Ladakh, India. Situated 45 km from Leh, the monastery was re-established in 1672 by the Ladakhi king Sengge Namgyal. The annual Hemis festival honoring Padmasambhava is held here in early June. ...
Ashapurna Devi was born on Feb 8, 1909 in colonial Bengal. She grew up in Calcutta. Her father was an artist and her mother was a lover of literature. She belonged to a very orthodox family where females were no permitted to go to schools. She was married at a very young age in a conservative family and thus could ...
Kishan Maharaj was born in Kabir Chaura, Benaras into a family of professional musicians.He was initially trained in classical music by his father, Hari Maharaj. After his father's death, his training was taken over by his uncle, Kanthe Maharaj, a disciple of Baldeo Sahai of the Benares gharana. ...
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