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Hairbase & Hair: Chloris Lelutka EVO x hairbase (BOM applied) & Collier hair add-on by Tableau Vivant *Get the hairbase at the C88 event!* www.flickr.com/photos/tableauvivant_sl

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Tattoo: Ear Shroomies & blush by [POLARVOID] www.flickr.com/photos/192554010@N02

Lipstick: Shrooms lipstick (lel evo x) by The Lillypad www.flickr.com/photos/lillycross/

Earrings: Earrings E01 (for lel Evo X elf ears) by Swallow *Get this item at the K9 event!* www.flickr.com/photos/70651101@N05/

Brows: Ivy Brows (Lel evo x) by The Lillypad www.flickr.com/photos/lillycross/

Access: Elihu Crown by .random.Matter. *Get this item at the C88 event!* www.flickr.com/photos/random_matter/

Angkor Wat by david schweitzer

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The ancient Angkor Wat temple complex in northwestern Cambodia is regarded as the supreme masterpiece of classic Khmer architecture and source of intense national pride. It was built as a mausoleum for a great medieval king (Suryavarman II, 1113-1150) whose regime had adopted some aspects of Hinduism.

The infinity POV in this remarkable southern section of the east gallery follows through a corbel-roofed colonnade with a long sequence of columns. Typically seated at the base of each column are rishis or bearded ascetics. To the left of the arcade is perhaps the most famous of the bas-relief scenes at Angkor Wat, the Churning of the Ocean of Milk. It depicts an epic chapter in the Hindu creation myth and is seen as a paragon of classic Khmer art.

It is also a story about the victory of good over evil. The devas (gods) and the asuras (demons) are portrayed in a metaphoric tug-of-war with the Naga or serpent king as their divine rope, while overhead a ubiquitous host of asparas or celestial maidens sing and dance in encouragement.

Anchor Wat contains the longest continuous series of bas-reliefs in the world with a complete iconographical record of Hindu mythology, including the Khmer version of scenes drawn from epic Indian legends of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. The beautifully carved sandstone reliefs also depict scenes from ancient Khmer courtly and military life, including a triumphal battle march with the king and his commanders mounted on war elephants.

This grand architectural endeavour contributed to the notion that the king was an incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. He was depicted as a deified monarch with transcendental qualities, a divine universal ruler, hence a “god who is king.” The myth provided the religious rationale for absolute royal authority and subject obedience.

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Asura Rahu swallows the sun, Sala Keo Kou Statue Park, Nong Khai by phginlon

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190 by karu adasia

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Skin: -Moremore- riri skin gacha_7 gacha

Hair: -Kururu- Shea

Kimono & Hearddress: -Luas- Sayuri

Ears / collar / donut / ice cream: -Asura- Sweet Delights gacha -Sanarae- new

Pose petals: -Stardust- Rosie -Bloom- new

Asura by ✂ Cookie Corvinus ✂

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Today I have 2 gorgeous new things to show you.

The first is this outfit from Pink Cherry called "Kiana" Outfit.

This mesh outfit is Maitreya (Lara & Petite) / Legacy (Classic & Perky) / Reborn & Inithium (Kupra) Mesh-Body compatible.

It is available in 14 Color variations. Price each 169L$ Color / 999L$ Fatpack. Properties: no mod, copy, no trans. Grab this @ the mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/EDGE%20Paradise/30/82/23

Next is the socks from Miss Black called Asura Socks. These are a BOM layers socks that come in 9 different styles: Fishnet Open, Fishnet Closed & Torn Superimposed, Torns Only, Torns Superimposed, Striped Only, Striped & Fishnet, Line Only, Bones, and Bones & Torn Superimposed. It comes in a few opacities: Ink, 50% and 100% and you can choose both legs or just one leg. There is also a special layer for Ebody Reborn. These also work perfectly with Maze Soft Thighs, which I'm wearing here. Grab this @ the mainstore: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rosemist%20Isle/43/160/22

What else I'm wearing:

shape - +ARANA+ - Loca Shape - BRIANNON Lelutka EvoX. I've used several of +ARANA+'s shapes before and this one is no disappointment. This shape is made for the Lelutka Briannon Lelutka EvoX head and the body shapes for Ebody Reborn, Khara, Maitreya, and Legacy,Legacy Perky and BellezaGenX. You get a stylecard that gives you all the information you need to look like the ad. I've used a lot of what I had on that card, but I don't have everything. It also give a tintable eyeliner, soft freckles and simple eyeshadow and a neck fade, all of which I'm using here. Grab this amazing shape @ the mainstore:

maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Violet%20Moon/227/28/3064

skin (and eyebrows) - Nar Mattaru - Freyja / Fairest

septum - Six Feet Under - Serpent Septum. This is an unrigged mesh item and with a resize/stretch script will size to fit any avatar. The hud lets you change 5 faces with 8 metal colours and 12 gem colours.

Available at the O-zone Event. maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Busi/124/62/2001

Mainstore afterwards: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Blue%20Waters/25/61/22

mouth piercing - Blaxium - Viper Piercing

hair - Stealthic - Lliium

garters *I'm wearing 2 of them - 1. - The Forge - Bullet Garter

2. - CryBunBun - Tearful Garters

body tattoo - Corazon Tattoos -

Aryan

boots - AsteroidBox - MonStomper Boots

pose - CKey Poses - Lea

Jai ho.......Screaming for God..... by Subir Basak

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Shot it at Kumbha Mela 2010.Its a greatest show on Earth.

In Hindu mythology, its origin is found in one of the popular creation myths and the Hindu theories on evolution, the Samudra manthan episode (Churning of the ocean of milk), which finds mention in the Bhagavata Purana, Vishnu Purana, the Mahabharata, and the Ramayana.

The Gods had lost their strength, and to regain it, they thought of churning the Ksheera Sagara (primordial ocean of milk) for amrit (the nectar of immortality), this required them to make a temporary agreement with their arch enemies, the demons or Asuras, to work together with a promise of sharing the nectar equally thereafter. However, when the Kumbha (urn) containing the amrita appeared, a fight ensued. For twelve days and twelve nights (equivalent to twelve human years) the gods and demons fought in the sky for the pot of amrita. It is believed that during the battle, Lord Vishnu flew away with the Kumbha of elixir, and that is when drops of amrita fell at four places on earth: Prayag, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nashik, and that is where the Kumbh Mela is observed every twelve years.

First written evidence of the Kumbha Mela can be found in the accounts of Chinese traveller, Huan Tsang or Xuanzang (602 - 664 A.D.) who visited India in 629 -645 CE, during the reign of King Harshavardhana.

Source:-Wikipedia.

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Athyma asura baelia (Studded Sergeant) (B00605, TW00030) by Still Air

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Photo taken around Xindian, New Taipei City, Taiwan

2020/07/22

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BakongTemple, Siem Reap, Cambodia-6a by Yasu Torigoe

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Bakong is the first temple mountain of sandstone constructed by rulers of the Khmer empire at Angkor near modern Siem Reap in Cambodia. In the final decades of the 9th century AD, it served as the official state temple of King Indravarman I in the ancient city of Hariharalaya, located in an area that today is called Roluos.

In 802 AD, the first king of Angkor Jayavarman II declared the sovereignty of Cambodia. A few decades later, his successors constructed Bakong in stages as the first temple mountain of sandstone at Angkor.

The structure of Bakong took shape of stepped pyramid, popularly identified as temple mountain of early Khmer temple architecture. The striking similarity of the Bakong and Borobudur temple in Java suggests strongly that Borobudur was served as the prototype of Bakong.

The pyramid itself has five levels. It was reconstructed by Maurice Glaize at the end of the 1930s according to methods of anastylosis. On the top there is a single tower that is much later in provenance, and the architectural style of which is not that of the 9th century foundations of Hariharalaya, but that of the 12th-century temple city Angkor Wat.

Though the pyramid at one time must have been covered with bas relief carvings in stucco, today only fragments remain. A dramatic scene-fragment involving what appear to be asuras in battle gives a sense of the likely high quality of the carvings. Large stone statues of elephants are positioned as guardians at the corners of the three lower levels of the pyramid. Statues of lions guard the stairways.

Athyma asura, the studded sergeant by Ngangom Aomoa

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Mawlynnong, Meghalaya, India

Let's talk about it, talk about it, talk about moovin by Lilly Cross-TheLillyPad Owner

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Hair: Cardi Hair by [Sleek] www.flickr.com/photos/153968570@N02/

Hairbase: Empress (bom applied) by V *Get this item at the Cake Day event!*

Glasses: Melt in Rainbow love glasses by ~OMN~ www.flickr.com/photos/-asura/

Outfit: With love by Flamingos *Get this item at the Dubai event!* flickr.com/photos/100482052@N08/

Lipstick: Yuqi Lipstick (for lel evo) by {Nyaru} *Get this item at the Planet 29 event!* www.flickr.com/photos/101708604@N03/

Eyeshadow: Amore Shadows (for lel evo) by Gorsimi www.flickr.com/photos/meganfreea/

neox asura by FaythNevaeh

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Beautiful Apsara dancers, Angkor World Heritage Site, Siem Reap, Cambodia, March 2018 by Judith Gandy

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IMG_4043白圈三線蝶 Athyma asura baelia by 賞景者 Jeff Lin

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攝於烏來福山.

Taken at Taiwan.

* Breaking Asura * (Guild Wars 2) by Zeeva Quintessa

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Small video from the game "Guild Wars 2" -- my Asuran mechanist - Sassy Sprinkle busting out some moves with the latest emote from game -- super silly and super fun. I added some music using a movie editor (still learning how to use it) I figured its good enough to show off them "sweet moves"

Song - " Jam On It " by Newcleus

Any questions about this game or her "gear" let me know! See ya later bookahs!!

eerie . asuras eyeshadow by ACID

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For this weekly sale we release brand new eyeshadow, asuras. A gothic dark red and black pigmented eye look with 4 different options, choose between if you want to have it darker or lighter, and if you would like to have an eyeliner with it.

For only 77L!

7DaysSale starts 09.02

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M e r r y ♡ C h r i s t m a s by ❥ Lҽια

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(Asura Set Megapack)(Rigged for Impressions, Kupra, Legacy, Peach, Reborn, JuicyB, WaifuB)

::: Available on Marketplace :::

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Head－Lelutka Avalon 3.1

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Lashes-

Void - Demure Lashes

[Belantti] Xtreme Falsie Lashes

Tattoos-

DAPPA - Vixey Tattoo.

DAPPA - Daruka Tattoo.

Ladybird. // Sidney Tattoo - Kiss Here

pecheresse. jina (face) evox - faded - 3

15 - Bunny Hugs outfit by aaiyana silverfall

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Outfit: 1 Hundred. Bunny Hugs. Melon (top, shorts, bunny ears, face tatto)

Eyes: LOTUS. South Eyes

Eyelashes: [Belantti] Eclipse Lashes (Clover Megalash)

Mouth Corner: [Belantti] Mouth Corner 5

Nails: KitCat - Nails Decora Usagi

Hair: .Olive. the Usagi Hair RARE

Necklace: ASURA. Sweet Delights Choker Bunny

Icecream: ASURA. Sweet Delights Ice Cream Bunny

Skin: .Idoll. - Keiko Skin (Icy)

Shape: Cake Inc.: Usagi Shape

Head: Lelutka - Avalon

Body: Ebody Reborn

The Buddha Images Line the Bridge over the Moat to the South Gate of Angkor Thom, Angkor, Cambodia-1a by Yasu Torigoe

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Angkor Thom ("Great City"), located in present-day Cambodia, was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire. It was established in the late twelfth century by King Jayavarman VII. It covers an area of 9 km², within which are located several monuments from earlier eras as well as those established by Jayavarman and his successors. At the center of the city is Jayavarman's state temple, the Bayon, with the other major sites clustered around the Victory Square immediately to the north.

Angkor Thom is in the Bayon style. This manifests itself in the large scale of the construction, in the widespread use of laterite, in the face-towers at each of the entrances to the city and in the naga-carrying giant figures which accompany each of the towers.

The faces on the 23 m towers at the city gates, which are later additions to the main structure, take after those of the Bayon and pose the same problems of interpretation. They may represent the king himself, the bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, guardians of the empire's cardinal points, or some combination of these. A causeway spans the moat in front of each tower: these have a row of devas on the left and asuras on the right, each row holding a naga in the attitude of a tug-of-war.

(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkor_Thom)

Ashura-ō 阿修羅王 by 小川 Ogawasan

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Ashurao (असुर) – Asura

仁和寺と御室派のみほとけ - 東京国立博物館

Treasures from Ninnaji Temple and Omuro

2011 Thaipusam @ Little India Sri Perumal Temple_2402 by wsboon

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Thaipusam

Thaipusam (Tamil: தைப்பூசம், Taippūcam ?) is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (January/February). It is celebrated not only in countries where the Tamil community constitutes a majority, but also in countries where Tamil communities are smaller, such as Singapore and Malaysia. The festival is also referred to as Thaipooyam or Thaippooyam (Malayalam: തൈപ്പൂയം, Taippūyaṁ ?). The word Thaipusam is derived from the month name Thai and Pusam, which refers to a star that is at its highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel (spear) so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman. There is a misconception among people that Thaipusam marks Murugan's birthday; however, it is believed that Vaikhasi Vishakam, which falls in the Vaikhasi month (May/June), is Murugan's birthday.

Origin

Skanda (or Murugan) was created during one of the battles between the Asuras or to be more specific Surapadman) and the Devas. At one point, the latter were defeated several times by the former. The Devas were unable to resist the onslaught of the Asura forces. In despair, they approached Shiva and entreated to give them an able leader under whose heroic leadership they might obtain victory over the Asuras. They surrendered themselves completely and prayed to Shiva. Shiva granted their request by creating the mighty warrior, Skanda, out of his own power or Achintya Shakti. He at once assumed leadership of the celestial forces, inspired them and defeated the Asura forces and to recognize that day the people created the festival.

Kavadi

Kavadi Attam is a dance performed by the devotees during the ceremonial worship of Murugan, the Tamil God of War. It is often performed during the festival of Thaipusam and emphasizes debt bondage. The Kavadi itself is a physical burden through which the devotees implore for help from the God Murugan.

Generally, Hindus take a vow to offer a kavadi to idol for the purpose of tiding over or averting a great calamity. For instance, if the devotee's son is laid up with a fatal disease, he would pray to Shanmuga to grant the boy a lease of life in return for which the devotee would take a vow to dedicate a kavadi to Him.

Preparations

Devotees prepare for the celebration by cleansing themselves through prayer and fasting approx-48 days before Thaipusam. Kavadi-bearers have to perform elaborate ceremonies at the time of assuming the kavadi and at the time of offering it to Murugan. The kavadi-bearer observes celibacy and take only pure, Satvik food, once a day, while continuously thinking of God.

On the day of the festival, devotees will shave their heads and undertake a pilgrimage along a set route while engaging in various acts of devotion, notably carrying various types of kavadi (burdens). At its simplest this may entail carrying a pot of milk, but mortification of the flesh by piercing the skin, tongue or cheeks with vel skewers is also common.

The simplest kavadi is a semicircular decorated canopy supported by a wooden rod that is carried on the shoulders, to the temple. In addition, some have a small spear through their tongue, or a spear through the cheeks. The spear pierced through his tongue or cheeks reminds him constantly of Lord Murugan. It also prevents him from speaking and gives great power of endurance. Other types of kavadi involve hooks stuck into the back and either pulled by another walking behind or being hung from a decorated bullock cart or more recently a tractor, with the point of incisions of the hooks varying the level of pain. The greater the pain the more god-earned merit.

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