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Row of Asura statues - characters from the Hindu myth of the Churning Sea of Milk - on the causeway leading to the ancient Khmer city of Angkor Thom, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Angkor group.
So, this is Asura from the Samurai Showdown game. It's an old game, I made this fig for the contest over at the UD-Minifigure Design Arena. Many cool Characters...
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Muniandi (Tamil: முனியாண்டி) is a regional Tamil guardian deity. The deity Muniandi refers to the Munis wroshipped by the Tamil people. Munis are a class of guardian deities which are classified as Siva Gana. They are servants of the Supreme God Siva and his female half Sakthi. The Munis could be former warriors, kings, sorcerers or sages who achieved the status of a Muni after their human death. Some of the Munis worshipped were created as Munis and did not go through the human life cycle.
The Munis are worshipped as Guardian Deity (Kaval Deivam), Favourite Deity (Ishta Deivam) and Clan/Family Deity (Kula Deivam). Muniandi is also known as Muniappan, Aandiappan, Munisamy and Muniswaran.
Origin of Muniandi:
There are many theories on the origins of these Munis. There are also mythological stories passed down orally for generations. According to one of the oral tradition, the Saptha Muni (7 Munis) were created to protect Goddess Sakthi in the form of Goddess Pachaiamman against 7 Arakar Veerars (Demonic Warriors - Asuras). Various Pachaiamman temples in Tamil Nadu, India has statues for these Munis.
These are the names of the 7 Arakar Veerars:
Agni Veeran
Anithanthira Veeran
Thakkapathala Veeran
Thanathanthiran Veeran
Ilakana Veeran
Elilkana Veeran
Ugra Veeran
During the last few decades, some Gurukkals in Malaysia and Singapore have been trying to equate the Munis to Sivan himself by fusing the story of Muni into the story of Daksha Yagam. According to these Gurukkals the Saptha Muni emerged from the face of Siva to destroy Daksha's fire sacrifice(yagam).
However, reference in written puranas such as Vayu Purana has provern that the Munis worshipped today as Muniswaran or Muniandi have got nothing to do with Daksha Yagam. They were never mentioned in these Puranas.
Besides mythological origins, some Muni may have their own historical origin.
Forms of Muniandi:
There are many forms of Muni. Here are the list of 7 Munis known as Saptha Muni in one of the ancient temples for Pachaiamman:
Muttaiyar Muni
Chinna Muttaiyar Muni
Raya Muni alias Nondi Muni
Jada Muni
Poo Muni
Sem Muni
Vaal Muni
Kottai Muni is the presiding deity of the annual Jallikattu bullfight in Alangganallur, Tamil Nadu.
Paandi Muni, the guardian of the North Gopuram (Tower) of the Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple is believed by some to be the chief of the Munis. According to one legend, he was Emperor Neduncheliyan of Pandyan Kingdom.
The other known Munis are Raja Muni, Lada Muni, Karu Muni, Agni Muni, Veera Muni, Rettai Muni, Kaavu Muni and Yellai Muni.
There is also another concept of Nava Muni (9 Muni) instead of 7.
Meaning of Muniandi:
The word Muniandi is a combination of two words, Muni and Andi. The word Andi could be defined in two ways. One referring to slave of God and the other ruling (as in ruler). The second explanation could be derived from the word Aandavar which literally means he who rules. The reason for this explanation is the word Andi being used for other Gods in the Tamil Hindu pantheon.
Please refer to the following examples:
Brahma - Virumandi
Vishnu - Mayandi
Siva - Peyandi
Murugan - Malayandi
As such, the word Muniandi could refer to a slave Muni or he who rules in the form of Muni. Munis like Vaal Muni are also known as Vaal Muni Andavar and Vaal Muniswaran.
Muniandi to Muniswaran:
Eventually Muniandi came to be identified as Muniswaran. The Munis who were worshipped as Muniandi in the past were later given the suffix Iswaran which means Lord or Ruler. This may not necessarily refer to Siva. The King of Lanka in the epic Ramayana, Ravanan, is also known as Lankeswaran. Siva, hailed as the Supreme God of the universe is known as Sarveswaran, Maheswaran, Parameswaran and even Visveswaran.
Forms of Worship
Tree Worship (Maram Vallipadu)
The trees as such as Banyan (Ala Maram), Sacred Fig (Arasa Maram) and Palmyra (Pana Maram) are believed to be the gateways used by the Munis to travel between different dimensions. The Munis are also believed to reside in such trees. Tree Worship is the oldest form of Muni worship.
Stone Worship (Nadukkal Vallipadu)
The Stone Worship was mentioned even during Tamil Sangam ages more than 2,500 years ago. Nadukkal or Veerarkal (for warriors) were planted to commemorate the death of someone important. In the Muni worship, it can be divided to either a single stone or three stones (or bricks), decorated with Saivite sacred ash (vibuthi) marks, sandal paste (santhanam) and saffron paste (kungkumam). A trident (soolam) is planted as a mark of Sivan and Sakthi.
Statue worship (Uruvam Vallipadu)
This is the most contemporary form of worship. Statues are erected and decorated to help the devotee visualise on the Muni. Other insignias such as sickle (aruval), sword and mace will be used depending on the type of Muni.
Both vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes are served as Padayals (food offerings) depending on the type of Muni. For example, in one of the Pachaiamman temple, non-vegetarian dishes are only served for Sem Muni. Paal Muni believed to be of Brahmin origin is only served vegetarian dishes. in banting also have a muniandi alayam.adress is taman periang ,jln durian 6 sunggai manggis.in this alayam the muniandi god is more powerfull god. Some Munis are also offered intoxicants such as acoholic drinks and tobacco products.
Tamil Diaspora:
The deity is also popular amongst certain segments of the Tamil diaspora outside Tamil Nadu. In Malaysia, Muniandi worship was started by Tamil migrants who had the Munis as their Kula Deivam. The family temples which were built in the estates and villages later turned into public temples. Eventually, more people started worshipping these Munis and it became popularised. Most modern day Malaysian or even Singaporean Hindus are not hereditary worshippers of these Munis. However, they have accepted this deity as one of the main deities of worship.
Prometheus The Beguining - Rescue Mission by Daniel Arrhakis (2016)
With the music : Asura - Getsemani
Several rescue ships were sent to the planets of the Nebula Systems of Alasthor, The Red Worlds as we called them.
In one of those missions the Main ship Althares received a strange distress call in a old radio code that is no longer used. A Explorer Ship in an information-gathering mission was sent to the planet.
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Images of Pluto in center and in detail lower right by NASA´s New Horizons Spacecraft Credits NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
Images of Mars in the lower left (Daybreak at Gale Crate) and upper right ( the entire planet) Credits NASA/JPL-CALTECH
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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.
the balustrade on the other side of the south causeway, composed of stone statues of asuras or demons pulling a serpent, leading to the ancient Khmer city of Angkor Thom in Cambodia. The famous South Gate with the gigantic heads facing four directions can be seen at the end of the causeway.
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Worlds In Collision - Stars Prophecies
With the music : Asura - Life²
A Space artistic vision of a a theme that i love to explore.
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The two galaxies modified from:
* Artist’s Impression of a Baby Star Still Surrounded by a Protoplanetary Disc by Luís Calçada Creative Commons - CC BY 4.0 in Wikipedia :
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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.
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The Oil Rig at a distance somehow looked like a huge Tortoise, as in the Kurma Avatar of Lord Vishnu. It somehow symbolized the current situation, where the Devas (Gods) & Asuras(Demons) churned the ocean jointly for "Amrut," the elixir for immortality. What came out instead was "Halahal," the deadly poison.
Mankind is in a huge "Samudra Manthan," as written in the holy books. The churning of the ocean is on. We need a Lord Shiva like Herculean task to first quell the "Halahal" that is around & find the Elixir.
May the ?Samudra Manthan" discover a Potion soon.
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The "Asura Vayuphak War Barge" is a Thai royal barge featuring a half-bird, half-ogre figurehead, specifically the demon king Asura Vayuphak, at its bow, known for its distinctive purple color and considered part of the military procession category in the Royal Barge Procession; it is characterized by a mythical creature design with the upper body resembling a giant and the lower part like a bird, originally built during the reign of King Rama I.
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.
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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.
Ketu is the descending lunar node in Vedic, or Hindu astrology. After the head of Svarbhānu, an Asura, was cut off by God Vishnu, his head and body joined with a snake to form 'Ketu', representing the body without a head, and Rahu, representing the head without a body.
Ketu is generally referred to as a "shadow" planet. It is believed to have a tremendous impact on human lives and also the whole creation. Astronomically, Rahu and Ketu denote the points of intersection of the paths of the Sun and the Moon as they move on the celestial sphere. Therefore, Rahu and Ketu are respectively called the north and the south lunar nodes. The fact that eclipses occur when the Sun and the Moon are at one of these points gives rise to the understanding of swallowing of the Sun and the Moon by the snake. (Wikipedia)
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Angkor Thom, South Gate - (Porte Sud d'Angkor Thom)
~in Siem Reap; Cambodia - Cambodge~
www.amazingplaces.com/cambodia/angkor-wat-angkor-thom/
Vestiges de l'empire khmer
Angkor Thom is a quadrangle of defensive walls totalling 12 kilometers that once protected the capital city of the Khmer empire established in the late 12th century by King Jayavarrman VII
The south gate of Angkor Thom is approached from outside via a causeway that extends about fifty meters across a moat. On each side of the causeway are 54 stone figures engaged in the performance of a famous Hindu story: the myth of the Churning of the Ocean of milk, beautifully described here:
www.dailyartmagazine.com/the-churning-of-the-ocean-of-milk/
On the left side of the moat, 54 'devas' (guardian gods) pull the head of the snake while on the right side 54 'asuras' (demon gods) pull the snake's tail in the opposite direction.
The central tower of the stone gate is capped by three face-towers that face the four directions (the central tower faces both out and in).
(source: www.orientalarchitecture.com/cid/8/cambodia/angkor)
À chaque porte correspond une chaussée qui franchit les douves. Celle de la porte Sud, ici, est gardée de chaque côté par 54 géants, qui tiennent le serpent fabuleux,(le nâga), et montent la garde. D'un côté les gardiens, de l'autre les démons. La grande porte d’entrée est décorée des immenses visages des Grands Rois du panthéon hindouiste
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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.
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.
Asura Vayuphak Barge
Appearance: The Figurehead of an ogre-faced bird. Face, hands and feet are indigo, the front is purple, and the back is green. The hull is black outside.
Dimensions: Length 31 meters; Width 2.03 meters at the beam; Hull depth 62 cm.
Power: Driving power of 2.6 meters per stroke.
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Surapadma (surapadman (Tamil: சூரபத்மன்) was an asura who was the son of the asura rishi Vajranaga and the princess Varangi, and the grandson of sage Kashyapa. He was defeated by Murugan but asking for pardon prior to his defeat, was granted the honour of becoming his vahana, the peacock. He is the brother of Singamuka and Tarakasura. His eldest son is Banukopan.
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According to Hindu mythology, Apsaras are beautiful dancing
girls who are the wives of Ghandarvas, the court musicians of
Indra; king of Devas.
As per Hindu legend, the “elixir of immortality” was lost in the mythological Ocean of Milk and the gods went looking for it. It is said that these goddesses were born from the ocean of milk; water nymphs that were pulled from the ocean by the Hindu Devas (gods); Visuki, the god of serpents and a group of morally corrupt demons, the Asuras.
In Angkor wat temple walls and relief, you can see, around 1800 apsara carvings with different clothing, hair style, floral decorations, headdresses.. It has been concluded that they were modelled on real Apsaras in the Khmer court of 12th century.
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Lashes: Void - Flutter Lashes
Ears: ^^Swallow^^ Gauged XL Ears
Earrings: UNHOLY ANDRAS EARRINGS - [SWALLOW GAUGED XL]
Nails + Demonic Touch - bom/fingers (Ebody Reborn) + {Aii}
Hair: Foxy - Haerin
The ruler of space, with the ability to stretch and distort the area around him.
(Note: While the image doesn't show his weapons, he does indeed have them, you can see it at my instagram~)
Aspect: Space
Creature: Asura
Weapon(s): 6 Photon Blades
More images on my Instagram: www.instagram.com/p/CQ6NR0xprgw/
Each time when I edit my photo, the music I'm listening to has a very strong inspiration on the final result. Today's inspiration is "Golgotha" by Asura (from the album Life2). Have a great week! Enjoy!
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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.