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Swami Ramanand Ramanand Swami (born "Rama Sharma") to a Brahmin family in Ayodhya in 1738. His parents were Ajay Sharma (father) and Sumati (mother). He was considered to be the incarnation of Uddhava, a close friend of Krishna. Ramanand was the founder and head of the Uddhav Sampraday. Ramanand Swami adopted of the Vishishtadvaita doctrine of the Vaishnava which was first propounded by Ramanuja several centuries earlier. In his travels to Srirangam in southern India in his early life, Ramanand Swami said that Ramanuja gave him diksha (initiation) in a dream and appointed him in his line as an acharya. Ramanand Swami then travelled north to Kathiyavad to spread his philosophy. Before dying in 1802, Ramanand Swami passed the reins of the Uddhav Sampraday to Swaminarayan.
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Ayodhya Ayodhya (   ; IAST "Ayodhyā"), also known as Saketa, is an ancient city of India, believed to be the birthplace of Rama and setting of the epic "Ramayana". It is adjacent to Faizabad city in the central region of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Ayodhya used to be the capital of the ancient Kosala Kingdom. It has an average elevation of 93 m .
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Ramachandrapura Ramachandrapura is a small village and neighbourhood located in the outskirts of India's fifth-largest metropolitan area, Bangalore. It is accessible through Doddabommasandra and Jalahalli.
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Bapunagar Bapunagar is a neighbourhood in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It is located in the eastern part of the city, in the Rakhial ward. Its name derives from the word "Bapu", which refers to Gandhi, who was popularly called "Bapu", or Father.
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Ramanandi Sampradaya The Ramanandi (IAST Rāmānandī ), also known as the Ramayats or the Ramavats (IAST Rāmāvat ), are a branch of the Vaishnava Sri Sampradaya of Hinduism.
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Satara (city) Satara (   is a city located in the Satara District of Maharashtra state of India, near the confluence of the river Krishna and its tributary river Venna. The city was established in the 16th century and was the seat of Raja of Satara Chhatrapati Shahu. It is the headquarters of Satara Tahsil, as well as Satara District. The city gets the name from Seven-forts(Sat-Tara) which are close to the city.Satara is well known for its sweet: "kandi pedhe".
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Shobhabazar Shobhabazar (also spelt Sovabazar) (Bengali: শোভাবাজার ) is a neighbourhood in north Kolkata, earlier known as Calcutta, in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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Media in Coimbatore Coimbatore (Tamil: கோயம்புத்தூர் ; ] ), also known as Kovai (Tamil: கோவை ; ] ), is the second largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu with a metropolitan population of over 2 million. It is a major commercial centre and has often been referred to as the "Manchester of South India".
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Janardan Swami Janardan Swami (or Janardana) was an Indian scholar, a Deshpande or Deshastha Brahmin, born in 1504 at Chalisgaon. Janardan Swami was a devotee of Dattatreya. He moved to Devagiri, renamed as Daulatabad by the Muslim rulers of the time. The Muslim king appointed Janardan as chief in charge of the fort. There in a cave, he held a conversation with Dattatreya in human form. He made disciples from among all castes including Muslims and Arabs. On one of his tours to Ankalakopa, while resting in a temple, he had the vision of Lord Dattatreya who came to him in the form of Narasimha Saraswati, a great saint lived in Narsobawadi near Gangapur. Narasimha Saraswati initiated him in the spiritual life, under an audumbar tree. Janardan Swami composed beautiful Abhangas. His very presence used to bring peace of mind to those who came to him. Of his three main disciples, Saint Eknath was the best known; the others were Ramajanardana and Janijanardana.
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Ramanujan IT City Ramanujan IT City is an information technology (IT) special economic zone (SEZ) situated in Chennai, India. Named after the Indian Mathematician Srinivas Ramanujan, it is a joint venture of Tata Realty and Infrastructure Limited (TRIL), Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) and Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO). Situated next to the Tidel Park, it is being developed in a land measuring 25 acres with two zones with a total built-up area of 5.7 million sq ft. including 4.5 million sq ft of office space.
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Culture of Thrissur Thrissur    (Malayalam: തൃശൂര്‍ ) formerly known as Trichur, is a city in the Kerala state of India. It is the headquarters of the Thrissur District. It is known as the 'Cultural Capital of Kerala'. The culture of the city can be termed as predominantly South Indian. Residents of Thrissur are known as Thrissurian; they are an important part of the South Indian weltanschauung. Thrissur, the cradle of culture of Kerala is decorated with Vadakkunnathan Temple, from where the name derived. The old name was 'Thrishivaperur' derived from "Thiru Shiva Perur" or "Land of Lord Shiva". The Thrissur Pooram, celebrated during April–May is top on the list of cultural attraction of South India.
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Bhandup Bhandup is a suburban community within the municipality of Mumbai, formerly known as Bombay, in the state of Maharashtra, India and is also the name of a Bhandup railway station on the Mumbai suburban railway on the Central Railway line. The word "Bhandup" is derived from the name "Bhandupeshwar", which is one of the names of Lord Shiva. An old temple dedicated to Lord Shiva - the Bhandupeshwar Mahadev Mandir - still stands in Bhandup West.
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Swaminarayan Museum The Shree Swaminarayan Museum is a museum in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It houses of Three thousand personal objects of Swaminarayan, who is believed to be a manifestation of god in Swaminarayan Hinduism. It is a project undertaken to protect God Swaminarayan's objects of Prasadi (personal objects) which can be viewed by all people for darshan.
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Vireshwarananda Swami Vireshwarananda, the tenth President of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, was born on 31 October 1892 at Chennai. His pre-monastic name was Pandurang Prabhu; he was later known as Prabhu Maharaj. After his father's death at an early age, his mother moved with them to his maternal uncle's house at Mangalore.
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Kanchipuram Kānchipuram (Tamil:காஞ்சிபுரம்) otherwise known as Kānchi ("kāñcipuram "; ] ) is a city/town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, 72 km from Chennaithe capital of Tamil Nadu. The towns covers an area of 11.605 sqkm and had a population of 164,265 in 2001. It is the administrative headquarters of Kanchipuram District. Kanchipuram is well-connected by road and rail. Chennai International Airport is the nearest domestic and international airport to the town, which is located at Tirusulam in Kanchipuram district.
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Pune Pune (] ; spelled "Poona" during British rule) is the second largest city in the Indian state of Maharashtra and the seventh most populous city in the country. Situated 560 m above sea level on the Deccan plateau on the right bank of the Mutha river, Pune is the administrative headquarters of Pune district and was once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire established by Shivaji. In the 18th century, Pune was the political centre of the Indian subcontinent, as the seat of the Peshwas who were the prime ministers of the Maratha Empire.
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Ramanathan Ramanathan (Tamil: ராமநாதன் ) is a given name for a male South Indians. Due the South Indian tradition of using patronymic surnames it may also be a surname for males and females. Ramanathan is derived from Rama (a Hindu god) and the Sanskrit word "nath", meaning "lord." The name Ramanathan is given to the Hindu god Shiva at Rameshwaram, one of the southernmost towns in India. Hindus believe that Lord Rama worshipped Shiva before beginning his journey to Lanka; hence "Lord of Rama". This name is from the history of great epics. Most Tamil south Indians like chettiars mostly have this name.
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Kanpur Kanpur (    ; formerly Cawnpore) is the 12th most populous city in India and the second largest city in the state of Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow. The city is the administrative headquarters of Kanpur Nagar district and Kanpur division.
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Saket Saketa in Sanskrit, or Saket in Hindi, means Heaven, thus a place where God resides. "Saket" can be alternatively used for Heaven or "Vaikuntha" in Hindu mythology, where liberated souls dwell. "Saketa" is also an alternative name for the ancient city of Ayodhya, an important Hindu religious place, the capital of Kosala and the birthplace of Lord Rama, the hero of epic "Ramayana". Also "Ajanavana", an ancient forest (deer park) near Saket (Ayodhya) was where Gautam Buddha once stayed and preached.
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Antsiranana Antsiranana (Malagasy: "Antsiran̈ana" ] ), named Diego-Suarez prior to 1975, is a city in the far north of Madagascar.
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Vidyanagar, Kasaragod Vidyanagar is a town in Kasaragod district situated about 4.2 kilometres away from the Kasaragod town, in the state of Kerala, India. National Highway NH 17 connects Vidyanagar to major nearest cities. Vidyanagar, also known as Kunjumavindadi (കുഞ്ഞുമാവിന്റടി). The place has a large population of Muslims, Hindus and Christians .
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Prabhu Jagadbandhu Prabhu Jagadbandhu was a 19th-century Hindu Vaishnav Saint of Bengal. Considered by his followers to be a re-incarnation of Chaitanya, he spent much of his life meditating and preaching in the Sri Angan ashram in Faridpur, British India (present day Bangladesh). His teachings inspired the founding of the Mahanam Sampraday sect. He died in 1921 in Sri Angan. His remains have been preserved and worshipped ever since with continuous recitation of Harinam or God's name.