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Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社 or 靖國神社, Yasukuni Jinja, lit. ' Peaceful Country Shrine ') is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo.It was founded by Emperor Meiji in June 1869 and commemorates those who died in service of Japan, from the Boshin War of 1868–1869, to the two Sino-Japanese Wars, 1894–1895 and 1937–1945 respectively, and the First Indochina War of 1946–1954 ...
A war erupted in which the chiefs of seven other clans waged war against the Mallakas of Kushinara for the possession of the Buddha's relics. In the center of the architrave, the siege of Kushinara is in progress; to right and left, the victorious chiefs are departing in chariots and on elephants, with the relics borne on the heads of the latter.
The controversies surrounding Yasukuni Shrine are related to the choice of Japanese people to visit this Shinto shrine and war museum in central Tokyo. The shrine is based on State Shinto, as opposed to traditional Japanese Shinto, and has a close history with Statism in Shōwa Japan. Most of the dead served the Emperors of Japan during wars ...
The Aghori (from Sanskrit: अघोर, lit. 'not dreadful', 'dreadless', IAST: aghora) are a monastic order of ascetic Shaivite sadhus based in Uttar Pradesh, India. [3] They are the only surviving sect derived from the Kāpālika tradition, a Tantric, non- Puranic form of Shaivism which originated in Medieval India between the 4th and 8th ...
The London exhibition featured Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists whose work used ink, pigment and pastels created from ash and charcoal left by Amazon wildfires.
Mahākāla (Sanskrit: महाकाल) is a deity common to Hinduism and Buddhism.. In Buddhism, Mahākāla is regarded as a Dharmapāla ("Protector of the Dharma") and a wrathful manifestation of a Buddha, while in Hinduism, Mahākāla is a fierce manifestation of the Hindu god Shiva and the consort of the goddess Mahākālī; he most prominently appears in the Kalikula sect of Shaktism.
Breach: a gap in fortified or battle lines. Breakout: exploiting a breach in enemy lines so that a large force (division or above) passes through. Bridgehead and its varieties known as beachheads and airheads. Camouflet. Chalk: a group of paratroopers or other soldiers that deploy from a single aircraft.
Endocannibalism. Endocannibalism is a practice of cannibalism in one's own locality or community. [1] In most cases this refers to the consumption of the remains of the deceased in a mortuary context. [2]