John Merrick, 'The Elephant Man'
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1 day ago · Japanese Buddhist equivalent. Kangiten. Ganesha ( Sanskrit: गणेश, IAST: Gaṇeśa ), also spelled Ganesh, and also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, Lambodara and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon [4] and is the Supreme God in the Ganapatya sect. His depictions are found throughout India. [5]
1 day ago · Image The Anmatjere Man Anmatjere: 2005 Located approx. 150 km north of Alice Springs at the Aileron roadhouse/ caravan park. It is believed to be modelled on Charlie Quartpot Ngwarray who was an important Anmatyerr leader and rainmaker for the area. The Anmatjere Man took a year to construct and was created in 2005 by Mark Egan.
1 day ago · The Yellow Jambhala is considered the most popular and powerful of the Wealth Gods. [6] He is the emanation of Buddha Ratnasambhava. He can remove poverty within the six realms, increasing virtues, life span and wisdom. [3] He is also said to be an emanation of Vaisravana, one of the "Four Great World-protecting Heavenly Kings".
1 day ago · Max Ernst, The Elephant Celebes, 1921. The word surrealism was first coined in March 1917 by Guillaume Apollinaire. He wrote in a letter to Paul Dermée: "All things considered, I think in fact it is better to adopt surrealism than supernaturalism, which I first used" [Tout bien examiné, je crois en effet qu'il vaut mieux adopter surréalisme que surnaturalisme que j'avais d'abord employé].
1 day ago · Tiger. The tiger ( Panthera tigris) is a member of the genus Panthera and the largest living cat species native to Asia. It has a powerful, muscular body with a large head and paws, a long tail and orange fur with black, mostly vertical stripes. It is traditionally classified into nine recent subspecies, though some recognise only two ...
1 day ago · Sunni Islam [c] Imperial Seal. Muhi al-Din Muhammad (3 November 1618 – 3 March 1707), commonly known as Aurangzeb ( Persian pronunciation: [ʔaw.ɾaŋɡ.ˈzeːb] lit.'Ornament of the Throne' ), was the sixth Mughal emperor, reigning from 1658 until his death in 1707. His regnal name is Alamgir I ( Persian pronunciation: [ʔɑː.ˈlam ...
1 day ago · Galápagos tortoise. The Galápagos tortoise or Galápagos giant tortoise ( Chelonoidis niger) is a very large species of tortoise in the genus Chelonoidis (which also contains three smaller species from mainland South America ). The species comprises 15 subspecies (13 extant and 2 extinct ). It is the largest living species of tortoise, and ...
