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Built again and again.
From the original text · Art and music histories
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The first mornings in Gokul.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
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A thread of cloth on Krishna's finger.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
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Why the greeting in Braj is her name.
From the original text · Brahmavaivarta Purana
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The rishis' gentle curse.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
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The messenger who ran ahead.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
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Twenty-one modaks, one very full belly.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
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The drum, the fire, the little demon under his foot.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
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The daughter of Katyayana.
From the original text · Devi Mahatmya (Durga Saptashati)
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Counting to thirteen and never stopping.
From the original text · Janamsakhis of Guru Nanak
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Everything is God (Namdev, Ang 485).
From the original text · Sri Guru Granth Sahib
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Each felt one part of the elephant.
From the original text · Jain moral tales
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The best dish in the world, said no one twice.
From the original text · Oral tradition
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Which is heavier, sin or salt?
From the original text · Oral tradition
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Fair payment.
From the original text · Oral tradition
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A snake who kept his word.
From the original text · Oral tradition
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The prince whose life was in a bird.
From the original text · Thakurmar Jhuli
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Songs of Navratri.
From the original text · Oral tradition
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Naivedya: the plate goes to the shrine before the table.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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A whole street of relatives.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Pradakshina around the shrine.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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The colour of a beginning.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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A name chosen with love.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Three generations, one kitchen.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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The night Lakshmi visits.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Jaimala: choosing each other.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Kheer on a silver spoon.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Peace, three times.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Because there is enough.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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The tree the Buddha sat under.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Little India and everywhere else.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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The colour of the sky and the sea.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
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Quick brushes near a temple.
From the original text · Art and music histories
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A carpet of petals.
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White and gold.
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Clay and rhythm from the south.
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Soft wood, bright paint.
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The busiest temple in the world.
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From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
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Reading while flying backwards.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
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The first Shivratri, from a tree.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
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The dark night that keeps us safe.
From the original text · Devi Mahatmya (Durga Saptashati)
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Why Vishnu was born in Ayodhya.
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Three days in the Bein.
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Under the sal tree by the Rijuvalika.
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