GK
INDIAN CULTURE
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Tantoratvoto
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Haithez
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Airavata
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Ganethra
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Detailed explanation-1: -Airavata (Sanskrit: “belonging to Iravati") is a white elephant who carries the deity Indra. It is also called ‘abhra-Matanga’, meaning “elephant of the clouds"; ‘Naga-malla’, meaning “the fighting elephant"; and ‘Arkasodara’, meaning “brother of the sun". ‘Abhramu’ is the elephant wife of Airavata.
Detailed explanation-2: -Noun. • (diggaj) m. (Hinduism) one of the mythological elephants that support the weight of the Earth. (figuratively) a legendary person, someone who is larger than life.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hindus, though, aren’t the only South Asians to worship elephants. Buddhists, for instance, believe so-called “white” elephants, a light-colored variant, carry special significance. In Thailand, white elephants are considered the king’s property, and wars have been fought over these relatively rare animals.
Detailed explanation-4: -Airavata is a white elephant that appeared after the Samudra Manthan, or the churning of the ocean, episode mentioned in the Puranas and Mahabharata. It was gifted to Indra, the King of Devas.