The Cat and Shakespeare
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5 Doctors who practise the ancient Indian system of medicine, Ayurveda.
6 Jhatka is a horse carriage and a bandi is a cart drawn by bullocks.
7 A well-known story in a dance drama. Bhima, a hero of the Mahabharata, is helped by Hanuman, a figure in the Ramayana, to find the flower of paradise.
8 A famous text on pure Vedanta.
9 ‘Wonderful am I! Adoration to myself who love nothing.’
10 Sacred marks.
11 Eletchan wrote the famous Ramayana in Malayalam.
12 Dussera is perhaps the most important festival of India. It takes place after the rains and lasts for ten days, during which worship is made to the elephant, horse, armour, books and the pipal tree.
13 A legendary cow that gave one everything one wished for.
14 An ancient Hindu custom of choosing the bridegroom from an assembly of ‘pretenders’.
15 Sir C.P. Ramaswamy Iyer, the then Dewan of Travancore.
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