Markandeya (Sanskrit: मार्कण्‍डेय, romanized: Mārkaṇḍeya) is a rishi (sage) featured in Hindu literature. He is the son of the sage Mrikanda and his wife...

The Markandeya Purana (Sanskrit: मार्कण्डेय पुराण; IAST: Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa) is a Sanskrit text of Hinduism, and one of the eighteen major Puranas. The...

Mahabharata, the Markandeya Purana, and the Devi Bhagavata Purana. The most famous of these stories is the one mentioned in the Markandeya Purana. According...

Apanga (Vayu) / Aupadha (Markandeya) / Alasa (Vamana) – (Udichya Āryāvarta – Northern Āryāvarta) Āhuka / Kuhaka (Markandeya) / Kuhuka (Vamana) – (Udichya...

Bhakta Markandeya is an Indian film based on Hinduism shot simultaneously in Tamil and Kannada languages by B. S. Ranga with a different supporting cast...

Markandeya was a 1935 Tamil film directed by K. Ramnoth and Murugadasa. The film is based on the mythological story of Markandeya. During the early years...

Markandeya Hill is near the town of Vokkaleri in Kolar District of Karnataka State. It is named after the sage Markandeya. There is a temple and also...

Markandeya or Markanda is a river in the Indian states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. It flows into the South Pennar River near Krishnagiri Dam in Krishnagiri...

Markandeya is a river of southern India. It rises in the Bailur in Khanapur Taluk of Belgaum district, Karnataka state, enters Belagavi taluk on southern...

one along the right bank proceeds via the Markandeya Tirth, where the sage Markandeya wrote the Markandeya Purana. The other route–which lies on the left...

Samarkand in Uzbekistan. Markanda or Markandeya may also refer to: Markandeya Hill, Kolar, Karnataka, India Markandeya River, Eastern Ghats, a river in Karnataka...

pilgrimage site having the temple of Vindhyavasini, who according to Markandeya Purana, had incarnated to kill the demon Mahishasura. A detailed description...

Karaikal. The history of the village is associated with the legends of Markandeya and Abirami Pattar. The village is centered around Amritaghateswarar -...

Dear Markandeya" Samuthirakani as in a cameo appearance as Shankaranna Urvashi Rautela in a cameo appearance as Sithra Manjari in "My Dear Markandeya" In...

killing Yama when the latter comes to take the life of Shiva's devotee Markandeya. Shiva is often depicted as dancing on death, personified by Yama. The...

Subodh Markandeya is a senior Indian lawyer, author and judicial activist. He primarily practices at the Supreme Court of India, but also appears in various...

told by sage Markandeya. When Yudhishthira asks Markandeya whether there has ever been a woman whose devotion matched Draupadi's, Markandeya replies by...

in Hindu mythology. He is the husband of Manasvini and the father of Markandeya. In the Vishnu Purana, Mrikanda is described as the son of Vidhatri, a...

appeared as Kalasamharamurthy to save Markandeya from the death clutches of Yama. Based on the legend of Markandeya, it is believed that worshiping at this...

a significant expansion of the myth. The Puranic scriptures like the Markandeya Purana, the Matsya Purana and the Kurma described Sanjna as the daughter...

Haryana in North India. The name Markandeshwar is associated with Maharishi Markandeya, a great devotee of Shiva. The Shahabad Markanda town lies on the banks...

Devi Mahatmya, which is part of Markandeya Purana. The story of Mahishasura is told in the chapter where Markandeya is narrating the story of the birth...

due course, Marudvati gave birth to a boy and the child was named Markandeya. Markandeya was an exceptionally gifted child, and became an accomplished sage...

brother of Savarni Manu, though his birth is not explicitly stated. The Markandeya Purana tells the tale of Sanjna-Chhaya twice, the tale is similar to that...

1.4.21 One of the major Puranas, the Markandeya Purana, opens with a dialogue between sage Jaimini and Markandeya. Samaveda Guru Purnima Indian Mathematics...

chiranjivis, the death-defeating beings. By remembering their names along with Markandeya, the eighth, one gains freedom from sickness and can live up to a hundred...

Mahatmya ("Greatness of the Goddess") text, a later interpolation into the Markandeya Purana, considered a core text of Shaktism (the branch of Hinduism which...

Dhruva Markandeya 1982 Telugu Movie Wiki, Cast Crew, Songs, Videos, Release Date". MovieGQ. Retrieved 7 November 2021. "Bhakta Dhruva Markandeya on Moviebuff...

Yuga-Sandhi, the point of transition from one yuga to another. A discourse by Markandeya in the Mahabharata identifies some of the attributes of people, animals...

regained his original form and returned to Svarga. The ever-youthful sage, Markandeya, once visited Yudhishthira. He narrated many stories to Yudhishthira,...