Balancing these are numberless images of devotional scenes, the Nativity, the Madonna and other religious figures.
She gets paid a few coins for singing devotional songs in the temples.
Banga, whose taste in music ranges from Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" to kirtans (devotional songs), comes well-prepared to his current job.
Her songs are primarily devotional, so when her lyrics refer to the beloved, the meaning is spiritual rather than romantic.
But the British clubs have also led the way in merchandising the sale of devotional artefacts from replica team shirts to duvet covers.
It's an illustrated devotional album that distills the essence of his message and shows the connection between his words and his deeds.
This dreamy devotional to the City of Light and its eccentric citizens will remind voters of the way movies used to be.
But due diligence for Summa--which makes plastic components like filters, valves and conveyor belts for lighting, electrical devices and food processing--is a devotional exercise.
But due diligence for Summa--which makes such plastic components as filters, valves and conveyor belts for lighting, electrical devices and food processing--is a devotional exercise.
With brilliantly executed miniature paintings on most of 225 pages of enchanted vellum, the book provides text for just about any devotional or secular occasion.
The youngest of three children, he recalls singing devotional songs as well as hearing a lot of Bollywood music on his father's reel-to-reel tape player.
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Towards the end, the patron saint travels the Atrato River, and people celebrate the dawn with devotional hymns and perform the Grand Procession of the Saint.
Best of all, perhaps, are the marvels of devotional incantation.
Worshippers pray for prosperity and well being for the year that lies ahead, with fireworks and firecrackers proffering plenty of raucous razzle-dazzle when devotional formalities come to a close.
He sang where he could, too, in the early years: bhajans, or devotional songs, for All India Radio's Lucknow station for 25 rupees a day, and occasional songs for films later.
Somehow, Donatello transforms a traditional devotional form into a potent evocation of an individual, pointing the way to the vividly personal paintings and sculptures of demure women and powerful men in subsequent galleries.
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As well as devotional articles, such as crucifixes and sacral art, the trade fair is also an acknowledgement that churches, especially historic cathedrals, can be expensive to run and need skilled craftsmen to maintain.
And pilgrims from all over Pakistan throng the shrine, dancing, playing devotional music, reciting the Koran and singing tributes to the Prophet Muhammad for hours, especially on Thursday evenings, the time the terrorists chose for mass-murder.
There are inlaid camel-head benches and painted peacock-and-lion chairs from Rajasthan, a table made from a traditional Indian four-poster bed decorated with embroidered cloth of gold, Hindu devotional paintings, showcases housing exquisite jewellery and carved peasant objects.
"The Gospel According to the Other Mary" by John Adams and Peter Sellars, recently given its New York premiere by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, approximates the structure of Bach's Passions but has neither the devotional fervor nor the narrative energy that make those works unforgettable.
"All the monastics living at the temple get up at 3.30 am, there's a morning ceremony of lamps, and they sing devotional songs and meditate, then we have a philosophical lecture with a vegetarian meal, then it's a working day for everyone" says Gauri Das.
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