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Damodar

(dä`mōdär), river, 370 mi (595 km) long, rising in Jharkhand state, E India, and flowing SE through West Bengal state to join the Hugli River below Kolkata (Calcutta). Its dams supply hydroelectric power for one of India's most significant mining districts and extensive irrigation for agricultural concerns in the region.

Damodar

a river in India, in the states of Bihar and West Bengal. Length, approximately 580 km. Its source is on the Chotanagpur Plateau. The middle and lower reaches of the Damodar are on the Indo-Ganges plain. The river empties into the Hooghly River, a right branch of the Ganges delta. Its main tributary is the Barakar River, which enters it from the left. The Damodar overflows its banks in the summer and fall, sometimes with catastrophic floods. It is navigable in its lower reaches. The largest hydropower system in India—the Damodar Hydropower System—is located in the Damodar basin.

Damodar

a river in NE India, rising in Jharkhand and flowing east through West Bengal to the Hooghly River: the Damodar Valley is an important centre of heavy industry.

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Correspondence to: Damodara Gowda K M, E-mail: damodar001@gmail.

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1 shows folia from a mid-19th-century manuscript of the (probably) early 17th-century Sanskrit treatise, Sangitaratnakara of Damodara.

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Jasraj will sing semi-classical renditions (Govind Damodara Madhaveti and Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya) in Haveli Sangeet, a devotional genre that is part of the rich historical traditions of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, accompanied by the pakhawaj (a traditional percussion instrument) and the jhanjh (hand cymbals) and the flute by Grammy-nominated flautist Shashank Subramanyam, a disciple of his.

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Chippar along with Kadatoka Manjunata Bhagawat and Vidwan Damodara Mandecha created history on stage with their brilliant innovations and creativity.

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Dandin also reports that his great grandfather, the poet Damodara, was invited by the Pallava monarch Simhavisnu to his court (Avantisundari 9 11).

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The work in question(97) shows that one master, Nagarjuna, was held to be reembodied in the persons of a number of later siddhas - Damodara, Advayavajra, and Ratnamati.