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	THE LIFTING OF THE CURSE
		It was the flesh of Ahalya turned stone by reason of her husband's curse.* It was a forest path unfrequented of men.
		*Ahalya according to legend errs with Indra and is cursed to stone by her husband Gotama.
		Ahalya was reluctant to move out of her hut into the sight of men.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Acropolis/6551/puthu.htm (5382 words)

	Gautama - Indra's Sin and Punishment - Indian Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		His wife was the beautiful Ahalya, who had been much wooed as a maiden, but who had chosen the sage over all her other suitors.
		Ahalya repented her sins and beseeched him to reduce the intensity of his curse.
		Ahalya was immediately turned into a stone and Indra became an eunuch.
	members.cox.net /apamnapat/entities/Gautama.html (282 words)

	Media Trails : Film Making (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ahalya explores the life and changing times of the Indian woman - her joys, her trials - problems and issues that concern her.
		Ahalya is about the woman who has gone beyond the confines of her gender.
		Ahalya zeroes in on the over-all development of individuals in their conscious and un-conscious search for fulfilment and meaning in life.
	www.mediatrails.com /filmcase2.html (579 words)

	Mahashivratri
		Ahalya was created by Brahma as the most beautiful woman.
		In Tulsidas’s time it would not be possible to discuss sex nor accept that Ahalya was at any time aware that it was Indra who was with her and not Gautama.
		The interpretation is that Ahalya refers to a barren tract of land which though the effort of Rama (divine or otherwise) was converted to a fertile paradise.
	www.suite101.com /discussion.cfm/mythology_from_india/103874 (1038 words)

	Salabhanjika - Pallavi Krishnan, Leading exponent of Mohiniyattam
		It is not a mere retelling of the story of Ahalya but a portrayal of a bereaved feminine personality; the varied shades of conflict, pain ephemeral happiness, dreams and aspirations.
		Salabhanjika yearns for togetherness, while Ahalya, the cursed spirit, longs for salvation......a contrast of the bondage of worldly desire with the pining for moksha, of earthly love and spiritual divinity.
		Ahalya's waiting for Rama, for her salvation, symbolizes the liberation from all bondages that is the ultimate aim of human existence.
	www.pallavikrishnan.com /salabhanjika.htm (492 words)

	SRUTI-India's premier music and dance magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It's not a mere retelling of the story of Ahalya, but a portrayal of a bereaved feminine personality with varied shades of conflict, pain, ephemeral happiness, dreams and aspirations using the mystic freedom of the poet, based on the concept of Ahalya.
		In spite of this metamorphosis, the identity of Ahalya remains in the stone.
		Ahalya the cursed spirit longs for salvation, while Salabhanjika yearns for togetherness with the sculptor-- a contrast of moksha and bondage, of spiritual divinity and earthly love.
	www.sruti.com /May04/nnote2.html (671 words)

	Valmiki Ramayana - Bala Kanda
		Ahalya is indeed indiscernible to all the three worlds by the very word of Gautama until the manifestation of Rama.
		The legend of Ahalya is viewed from many viewpoints, because it is unclear whether she is a humanly lady or a divine entity, or a tract of land.
		When the mythology is touched upon, it says that Ahalya is lying there as a stone and by the touch of Rama’s foot she regained her divinely human form.
	www.valmikiramayan.net /bala/sarga49/bala_49_prose.htm (1530 words)

	The Little Magazine - The Rite Stuff
		Ratna had often heard her grandmother, her father’s mother, tell Ahalya in her presence: "Now look here, if you don’t have a male child, then your life will be unfulfilled, empty of meaning.
		Ahalya was therefore allowed to vanish from their lives without a murmur.
		But Ratna tried to recapture the redolence of Ahalya to an extent, with an old yellow trunk that had belonged to her mother.
	www.littlemag.com /rite/kannan3.html (872 words)

	Shock over deaths of Thirumurthy, family in accident-Bangalore-Cities-NEWS-The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Thirumurthy, his wife Suchitra and daughters Ahalya and Urmila were on a vacation in New Zealand.
		Ahalya has been admitted to a hospital in Hamilton and is in a serious condition.
		Ahalya is doing her first B.Com, while Urmila had passed PU and was scheduled to join BBM, both in Mount Carmel College.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1116254.cms (310 words)

	zone5's Blog : Life is short.. (A Song in Review), zone5 blogs on sulekha, Music blogs, zone5 blog from india
		It is in this forest, Rama touches a stone, and changes it into Ahalya, releasing her from a curse, imposed by her husband, who wrongly accuses her of infidelity.
		Rama came, touched Ahalya, released her from the curse, lit her heart and lifted her from the dishonor.
		She is still referring to Ahalyaâs life that had gone dumb and numb with pain, dishonor and separation.
	zone5.sulekha.com /blog/post/2004/08/life-is-short-a-song-in-review.htm (883 words)

	Ahalya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ahalya (Sanskrit: अहल्या, ahalyā) was the wife of Rishi Gautama.
		After her adultery with the god Indra, Gautama cursed her to suffer tapas (austere penance); some versions of the story say she was made invisible or was turned to stone (Refer Tulasi Das version below).
		Rama and Lakshmana first came across the hermitage of Ahalya on their way to Mithilapuri with Sage Vishwamitra.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ahalya (408 words)

	Miscellany » Coffeehouse » coffeeHouse » Ramayana Retold - Ahalya Moksham. on Sulekha Groups
		Miscellany » Coffeehouse » coffeeHouse » Ramayana Retold - Ahalya Moksham.
		In many translations of Kamban Ramayana it is said that Indra had induced Ahalya to consume liquor as a result of which she was not able to repel his advances.
		For many years Gautama was practicing abstinence in order to increase his divine powers and hence Ahalya too was forced to live a life of abstinence.
	www.sulekha.com /groups/postdisplay.aspx?cid=705405&forumid=756919 (797 words)

	Return of Rangi - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ahalya dusted and sunned her, arranged her hair and washed her clothes.
		Ahalya smiled and looked at the place where her doll had hung.
		Ahalya’s mother set to work, cutting and sewing and stuffing a new ragdoll for her child.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/jun22006/sesame125220200661.asp (869 words)

	Indra
		Ahalya was the wife of the sage Gautama.
		To seduce Gautama's wife, Indra dressed himself as the sage and went to Ahalya's house to have an intercourse with her.
		As a result of the curse, Indra lost his testicles and Ahalya had to live in hermitage.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /mythology/indra_sky.html.bak (700 words)

	Indology » Philosophy » philosophy » Ahalya in the Ramayana on Sulekha Groups
		This perhaps explains the symbolism behind story of Ahalya being cursed into a pillar of salt because of her association with Indra (or his rainwater).
		Note that, only later, when Rama (during his exile) would visit the dead (barren) Ahalya and touch her with his feet (or work on the barren land), Ahalya (or a-hal-ya) would be restored to life (making the land fertile again).
		Ahalya could also represent the unplowable (a-hal-ya) and infertile land belonging to Gautama near his hermitage.
	www.sulekha.com /groups/postdisplay.aspx?cid=112558&forumid=756949 (303 words)

	The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh News : Held on charge of harassment
		Ravinder Reddy (38) of Sangi village in Jainad mandal was arrested by II Town police on Sunday on charges of harassing Mesram Ahalya (35) a panchayat secretary of Ruyyadi in Talamadugu mandal.
		Ahalya, also a married woman, residing at Vidyanagar colony, used to travel by jeep to Ruyyadi.
		On Sunday, Ravinder Reddy went to her house and threatened to commit suicide in case Ahalya did not agree to marry her.
	www.thehindu.com /thehindu/2005/12/26/stories/2005122614820300.htm (161 words)

	Panchkanya of Indian Epics: A Critique by Saroj Thakur
		Ahalya has been depicted as a dignified Vedic woman who could not indulge in such a sin as the mere touching of Indra would bring her to, except when she had some reasons behind such an act.
		Ahalya's moral fall cannot be called mere sensuality as human beings, both men and women, sink into sin for many complexes and compulsions.
		Ahalya by wilfully entering into a short but beautiful relationship with Indra, to fulfil herself as a woman, depicts the independence of her character.
	www.boloji.com /hinduism/059m.htm (698 words)

	Toronto Catalog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ahalya (Sanskrit: ??????, ahalya) was the wife of Gautama Maharishi.
		After her adultery with the god Indra, Gautama cursed her to suffer tapas (austere penance); some versions of the story say she was made invisible or was turned to stone (Refer Tulasi Das version below).
		Then he turned towards Ahalya and cursed her to become a stone.
	www.torontopost.biz /Info/?Ahalya (277 words)

	info: Ahalya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ahalya (Sanskrit: à¤à¤¹à¤²à¥à¤¯à¤¾, ahalyÄ) was the wife of Gautama Maharishi.
		Bharathanatyam Arangetram of Ahalya KodaliYour browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames.
		Ahalya: Incest and Temptation by Satya ChaitanyaWomen Earth Songs Ahalya: Incest and Temptation by Satya Chaitanya (Earth Songs is a series of stories of women in a patriarchal society where they are definitely the second...
	www.napoli-pizza.net /Ahalya.html (505 words)

	The Hindu : Lake-minded generations
		Ahalya Naidu, working at her Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) and an avowed lover of Bangalore's lakes, wonders aloud about a community that continues to sleep even as the City of Lakes dries up.
		Ahalya: Earlier, we had a Norwegian fund for restoration of the lakes.
		Ahalya: In the most recent report by the Lake Development Authority, jogging spaces, parks, and other recreation areas are suggested around lakes.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/mp/2004/08/04/stories/2004080400750100.htm (797 words)

	Mahari Repertoire
		Ahalya: (music composition: Hari Panda): "Ahalya" is the first of the Panchakanyas in Guru Pankaj Charan Das’ mahari repertoire.
		Part III: Ahalya is described as beloved of the earth, a virtuous wife, beloved of Gautama, beautiful but perturbed.
		Remember the virtues of the five great women, Ahalya, Draupadi, Kunti, Tara, and Mandodari (fallen women according to patriarchal society), and you also will be redeemed.
	www.olywa.net /ratna-david/urvasi/mahariRepertoire.htm (1854 words)

	In Hinduism Hinduism Ahalya is a married woman whose husband Gautam... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In Hinduism Hinduism Ahalya is a married woman whose husband Gautam...
		In Hinduism Hinduism, "Ahalya" is a married woman whose husband Gautam Gautam was a devout and educated sage.
		She was tricked into infidelity by the demi-god Indra Indra and as a result her husband turned her to stone stone.
	www.biodatabase.de /Ahalya (100 words)

	ISHA PARULKAR, age 15, has been learning Bharatnatyam under her guru Smt
		Through learning this art, Ahalya has obtained a sense of determination and perseverance.
		Ahalya currently attends Ursuline Academy as a junior, where she is a high honor student.
		Besides dancing, she is a brown belt in karate, and actively takes part in her school sports.
	webpages.charter.net /ajai/students.htm (722 words)

	Ahalya
		In Hindu myth, Ahalya is the wife of a devout sage.
		Years later Rama lifted the spell by touching her and persuaded her husband to forgive her.
		Article "Ahalya" created on 01 June 1998; last modified on 08 April 2006 (Revision 3).
	www.pantheon.org /articles/a/ahalya.html (70 words)

	Arangham - Active Repertoire - Dance Theatre Production - Shilarupini - The Story of Ahalya
		Ahalya is a forgotten character who receives a passing mention in the Ramayana written thousands of years ago.
		This twentieth century use of Ahalya as a metaphor for patriachy, exploitation and society's double standards carries the story to a surprising climax.
		The narrative is at different levels, music, words and movement, each of which may not be directly related to the others.
	www.arangham.com /repertor/shila/syn.html (142 words)

	Salabhanjika - Pallavi Krishnan, Leading exponent of Mohiniyattam
		It's not a mere retelling of the story of Ahalya, but a portrayal of a bereaved feminine personality with varied shades of conflict, pain, ephemeral happiness, dreams and aspirations using the mystic freedom of the poet, based on the concept of Ahalya.
		Ahalya, cursed by her husband sage Gautama, was turned into stone.
		Ahalya the cursed spirit longs for salvation, while Salabhanjika yearns for togetherness with the sculptor-- a contrast of moksha and bondage, of spiritual divinity and earthly love.
	www.pallavikrishnan.com /review-salabhanjika-3.htm (707 words)

	Untitled Document
		One finds both possible answers in classical texts: that she was truly fooled by Indra and hence “innocent,” though punished nevertheless; or that she recognized the god in his disguise, but was flattered….
		The Ahalya story gets radically turned around in some regional folktales—evidencing feminine input, or the worldview of lower class communities in which women had more power—such as the Kannada story of “the serpent lover” translated by A. Ramanujan.
		Though his body is an illusion, his love is real, and so true that, having learned the terms of Kishenlal’s five-year absence and assumed his form, and having successfully re-entered the family mansion through a ruse, he cannot bear to deceive the one he loves.
	www.uiowa.edu /~incinema/Paheli.htm (801 words)

	Teens Who Live At Yogaville Say They're Not So Different (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Ahalya, whose given Sanskrit name means ''Beauty Personified,'' moved to Yogaville from Nigeria.
		Because of Nigeria's curb on extradition, her father is rarely allowed to leave the country.
		Ahalya last saw him in 1991, but has kept in touch with him through letters and the occasional telephone call.
	www.rickross.com /reference/yogaville/yogaville2.html (612 words)

	Ahalya Is Disgraced - Sri Chinmoy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		So one day he took Gautama's form and went to Ahalya while her husband was bathing in the river.
		Ahalya knew it was not her real husband and said, "I know, I know, Indra.
		Indra assumed his own form and was cursed with impotency while Ahalya lost all her physical beauty and withered away to mingle with the dust of Gautama's palace grounds.
	www.soulsreality.org /english/Stories/Indian_Stories/Ahalya_Is_Disgraced.htm (388 words)

	Ahalya
		Ahalya was married to the celestial sage Gautam, who too was a creation of Brahma's divine powers.
		Ahalya's beauty attracted the roving eye of Indra, the King of Gods.
		Ahalya immediately saw through the disguise but the vanity in her took control.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/mythology_from_india/62617 (405 words)

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