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Kalaimamani The Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nataka Manram (Sangeeth Natak Academy) confers the Tamilnadu State Government KALAIMAMANI Awards for excellence in the field of art and literature. The awardees are felicitated by the Tamil Nadu State Chief Minister every year at a grand ceremony.
Kalakala The Kalakala was a Washington State Ferry which plied the waters of Puget Sound from 1935 until her retirement in 1967. She was notable for her unique streamlined hull, art deco styling, and luxurious amenities.
Kalakaumudi Kalakaumudi (Malayalam:കലാകൌമുദി) is an illustrated weekly news magazine published in Malayalam Language from Kerala, India. It is printed at Thiruvananthapuram and distributed throughout Kerala by Kerala Kaumudi Publishing Group.
Kalakuta Republic Kalakuta Republic was the name musician/political activist Fela Kuti gave to the communal compound that housed his family, band members, and recording studio in Lagos, Nigeria. He declared it independent from the Nigerian government after he returned from the United States in 1970.
Kalalau Beach Kalalau Beach is a beach on the Nā Pali Coast at the base of the Kalalau Valley in north-west Kauai in Hawaii. It is the final destination of the Kalalau Trail, one of the most difficult trails on the Hawaiian Islands.
Kalalau Trail The Kalalau Trail is a trail along the Nā Pali Coast of the island of Kauai in the state of Hawaii. The trail is very strenuous and runs approximately 11 miles along the island's north shore from Ke'e Beach to the Kalalau Valley.
Kalaloch, Washington Kalaloch, Washington is an unincorporated community in western Jefferson County, Washington. The community is a resort on the bluffs just off of Highway 101 on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
Kalam cosmological argument The Kalām cosmological argument is a version of the cosmological argument derived from the Islamic Kalam form of dialectical argument. It attempts to prove the existence of God by appealing to the principle of universal cause.
Kalama Sutta The Kalama Sutta (Sanskrit: Kalama Sutra) is a Buddhist sutta in the Anguttara Nikaya of the Tipitaka. In this sutta, Gautama Buddha instructs the people of Kesaputta — the Kalamas — on which basis one should decide which religious teaching to accept as true.
Kalamaki (Zakynthos) Kalamaki (Greek: Καλαμάκι) is the name of a resort town on the Greek island of Zakynthos, near Laganas. It has experienced rapid growth in recent years, due to the growing influx of tourism with the number of charter flights to the area increasing twentyfold between 1983 and 1993.
Kalamandalam Gopi Kalamandalam Gopi is a kathakali artist in Kerala, India and the subject of a documentary with the same name. The movie was directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan, and was shown at the International Film Festival of India in 2000.
Kalamanthis In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Kalamanthis is a rare psychotropic plant known only to grow on the slopes of the Griffon's Roost in the Cairn Hills, and harvested and sold by the monks of the Twilight Monastery. A potent narcotic, the raw root can be chewed, the leaf can be dried and smoked or snorted, and the sap can be boiled into a concentrated paste and injected.
Kalamaria Kalamariá (Greek: Καλαμαριά) is an affluent, suburban city in the Thessaloniki Prefecture located about 5 km southeast of downtown Thessaloniki. The municipal population of 87,312 (as of 2001) is the second-largest in Macedonia and the ninth-largest in Greece, and has increased 8% since the 1991 census.
Kalamaria Stadium (new) Kalamaria Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Kalamaria, Greece, that is currently under construction. Once completed in 2008, it will be used mostly for football matches and will host the home matches of Apollon Kalamarias.
Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad The Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad operated on 40 miles of track laid between Kalamazoo and South Haven, Michigan. It was leased in 1870 to the Michigan Central Railroad and was merged into the Michigan Central RR in 1916.
Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo College is a small, private liberal arts college located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1833, the institution was American Baptist in origin, and acknowledges its historical relationship with that denomination, but today maintains no religious affiliation.
Kalamazoo Metro Transit Kalamazoo Metro Transit is a public transport service which operates twenty-three routes within the Kalamazoo, Michigan metropolitan area. Most of these routes serve the city of Kalamazoo, but some extend into the neighboring communities of Portage, Parchment, Comstock Township, Kalamazoo Township, and Oshtemo Township.
Kalamazoo Stove Company The Kalamazoo Stove Company (1902-1952) of Kalamazoo, Michigan operated with the slogan "A Kalamazoo ~ Direct to You." This was one of the first manufacturing plants to deal directly with the customer instead of employing the use of retail stores.
Kalamazoo TKO Kalamazoo TKO are an American soccer team, founded in 2007. The team is a member of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and will make their debut in the Midwest Conference in 2007.
Kalamazoo Valley Community College Kalamazoo Valley Community College is a two-year community college in southwest Michigan that offers degrees and certificates in scores of academic programs, occupations and trades. It prepares students for transfer to any four-year university in the country and for entry-level jobs after training in nationally accredited vocational, business, technology, and health-care programs.
Kalamazoo Wings The Kalamazoo Wings (usually shortened to K-Wings) are a professional hockey team in Kalamazoo, Michigan that began play there in the 2000-2001 season after a relocation of the Madison Kodiaks (founded in the 1999-2000 season). They are a member of the UHL and play in Wings Stadium.
Kalamazoo Xplosion The Kalamazoo Xplosion are a 2007 expansion team of the Continental Indoor Football League, formerly the Great Lakes Indoor Football League. They are based in Kalamazoo and will play their home games at Wings Stadium.
Kalambo Falls Kalambo Falls is a 772ft (235m) single drop waterfall on the border of Zambia and Tanzania at the southeast end of Lake Tanganyika. The falls are the second-highest uninterrupted falls in Africa (after South Africa's Tugela Falls).
Kalamos, Attica Kalamos (Greek: Κάλαμος) is a (non-municipal) community of the Greek prefecture of Attica. Kalamos is located about NE of Athens, E of GR-1/E75 (Athens - Lamia - Thessaloniki) and northwest of Rafina and east of Oropos.
Kalamu (Kinshasa) Kalumu is a district in the province and capital city Kinshasa of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It forms the part of the city to the south of major buildings such as the Palais du Peuple ("Palace of the People"), the Stade des Martyrs ("Martyrs' Stadium") and Kinshasa's airport, N'djili.
Kalamu ya Salaam Kalamu ya Salaam, born 24 March 1947, is a poet, author, and teacher from the 9th Ward of New Orleans. A well known activist and social critic, Salaam has spoken out on a number of racial and human rights issues.
Kalamukha In Hindu culture, Kalamukha (or "black-face") refers to a member of an ascetic group prevalent in medieval India. The Kalamukhas were closely related to the Kapalikas, or skull-bearers, another group of ascetics, as well as practioners of esoteric Buddhist Tantra.
Kalamunda Road Kalamunda Road is a minor arterial road linking the historic suburb of South Guildford with the Darling Scarp town of Kalamunda. It serves as a major access road for Perth Airport, and provides the foothills suburbs with access to the Perth central business district.
Kalamunda Zig Zag Completed in 1891, the Kalamunda Zig Zag line in Australia was built by the Canning Jarrah Timber Company to supply railway sleepers to Perth's growing railway system. It ran from Midland Junction through to the Darling Ranges and up into Kalamunda.
Kalan Porter Richard Kalan Porter (born November 11, 1985) is a singer from Medicine Hat, Alberta who was the second winner of the reality television] [[Television program|series Canadian Idol. Beating out 8,977 other contestants, Porter was crowned "Idol" on September 16, 2004 in front of a live TV audience.
Kalanaur Kalanaur, a historical town of Gurdaspur District, is situated towards the west of Gurdaspur at a distance of 25 Kilometres on the bank of Kiran Rivulet which originates from The Chhamb of Behrampur and flows in a Zig – Zag serpentine path and merges into the Ravi river after covering a distance of 36 miles in Amritsar District.
Kalandans The Kalandans were a spacefaring, sentient humanoid species in the fictional Star Trek universe. There was no knowledge of their existence in the United Federation of Planets until 2268, when a landing party from the USS Enterprise arrived on a seemingly desolate planet in the episode That Which Survives.
Kalandia Kalandia (; ) also Qalandiya, is a Palestinian village and adjacent refugee camp located about halfway along the road from Jerusalem to Ramallah on the West Bank. It was established in 1949 and is home to 9,047 refugees.
Kalands Brethren The Kalands Brethren, KalandbrĂĽder in German, Fratres Calendarii in Latin, were religious and charitable associations of priests and laymen, especially numerous in Northern and Central Germany, which held regular meetings for religious edification and instruction, and also to encourage works of charity and prayers for the dead.
Kalang Road, Melbourne Kalang Road is one of the tree-lined streets of Eastern Melbourne, located in the neighbourhood of Hartwell and the suburb of Camberwell. Kalang Road runs to Hartwell railway station, which is positioned on the Alamein line, which in turn runs off the Belgrave and Lilydale railway lines departing from the Camberwell railway station.
Kalanchoe daigremontiana Kalanchoe daigremontiana is a succulent plant in the Crassulaceae family that is unusual in that it produces baby plants along the edges of its leaves which then drop to the soil below and take root. This plant is also distinguished by its ability to propagate via three different means.
Kalani Michael "Kalani" Bruno, is an American percussionist who has toured and/or recorded with such artists as Kenny Loggins, David Sanborn, Max Roach, Barry Manilow, Vic Damone, John Mayall, Chante Moore, Dr. John, Michael Kamen, Melissa Manchester, and Yanni for whom he has completed five major concert tours and is the featured percussionist on the Yanni Live at the Acropolis video and CD.
Kalanianaole Intermediate School Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Elementary & Intermediate School is in Papaikou, just north of downtown Hilo. The school has a long tradition of serving students from the many small towns in the area, such as Papaikou, Pepeekeo, Honomu, Hakalau, Paukaa, and Honolii Pali.
Kalanj Kalanj is an archaic surname used by many families both noblemen and peasants in the European countries of Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, Liechtenstein, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Czech Republic as well as parts of Germany, Italy, and Serbia. Use of this family name dates back to the Early Middle Ages.
Kalantiaw Datu Kalantiaw (Rajah Bendahara Kalantiaw) (sometimes spelled Kalantiao) is a mythical Filipino character of the Maragtas Legend written in 1913 by Jose E. Marco in his historical fiction, Las antiguas leyendes de la isla de Negros (The Ancient Legends of the Island of Negros), which he attributed to a priest named José María Pavón.
Kalapa Kalapa, according to Buddhist legend, is the capital city of the Kingdom of Shambhala, where the Kulika King is said to reign on a lion throne. It is said to be an exceeding beautiful city, with a sandalwood pleasure grove containing a huge three-dimensional Kalachakra mandala made by King Suchandra.
Kalapana, Hawai'i Kalapana is a town on the Island of Hawaii in the Hawaiian Islands that was completely destroyed and partly buried by the eruptive flow of lava from Kīlauea volcano in 1990. A nearby housing subdivision, Royal Gardens, was also largely destroyed, though some of its structures remain untouched to the present day.
Kalapas The Buddha taught that all mind and matter is ultimately composed of tiny particles which he called 'kalapas' which arise and pass away trillions of times in the blink of an eye. All kalapas are formed of the eight basic properties of matter: solidity, cohesion, vibration and calorific content (also referred to as earth, water, air and fire) together with color, smell, taste, and nutriment.
Kalapuya The Kalapuya (also Kalapuyan, Kalapooian, Calapooya, Calapooia) are a Native American ethnic group that once inhabited the area of present-day western Oregon in the United States and are now part of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon.
Kalari The traditional training of Kalarippayattu, a martial art of Kerala a small state in south India, is always done inside the Kalari (literally, threshing floor or battlefield), which is a specially constructed practice area. Payattu means 'exercise in arms or practice'.
Kalaripayattu Techniques Kalarippayattu (Malayalam: കളരിപ്പയറ്റ്) is an Indian martial art practised in Kerala and contiguous parts of neighboring Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. It incorporates strikes, kicks, grappling, and weaponry, as well as healing techniques.
Kalarippayattu Kalarippayattu (Malayalam:കളരിപയററ്) is an Indian martial art practised in Kerala and contiguous parts of neighboring Tamil Nadu. It incorporates strikes, kicks, grappling, martial dance, and weaponry, as well as healing techniques.
Kalasatama metro station Kalasatama metro station (Finnish Kalasataman metroasema / Swedish Metrostationen Fiskhamnen) is a station on the Helsinki Metro. The station was opened on 1 January 2007, and it serves the eastern part of the central Helsinki district of Sörnäinen.
Kalash The Kalash (Greek: Καλάς, Nuristani: Kasivo) or Kalasha, are a Caucasoid ethnic group that lives in the Hindu Kush region of Pakistan. They are probably an ancient Dard people who speak the Kalasha-mun language.
Kalasha-ala language Kalasha-ala or simply Kalasha is a language spoken by the Kalasha of Nuristan in a few villages in the central part of the Kunar Province of Afghanistan. The most used alternative names are Waigali or Waigeli, which derive from Pashto.
Kalasha-mun language Kalasha-mun or simply Kalasha is an Indo-European language in the Indo-Iranian branch, further classified as a Dardic language in the Chitral Group. However, this Dardic classification is questionable because only 53% of the commonly used words in Kalasha-mun have cognates in Khowar language.
Kalashtar The kalashtar are a race of psionic people in the Eberron campaign setting of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. They are descendants of a group of human monks from Adar who allowed themselves to be possessed by good-aligned Quori fleeing Dal Quor.
Kalasin Province Kalasin (Thai กาฬสินธุ์) is one of the provinces (changwat) of Thailand, located in the North-East of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Sakon Nakhon, Mukdahan, Roi Et, Maha Sarakham, Khon Kaen and Udon Thani.
Kalaske Cheema Inhabited by around 35,000 individuals Kalaske Cheema is situated on Alipur Chatha (formerly called Akalgarh) road about 15 km west of district Gujranwala, Punjab - Pakistan and about 90 km NW of the provincial capital Lahore. It is surrounded by many villages from which the local labour market is supplied.
Kalaupapa National Historical Park Kalaupapa National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located in Kalaupapa, Hawaii on the Hawaiian island of Molokai. Co-extensive with Kalawao County, Hawaii, it was established by the United States National Park Service in 1980 to preserve the cultural and physical settings of the two leper colonies on the island of Molokai.
Kalavryta Kalavryta (Greek: Καλάβρυτα) is a town, a province and a municipality in the eastcentral part of the prefecture of Achaea. It is the southern terminus of the Kalavryta - Diakopto Road and the eastern terminus of the Patras - Kalavryta Road.
Kalayaan (charity) Kalayaan is a UK charity who "strongly oppose the government's new proposals for Migrant Domestic Workers" on the ground that they "will effectively remove even the most basic of employment rights for MDWs." won the 2006 Centre for [http://www.
Kalbarri, Western Australia Kalbarri is a coastal town located 590 km north of Perth, Western Australia. The town is geared towards tourism, with attractions including the daily pelican feeding, the Kalbarri National Park, Murchison Gorge and the Murchison River.
Kalbas Kalbas is a Saint Lucian band led by Alison Marquis and Monty Maxwell, who have been long-term performers at the Saint Lucia Jazz Festival. Their style incorporates elements of Lucian folk music, African drumming, and musics from elsewhere in the Caribbean.
Kalbe Abid Maulana Syed Kalbe Abid Naqvi (مولانا سيد كلب عابد نقوى) was a mujtahid from Lucknow, India who preached Shia Islam and came from a family of scholars known as "Khandaan-e-Ijtehad", notably Syed Dildar Ali, also known as Ghufran Ma'ab. His father was Syed Kalbe Hussain and grandfather Syed Aqa Hasan.
Kalbe Jawad Maulana Syed Kalbe Jawad Naqvi (مولانا سيد كلب جواد نقوى) is a Shia scholar from Lucknow, India comes from a family of scholars known as "Khandaan-e-Ijtehad", notably Syed Dildar Ali, also known as Ghufran Ma'ab. His father was Syed Kalbe Abid, his grandfather Syed Kalbe Hussain.
Kaldi According to legend, Kaldi was the Ethiopian goatherder who discovered the coffee plant. He found his goats' temperaments to be greatly excited after feasting on the ripe red cherries of a small tree that grew on the side of a mountain.
Kaldoaivi Wilderness Area The Kaldoaivi Wilderness Area (Kaldoaivin erämaa-alue) is the largest wilderness reserve in Finland, located in the municipalities of Utsjoki and Inari in Lapland Province. It was established in 1991 like all the other 11 wilderness areas in the Lapland Province.
Kaldor City Kaldor City is a human city of the future on an unspecified alien world, created by Chris Boucher for the Doctor Who serial The Robots of Death broadcast in 1977, and reused in his Past Doctor Adventure Corpse Marker in 1999. It is also the setting and title of a series of audio plays produced by Magic Bullet Productions.
Kaldor-Hicks efficiency Kaldor-Hicks efficiency (named for Nicholas Kaldor and John Hicks) is a type of economic efficiency that captures some of the intuitive appeal of Pareto efficiency, while having less stringent criteria and therefore being applicable in more circumstances.
Kalduny Kalduny or kolduny (, ) is a Belarusian dish, and also Lithuanian and Polish, of stuffed dumplings. In Slavic languages the word means ‘magicians’, ‘sorcerers’, however it is unclear how the word became assiciated with the dish (in medieval Latin calduna meant “still warm bowels of just killed animal”, derived from calidus – “warm)”.
Kale Kale (also called Borecole) is a form of cabbage (Brassica oleracea Acephala Group), green in color, in which the central leaves do not form a head. It is considered to be closer to wild cabbage than most domesticated forms.
Kale (moon) Kale (kay'-lee, ; Greek = Καλη), or Jupiter XXXVII, is a retrograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered in 2001 by astronomers at the University of Hawaii, and was originally designated as S/2001 J 8.
Kaleida Labs Kaleida Labs was one of several joint ventures between Apple Computer and IBM in a period of alliance between the two companies. The two computer giants sought to counter the influence of Microsoft and the growing dominance of its Windows operating system.
Kaleidoscope The kaleidoscope is a toy containing small, brightly-colored tumbling objects, and a set of mirrors which reflect the view of the tumbling objects into repeating, symmetric patterns. The tumbling objects — typically coloured beads or pebbles — are enclosed in a transparent or translucent chamber mounted at one end of a tube; the viewer looks in the other end of the tube.
Kaleidoscope (newspaper) Kaleidoscope was an underground newspaper, founded by John Kois, which was published in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1967-1971. From its first issue, Kaleidoscope was subject to censorship attempts, including arrest of vendors in some suburbs and a drive to put their printer out of business; one case went to the U.
Kaleidoscope (TV series) Kaleidoscope was a British television programme, transmitted on the BBC Television Service from 1946 until 1953. A light entertainment show, it was one of the most popular programmes of the immediate post-war era.
Kaleidoscope (UK band) Kaleidoscope were an English psychedelic and progressive rock group that existed from 1967 to 1969. Having performed since 1964 under the name The Sidekicks, they became The Key in November 1965, before settling upon the name Kaleidoscope when they signed a deal with Fontana Records in January 1967.
Kaleidoscope Theatre Kaleidoscope Theatre is a non-profit, tax exempt organization located in Cranston, Rhode Island USA. It is widely recognized for its school touring programs that deal with inclusion, drug and alcohol abuse, divorce, pregnancy, and bullying.
Kaleidoscope World (The Chills album) Kaleidoscope World is an album by New Zealand group, The Chills released in 1986. The album was a compilation of early singles, plus all the Chills' tracks which featured on the Dunedin Double EP and The Lost EP.
Kaleköy Kaleköy (literally "Village of the castle" in Turkish: Greek Simena), is a Turkish village on the Mediterranean coast of Lycia, between Kaş and Kale. Kaleköy faces the island of Kekova, and can be reached only by sea.
Kalemie Kalemie, formerly Albertville/Albertstad, is a town on the western shore of Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The town is next to the entrance of the Lukuga River which flows from Lake Tanganyika to the Lualaba River.
Kalen Thornton Kalen Thornton (born May 12, 1982 in Dallas, Texas) was a linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys. He played in six games in the 2004 season but was forced to retire in 2006 after missing the 2005 season because of a knee injury.
Kalends The Kalends (Latin k/calendæ, -arum), (or calends) correspond to the first days of each month of the Roman calendar. This term can be traced back to the Etruscans, which could explain the appearance of the letter k, a letter less favoured by Latin than the letter c (the few Latin words containing a k are often borrowed from the Etruscans).
Kalenjin language Kalenjinis a cluster of closely related dialects spoken in Western Kenya and the Rift Valley by about 12% of Kenya's population. The present name for the dialect cluster gained prominense in the late 1940s and the early 1950s, when several Nandi-speaking peoples united to assume the common name 'Kalenjin', a Nandi expression meaning I say (to you).
Kaler Kaler or Kler or Kalher is a gotra of Jats found in northern areas of India such as Northern Punjab, the Meerut district in Uttar Pradesh and the Sikar district in Rajasthan, Bhiwani and Karnal district in Haryana. Balkara is a village in CH.
Kales Building The Kales Building is a high-rise office tower in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It was constructed at the northeast corner of Adams Avenue West and Park Avenue, across from Grand Circus Park, in the Foxtown neighbourhood, just north of Downtown.
Kalesar forest reserve 150 km from Chandigarh, is a Sal forest in Shivalik Hills, a name given to the foot-hills of the Himalayas. The range runs parallel with the Himalayan system from Haridwar on the Ganges to the banks of the Beas, with a length of 200m.
Kaleshwaram Kaleshwaram is the site of the famous Shiva temple called "Kaleshwara muktheshwara swamy", in the border of the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. It is 125 kilometers from the town of Karimnagar and 115 kilometers from Warangal.
Kaleth Morales Kaleth Miguel Morales Troya (June 9, 1984 – August 24, 2005) was a Colombian vallenato singer and songwriter, best known as the leader of the "Nueva Ola" ("New Wave") movement in Vallenato, with singles such as Vivo en el Limbo.
Kalev Ots Kalev Ots (January 11, 1949) is an Estonian statesman. He is the Prime Minister in the capacity of the President of the Republic (Peaminister Vabariigi Presidendi ĂĽlesandeis) of the internationally unrecognized government in exile of the pre-World War II Republic of Estonia, on ground of the Estonian constitution of 1938.
Kalevala The Kalevala is an epic poem which the Finn Elias Lönnrot compiled from Finnish and Karelian folk lore in the 19th century. It is the held to be the national epic of Finland and is traditionally thought of as one of the most significant works of Finnish language literature. Also Karelians in the Republic of Karelia and other Balto-Finnic speakers value Kalevala. The Kalevala is credited with some of the inspiration for the national awakening that ultimately led to Finland's independence from Russia in 1917.
Kalevi Hämäläinen Kalevi Hämäläinen (born December 13 1932 in Juva, died January 10 2005) is a former Finnish cross country skier who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He won the 50 km event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley.
Kalevi Sorsa Taisto Kalevi Sorsa (December 21, 1930 – January 16, 2004) was a Finnish politician who was Prime Minister of Finland four times: 1972-1975, 1977-1979, 1982-1983 and 1983-1987 and at the date of his death still held the Finnish record of most days of incumbency as prime minister. He was also a long-time leader of the Social Democratic Party of Finland.
Kaley Cuoco Kaley Christine Cuoco (born November 30, 1985) is an American actress best known for her role as Bridget Hennessy on the ABC sitcom 8 Simple Rules. Although playing the oldest child of the family, she is, in reality, six years younger than her co-star, Amy Davidson, who played the middle child.
Kalfu In Vodun, Kalfou or Carrefour (literally crossroads) is the Petro manifestation of Papa Legba and can be quite dangerous, whereas Legba, his kinder Rada counterpart, is associated with the sun, Kalfou is regarded as a lwa of the moon.
Kalhan Kalhan is gotra of Jats found in India. The historian Ram Swarup Joon has given the chronology of Virabhadra, obtained from the records of the Bards of Dholpur, in his book ‘History of the Jats’ (1938, 1967) as under: RS Joon: History of the Jats’ (1938, 1967)
Kali Kali (Sanskrit: Kālī, Devanāgari: काली) (Pronounced //) is a goddess with a long and complex history in Hinduism. Although sometimes presented as dark and violent, her earliest incarnation as a figure of annihilation still has some influence, while more complex Tantric beliefs sometimes extend her role so far as to be the Ultimate Reality (Brahman) and Source of Being.
Kali (Demon) Kali (Devnāgari: कलि, pronounced ) is the reigning lord of Kali Yuga and nemesis of Sri Kalki, the 10th and final avatar of Lord Vishnu. According to the Vishnu Purana, he is a negative manifestation of Vishnu who, along with his extended evil family, perpetually operates as a cause of the destruction of this world.
Kali (game browser) Kali is a software game server browser for DOS, Windows 95, 98, NT, and XP enabling online multiplayer of IPX compatible games over a TCP/IP network. Versions were also created for OS2 and Mac, but neither version was well polished and are not maintained today.
Kali (painting) Kali is a painting by Indian artist Tyeb Mehta depicting the Hindu goddess Kali with a gouged mouth. Painted in 1997, the work was sold in May 2005 for 10 million Indian rupees at Indian auction house Saffronart's online auction.
Kali Gwegwe Kali Gwegwe (July 2, 1969 in Oguta, Imo State, Nigeria) is the chairman of Bayelsa United FC - a premier league club in Nigeria. He is reputed to have groomed the bulk of new generation footballers (1998-2006)that come out of Bayelsa State- the home state of Finidi George and Sampson Siasia.
Kali Ilustrisimo Kali Ilustrisimo (also Kalis Ilustrisimo) is a blade-based Filipino Martial Art (Eskrima) founded by Antonio "Tatang" Ilustrisimo. The style has been in the Ilustrisimo family for over five generations and is based on traditional Filipino stick and sword styles.
Kali Meehan Kali Meehan is a New Zealand boxer, turned pro after a career in rugby. His memorable appearances include a questionable loss in the WBO heavyweight title boot to Lamon Brewster, KO loss to Hasim Rahman, and a first-round TKO loss to Danny Williams in another title bout for British Commonwealth crown.
Kali Mountford Carol Jean Mountford, known as Kali Mountford (born 12 January 1954, Crewe), is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. She is Member of Parliament for Colne Valley, and was first elected at the 1997 general election.
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