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Bhagavan (भगवान्)
Bhagavan (भगवान्) is a Sanskrit honorific meaning "endowed with fortune," used across Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain traditions for supreme deities, the Buddha, and revered teachers.
Bhagavanth Kesari (భగవంత్ కేసరి)
Bhagavanth Kesari (భగవంత్ కేసరి) is a 2023 Telugu action drama directed by Anil Ravipudi, starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, Sreeleela, Kajal Aggarwal, and Arjun Rampal; released 19 October 2023, later Best Telugu Film at the 71st National Film Awards.
Bhagavata cult
The Bhagavata cult (भागवत संप्रदाय) was an ancient Indian tradition worshiping Vasudeva-Krishna as Bhagavan; arising near Mathura, it was championed by the Gupta emperors.
Bhagavata Purana
The Bhagavata Purana, also called Srimad Bhagavatam, is a Sanskrit devotional text of twelve books centered on Krishna or Vishnu, formalized by the tenth century and regarded as the scripture of devotion.
Bhagavata tradition
The Bhagavata tradition (भागवत परम्परा) is a Vaishnava tradition of devotion to Bhagavan, spread by the Satvata people and reaching a climax in the Gupta period.
Bhagavati Sutra
The Bhagavati Sutra, also called the Vyākhyāprajñapti or Viyāhapannatti, is the fifth and largest of the twelve Aṅgas of the Śvetāmbara Jain canon, framed as questions Gautama puts to Mahāvīra.
Bhagdewar Mound
Bhagdewar Mound, officially the Mound known as Sangram Sahi-ki-Pahari, is a centrally protected ASI archaeological mound at Bhagdewar village, Chhanvey block, Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh, administered by the Sarnath Circle.
Bhagirath Choudhary
Bhagirath Choudhary is an Indian BJP politician who serves as Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and represents Ajmer in the Lok Sabha.
Bhagiratha (भगीरथ)
Bhagiratha (भगीरथ), legendary Ikshvaku king of the Ramayana and Mahabharata, whose penance brought the Ganga from heaven to earth via Shiva's locks; namesake of the Bhagirathi headstream and of the idiom bhagiratha-prayatna.
Bhagmati
Bhagmati is a legendary Hindu dancer whom Sultan Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah of Golconda is said to have loved, with Hyderabad's founding and renaming tied to her story.
Bhagu
Bhagu (ဘဂု) was a prince of the Sakya clan and kinsman of the Buddha who ordained with Anuruddha and Ananda; the Theragatha preserves his verses on winning arahantship.
Bhagvatsinhji of Gondal
Bhagvatsinhji of Gondal (भगवतसिंहजी) was Maharaja of the princely state of Gondal in Gujarat from 1869 to 1944, the only Maharaja to earn a medical degree, who abolished taxes and made schooling free and compulsory.
Bhagwan Dada
Bhagwan Dada (Bhagwan Abhaji Palav, 1913-2002), Indian Hindi-Marathi actor, dancer, producer, and director; star, director, and producer of Albela (1951) with songs Shola Jo Bhadke and Bholi Surat Dil Ke Khote; pioneer of Hindi cinema's dancing hero.
Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha
Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha is an Indian politician from Bihar, a Janata Dal (United) member serving as Minister for Planning and Development in the state government.
Bhagwanpura, Haryana
Bhagwanpura is an archaeological site in Kurukshetra district, Haryana, India, excavated in 1975-76 and known for the first stratified evidence of Harappan and Painted Grey Ware overlap.
Bhagwant Das
Bhagwant Das (भगवंत दास) was the Kachhwaha ruler of Amber, a high-ranking noble of Emperor Akbar, and the father of the general Man Singh I.
Bhagwant Mann (ਭਗਵੰਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਮਾਨ)
Bhagwant Mann (ਭਗਵੰਤ ਸਿੰਘ ਮਾਨ), born 1973, is Chief Minister of Punjab since March 2022, leading AAP's 92-of-117-seat government; former Sangrur MP and comedian.
Bhagwat: Chapter One – Raakshas
Bhagwat: Chapter One – Raakshas (भागवत चैप्टर वन: राक्षस) is a 2025 Hindi crime thriller, a ZEE5 original film directed by Akshay Shere, starring Arshad Warsi as Inspector Vishwas Bhagwat and Jitendra Kumar as Sameer, released 17 October 2025.
Bhagwati Charan Verma
Bhagwati Charan Verma (भगवतीचरण वर्मा; 1903–1981) was a Hindi novelist, playwright, and poet best known for Chitralekha, and a winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award and Padma Bhushan.
Bhagwati Charan Vohra
Bhagwati Charan Vohra (भगवती चरण वोहरा) was an Indian revolutionary and HSRA ideologue who wrote The Philosophy of the Bomb and died testing a bomb in 1930.
Bhagwati Kumar Sharma
Bhagwatikumar Sharma (ભગવતીકુમાર શર્મા) was an Indian writer and journalist who wrote in Gujarati and won the 1988 Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Asooryalok.
Bhagya Lakshmi (भाग्य लक्ष्मी)
Bhagya Lakshmi (भाग्य लक्ष्मी) is an Indian Hindi-language romantic drama on Zee TV, produced by Ekta Kapoor's Balaji Telefilms and starring Aishwarya Khare and Rohit Suchanti.
Bhagyachandra
Bhagyachandra (ভাগ্যচন্দ্ৰ), also called Ching-thang Khomba, was a king of Manipur who reigned from 1759 to 1798 and concluded Manipur's first recorded treaty with the British in 1762.
Bhagyanagar Gas Limited
Bhagyanagar Gas Limited, BGL, is an Indian city gas distribution company, a joint venture of GAIL and HPCL, supplying CNG and piped natural gas in Hyderabad, Vijayawada, and Kakinada.
Bhagyashree
Bhagyashree (भाग्यश्री), Bhagyashree Patwardhan, born 1969, Indian actress of the Sangli royal family; debut in Maine Pyar Kiya (1989) opposite Salman Khan; Filmfare Best Female Debut; left films after marrying Himalaya Dassani, later returned as character actor and certified nutritionist. Not Bhagyashri Borse.
Bhagyashri Borse
Bhagyashri Borse (born 1999, Aurangabad) is an Indian actress in Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil cinema; debut Yaariyan 2 (2023), Telugu debut Mr. Bachchan (2024, SIIMA Best Female Debut), Tamil debut Kaantha (2025), breakthrough Lenin (2026).
Bhai Bala
Bhai Bala (ਭਾਈ ਬਾਲਾ) is a figure of early Sikh tradition, traditionally dated 1466 to 1544, regarded by popular belief as a lifelong companion of Guru Nanak.
Bhai Buddha
Bhai Buddha (ਭਾਈ ਬੁੱਢਾ), also called Baba Buddha, was a Sikh religious figure born in 1506 who served the first six Gurus and anointed five of them.
Bhai Daya Singh
Bhai Daya Singh (ਭਾਈ ਦਇਆ ਸਿੰਘ), born Daya Ram of Lahore, was the first of the Panj Pyare, offering his head when Guru Gobind Singh founded the Khalsa in 1699.
Bhai Dayala
Bhai Dayala (ਭਾਈ ਦਿਆਲਾ), also written Bhai Dyal Dass, was a Sikh household minister of Guru Tegh Bahadur, executed at Delhi in November 1675 for refusing conversion to Islam.