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Lakhnu
Lakhnu is a village in Hathras district, Uttar Pradesh, with two centrally protected ancient mounds (a 100' x 80' circular mound and another southwest of town), notified in 1920, attributed to Painted Grey Ware-era settlement and reported destroyed by 2006.
Lakhon
Lakhon (Khmer: ល្ខោន) is the Khmer word for theater, covering Cambodian dance-drama genres from the royal classical ballet to masked lakhon khol and popular opera; Thailand uses the term similarly.
Lakhon nai
Lakhon nai (ละครใน) is the classical dance drama of the Thai royal court, performed by palace women with piphat music, opposite to the popular lakhon nok.
Lakhon nok
Lakhon nok (ละครนอก, "outer theatre") is a Thai folk dance-drama that arose outside the royal court, likely in the early Ayutthaya period, with fast, comic plots.
Lakhon Phanthi Norasingh
Lakhon Phanthi Norasingh (ละครพันท้ายนรสิงห์) is a Thai historical stage drama about Phanthai Norasingh, the loyal royal coxswain executed under palace law, written by Prince Phanuphanthuwong Yukol.
Lakhpat Rai
Lakhpat Rai (ਲਖਪਤ ਰਾਏ) was the diwan, or revenue minister, at Lahore, remembered chiefly as the organizer of the Chhota Ghalughara, the 1746 massacre of thousands of Sikhs.
Lakhta Center
Lakhta Center (Лахта Центр) is a skyscraper complex in Saint Petersburg, Russia, housing Gazprom's central office; its 462-meter tower, completed in 2018, is the tallest building in Europe.
Lakhuji Jadhavrao
Lakhuji Jadhavrao (लखुजी जाधवराव) was a Maratha deshmukh and jagirdar of Sindkhed from 1576, father of Jijabai and grandfather of Shivaji, killed at the Daulatabad court in 1629.
Laki
Laki, or Lakagígar, is a 27 km volcanic fissure in southern Iceland whose 1783 to 1784 eruption caused famine that killed about a fifth of Iceland's population.
Laki Tasi
Laki Tasi (born 2003) is an Australian defensive tackle for the Tennessee Titans, signed from the NFL International Player Pathway Program in 2025 after a rugby career; no regular-season appearances.
Lakiadai
Lakiadai (Λακιάδαι) was a deme of ancient Attica in the Oineis tribe, near the eastern Kephisos west of Athens, on the Sacred Way; home deme of Cimon and Lakedaimonios, with a Demeter sanctuary of Phytalos.
Lakki Marwat District
Lakki Marwat District, southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; headquarters Lakki city, home of the Marwat Pashtun tribe. District since 1 July 1992, area 3,164 sq km, population 876,182 (2017), agriculture-dominated economy.
Lakkor Tso Salar lithium project
The Lakkor Tso Salar lithium project (拉果错盐湖锂矿) is a lithium brine mining operation at Lakkor Tso, a salt lake in Xizang, China, owned by Zijin Mining Group.
Lakmé
Lakmé is Léo Delibes's three-act French opera, premiered 14 April 1883 at the Opéra-Comique, set in British India; famous for the Flower Duet and Bell Song, distinct from the Lakmé cosmetics brand and fashion week.
Lakota language
Lakota (Lakȟótiyapi, Teton Sioux) is a Siouan language of the Great Plains, mutually intelligible with Dakota and marked by l where Dakota has d. Critically endangered, with under 1,000 fluent speakers by recent estimates, it is supported by the Lakota Language Consortium, immersion programs, and the New Lakota Dictionary.
Lakota oral literature
Lakota oral literature is the body of stories, songs, and spoken teachings transmitted orally by the Lakota people, recorded in writing since the 1800s by figures such as George Sword and Ella Deloria.
Lakota people
The Lakota are the westernmost division of the Sioux-speaking peoples and the largest of its three language groups, known for Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and Red Cloud.
Laksa
Laksa (叻沙) is a spicy Southeast Asian noodle soup from Peranakan cuisine, in two main forms: coconut-milk curry laksa and sour tamarind-fish asam laksa, with regional variants such as Katong, Sarawak, and Johor laksa.
Laksa ghrta
Laksa ghrta (Lakshadi Ghrita, लाक्षाघृत) is Ayurvedic medicated ghee prepared with Laksha, the resin of Laccifer lacca, by Sneha Kalpana; classically indicated for bone, tissue, and reproductive health.
Laksa Guggulu
Laksa Guggulu (Lakshadi Guggulu, लाक्षा गुग्गुल) is an Ayurvedic polyherbal pill of laksha (lac resin) and guggulu (Commiphora wightii exudate) with Cissus, Ashwagandha, and Arjuna, indicated for fractures, dislocation, and bone pain.
Laksadi Taila
Laksadi Taila (Lākṣādi taila) is a classical Ayurvedic medicated oil of lac and herbs in sesame oil, listed as AFI000289, used externally for abhyanga massage in fever, weakness, and skin disorders.
Lakshadweep (ലക്ഷദ്വീപ്)
Lakshadweep (ലക്ഷദ്വീപ്), India's smallest union territory, is a coral archipelago of 36 islands in the Arabian Sea off Kerala, with 64,429 people (2011), a Muslim majority, tuna fisheries, and Kavaratti as capital.
Lakshita Thilagaraj
Lakshita Thilagaraj is an Indian engineering student and model from Tamil Nadu, crowned Miss Grand India 2026 in New Delhi after earlier winning Miss Grand Tamil Nadu 2026.
Lakshmana (लक्ष्मण)
Lakshmana (लक्ष्मण, Lakshman/Laxman) is Rama's younger half-brother in the Ramayana, son of Dasaratha and Sumitra, twin of Shatrughna, husband of Urmila, who follows Rama into exile, fights Indrajit, and is linked to the Lakshmana Rekha episode.
Lakshmana Era
The Lakshmana Era (लक्ष्मण संवत्, Laksmana Samvat) is a dating era of eastern India counted from AD 1119-20, traditionally attributed to the Sena king Lakshmanasena, an attribution modern scholars dispute.
Lakshmana Sena
Lakshmana Sena (लक्ष्मणसेन) was a king of the Sena dynasty of Bengal who reigned from about 1178, whose court at Nadia drew the poets Jayadeva and Dhoyi.
Lakshmana Temple, Khajuraho
The Lakshmana Temple is a 10th-century Hindu temple at Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh, India, dedicated to the three-headed Vaikuntha Vishnu and consecrated in 954 CE.
Lakshmanasimha
Lakshmanasimha (लक्ष्मणसिंह) was a Guhila noble of Mewar, not the reigning king, who died in August 1303 defending the fort of Chittor against Alauddin Khalji.
Lakshmi
Lakshmi, also known as Mahalaksmi, is the Hindu goddess of wealth, beauty, fortune, and legitimate sovereignty, consort of Vishnu by the late epic period and worshipped at Diwali.
Lakshmi (actress)
Lakshmi (Yaragudipadi Venkata Mahalakshmi, born 1952, Chennai) is an Indian actress active since 1968 across Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi cinema; 1975 Julie, National Film Award for Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal, and hundreds of films.