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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Amaravati''' is the capital city of [[Svarga]], the realm of [[Indra]], the king of the gods in [[Hindu mythology]], [[Buddhist mythology]] and [[Jainism]] .<ref>{{cite book |author=Roshen Dalal |author-link=Roshen Dalal |title=Hinduism: An Alphabetical Guide |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zrk0AwAAQBAJ&q=Indraloka |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |date=2014|isbn=9788184752779 }} Entry: "Indraloka"</ref> At the centre of Amaravati lies Vaijayanta, the palace of Indra or [[Śakra (Buddhism)]] in Buddhism. The heaven of Lord Indra is a region for the virtuous alone with celestial gardens called [[Nandana]] Vana that houses sacred trees like the wish-fulfilling [[Kalpavriksha]] and the [[Parijata]] and sweet-scented flowers such as hibiscuses, roses, hyacinths, freesias, magnolias, gardenias, jasmines, and honeysuckles. Fragrant almond extract is sprinkled on the sides of palaces. The fragrant groves are occupied by [[Apsaras]]. Low sweet music plays. Indra's abode is eight hundred miles in circumference and forty miles in height.<ref>{{cite book|title=India through the ages|url=https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada|last=Gopal|first=Madan|year= 1990| page= [https://archive.org/details/indiathroughages00mada/page/66 66]|editor=K.S. Gautam|publisher=Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India}}</ref><br />
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The pillars of Amaravati are composed of diamonds and its furniture is made of pure gold. Amaravati's palaces are also made of gold. Pleasant breezes carry the perfume of rose-colored flowers. Amaravati was built by Lord [[Vishwakarma]], the architect of the gods, a son of Lord [[Brahma]], sometimes depicted as a son of [[Kashyapa]] (Although, in a later legend, Tvastr, believed by many to be the same as Vishwakarma, is killed by Indra for having created [[Vritra]], a [[Danava (Hinduism)]] who was an embodiment of drought, an antithesis to Indra himself). The inhabitants of Amaravati are entertained by music, dancing and every sort of festivity. Divinity fills up the entire region.<br />
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The audience chamber of Amaravati accommodates the thirty-three celestials the [[Trāyastriṃśa]], together with the forty-eight thousand [[Rishis]] and the multitude of attendants.<br />
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[[Indra]] also has a celestial meeting hall at Amravati which is known as Pushkara-Malini, which is built by Indra himself.<ref>Mahabharata Sabha Parva, Lokpala-khayana Parva, Section VII</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Svarga]]<br />
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* {{cite web|url=http://sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03042.htm |title=The Mahabharata, Book 3: Vana Parva: Indralokagamana Parva: Section XLII |publisher=Sacred-texts.com |date= |accessdate=2014-03-30}}<br />
* {{cite web|url=http://sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03043.htm |title=The Mahabharata, Book 3: Vana Parva: Indralokagamana Parva: Section XLIII |publisher=Sacred-texts.com |date= |accessdate=2014-03-30}}<br />
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