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SATAVAHANA UNIVERSITY In June 2008, the Postgraduate Centre of Osmania and Kakatiya Universities were upgraded as Satavahana University. It is named after the Satavahana dynasty that ruled this region. The emblem is designed incorporating the inscriptions on various coins and objects of archeological importance found during the excavations carried out in the district, which represent the ancient culture of Karimnagar district. Most of them are representatives of the then prevalent Buddhist culture. The upper half of the column has six arms, representing the arrow, fish and hooks. This is taken from a coin found during excavations. Immediately over this, four crescents around a dot are found on a square block. The columns are joined with a beam containing a design of leafless trees in the gateway. The beam is decorated by bulls in the two extremes supported by two beetles. A pair of peacocks sit above the beam. Triratna, a Buddhist symbol, is placed inside the gateway. All t

SWAMI RAMANAND TEERTH MARATHWADA UNIVERSITY Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University (SRTMUN), Nanded was established on September 17, 1994 by the Government of Maharashtra. The university caters to the southern part of the Marathwada region of Maharashtra covering four districts of Nanded, Latur, Parbhani and Hingoli. The emblem of the university has a six petalled lotus holding a structure of an atom, supported by an eagle. Below this on an open book its motto in Sanskrit ‘सा विद्या या विमुक्तये’ meaning ‘That is the Knowledge which is for Liberation’ is placed. At the bottom its name is written in two lines. The motif of lotus denotes purity, enlightenment, rebirth, transformation, personal growth, resilience, overcoming obstacles and divine beauty; atomic structure denotes the scope of science education and its depth; the eagle denotes adventure, power, awareness and a sense of purity, nobility, good luck and success and an open book symbolises knowledge and wisd