Ganesh Chaurthi – A ten-day Hindu festival celebrated to honour the elephant-headed God Ganesha’s birthday Ganesha is known by 108 different names and is the Lord of arts and sciences and the deva of wisdom. He is honoured at the start of rituals and ceremonies as he’s considered the God of beginnings. He’s widely and dearly referred to as Ganapati or Vinayaka. There are two different versions about Ganesha’s birth. One has it that Goddess Parvati created Ganesha out of dirt off her body while having
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1. Blue whale weighs about 150 tonnes as much as 150 cars. 2. Marine iguana from Galapagos Islands lives only in sea for his whole life. 3. Reticulated python is ten metre long as long as 10 bicycles put in a row 4. Opera house is made up of sand‚ water‚ limestone and soil. 5. Plovers hop inside crocodile’s mouth to clean their teeth by eating up worms and insects. 6. banknotes are made up of cotton rags 7. Snakes do not blink as they do not have eyelids. 8. Giraffes and
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(1) I had no life earlier. I was a metal. Some more metals like silver‚ zinc etc.‚ were mixed and made into an alloy. The State mint gave me a shape‚ a life and a new name. I am a newly born one rupee coin and I joined the heap of my elder brothers minted earlier. Some more younger to me minted later joined me in the heap. All of us were glittering and shining‚ waiting without knowing our future. One day the Manager of the mint moved us to the weighing machine. Weighing thousands of us at a time
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identified in various works by critics published during 1970’s. But the term ‘New Historicism’ is accurately coined by the American Critic Stephen Greeblatt in his book ‘Renaissance Self – Fashioning: From More to Shakespeare’. He simply defined ‘New Historicism’ as a method based on the parallel reading of literary and non-literary texts usually of the same historical period. A few fiction writers used this concept in their works. One among the few is William Darlymple‚ a Scotland Writer. His approach
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A Hindu ( pronunciation (help·info)‚ Devanagari: हिन्दु) is an adherent of Hinduism‚ a set of religious‚ philosophical and cultural systems that originated in the Indian subcontinent. The vast body of Hindu scriptures‚ divided into Śruti ("revealed") and Smriti ("remembered")‚ lay the foundation of Hindu beliefs‚ which primarily include dhárma‚ kárma‚ ahimsa and saṃsāra. Vedānta and yoga are one of the several core schools of Hindu philosophy‚ broadly known as the Sanātana Dharma. The word Hindu
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TRIBAL MEDICINAL PLANTS OF KAMBAKAM HILLS‚ EASTERN GHATS‚ ANDHRA PRADESH‚ INDIA *S.K.M.BASHA‚ E. RAJYALAKSHMI‚ K.V.RAMI REDDY *NBKR Medicinal Plant Research Centre‚ Vidyanagar – 524413‚ SPSR‚ A.P. E-Mail: *drskmbasha@gmail.com ABSTRACT: Kambakam is a Village in Varadaiahpalem Mandal‚ Chittoor District‚ Andhra Pradesh State. Kambakam is located 3.736 km distance from its Mandal Main Town Varadaiahpalem. Kambakam is 99.28 km far from its District Main City Chittoor.Kambakam is located
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EAMCET 2010 : Mock Counseling Page 1 of 7 By Branch | By College | College List | Top 100 Colleges | My Probable Rank Disclaimer: This is not an official EAMCET website. The official website is available at http://www.apeamcet.org. The mock counseling done at this website is based on our own algorithm based on 2009 counseling data. The results displayed are only probable colleges/branches for admission. However‚ this tool does not guarantee any admission. Use this at your own risk! We do not
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Site Review: Hinduism Raho Nur On a beautiful Sunday‚ February 10‚ I headed over to the Hindu Temple of Minnesota. It was 10am and I made it just in time for the Ganesh Homam and Abhishegam ritual. Words could not explain how breath taken the structure was and‚ also came to learn that Hindus are very welcoming. As Mahatma Gandhi said‚ “I’ve came to a conclusion
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Rajinikanth (born 12 December 1950 as Shivaji Rao Gaikwad)‚ is an Indian film actor‚ media personality‚ and cultural icon.[1] He made his debut as an actor in the National Film Award–winning Tamil film Apoorva Raagangal (1975)‚ directed by K. Balachander‚ whom the actor considers his mentor. After a brief phase of portraying antagonistic characters in Tamil films‚ Rajinikanth gradually rose to become an established film actor. He continues to hold a matinee idol status in the popular culture of
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Name: Yus Ira Erina Course Code: ENG101 Section: 2 Assignment no.: Final draft Topic: To classify some educational challenges across the globe Education is an important part of every youth’s lives. Being educated means you’ve managed to experience the acquisition of knowledge through skills‚ study or being taught. Also‚ education has given people the ability to know‚ think‚ and do. As for children‚ education helps them reach their full potential in life. Today‚ the world we live
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