Agasthyakoodam Also known as Agasthyarkoodam belongs to the mountain range of Western Ghats situated in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala. Agasthyarkoodam is a pilgrimage centre for devotees of the Hindu sage Agastya‚ who is considered to be one of the seven rishis (Saptarishi) of Hindu Puranas. There is a full-sized statue of Agathiyar at the top of the peak and the devotees can offer pujas themselves. Around 2‚000 medicinal plants used in Ayurvedic treatments are also found in the lower elevations
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India The music of India includes multiple varieties of folk‚ popular‚ pop‚ classical music andR&B. India’s classical music tradition‚ including Carnatic and Hindustani music‚ has a history spanning millennia and developed over several eras. It remains fundamental to the lives of Indians today as sources of spiritual inspiration‚ cultural expression and pure entertainment. India is made up of several dozen ethnic groups‚ speaking their ownlanguages and dialects‚ having distinct cultural traditions
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General Knowledge questions and answers on various inventions and discoveries in the world. These questions are important for various competitive exam point of view. 1) Who invented the telephone ? a. J.L Baird b. Alexander Graham Belt c. Marconi d. James Dewar Show/Hide Answer Answer =B 2) Who propounded the Quantum Theory ? a. Albert Einstein b. James C. Maxwell c. Heisenberg d. Max Planck Show/Hide Answer Answer =D 3) Who is the inventor of railway
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Introduction Culture is a broad term which has been described by various philosophers since decades. It has been claimed by Raymond Williams to be “…one of the two or three most complicated words in English language” (Williams‚ 1976). Different definitions of the term‚ culture may have distinct descriptive ways and criterion to evaluate human activity. It is important to define the broad base of the sophisticated term ‘culture’‚ in the sense used later in the paper‚ to narrow down the discussion
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Through careful and ingenious choice of points of view‚ diction‚ imagery and other miscellaneous stylistic devices‚ James Joyce‚ in one of his most famous short stories “Eveline”‚ successfully portrayed a picture of paralysis‚ which is appropriately in keeping with the theme of the story: The people of Ireland refuse to make any effort toward positive change for themselves. “Eveline”‚ one of 14 short stories‚ may be used to serve as a case study of the whole book to gain a glimpse into the lives
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We take this opportunity to express are profound gratitutde and deep regards to our guide Professor Silpy Gupta for her exemplary guidance‚ monitoring and constant encouragement throughout the course of this thesis. The blessings‚ help and guidance given by her time to time shall carry me a long way in the journey of life which we are about to embark. We also take this opportunity to thank almighty‚ our parents‚ brothers‚ sisters and friends for their constant encouragement
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The short story Narrative genres‚ such as the novel or the short story‚ are born out of the very powerful human need to tell stories‚ out of our fundamental desire to give shape to experience in order to understand it and share it with the community. Through story telling early communities made sense of natural phenomena‚ unexpected events‚ and personal experience. Storytelling enabled them to pass on valuable information and to keep the memory of their ancestors alive down the generations. Storytelling
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Munir 1 Mustafain Munir Professor Moore Ancient Greek and Roman Music 12 December 2013 Microtonal Phenomena in Ancient Greek and Classical Indian Music The semitone today is almost unanimously used in Western Music to divide the octave into twelve equal intervals‚ and rarely are further divisions used; this is called twelve-tone equal temperament. In opposition‚ the common division of the octave in Arab music today is the quartertone‚ a type of microtone exactly one half a semitone‚ and
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The Defence of Duffer’s Drift Introduction -1st Dream - 2nd Dream - 3rd Dream - 4th Dream - 5th Dream - 6th Dream By Captain E.D. Swinton‚ D.S.O.‚ R.E. Later Major General Sir Ernest Swinton‚ K.B.E.‚ C.B.‚ D.S.O. A classic in small unit tactics in the British and Canadian Armies. I recommend this small book‚ without qualification‚ to the modern Infantry soldier. What would you do? Lieutenant Backsight Forethought (BF to his friends) has been left in command of a 50 man reinforced platoon
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1 HARYANA STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION BAYS NO. 67-70‚ SECTOR-2‚ PANCHKULA-134151 Advt. No. 3/2010 Date of publication: 15.09.2010 Closing date for receipt of applications in the Commission’s office: 14.10.2010 Applications are invited through registered post for the under mentioned posts on the prescribed application form‚ the format of which is given at the end. The candidates are advised to strictly use this format of the application form only otherwise their application will be rejected
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