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Mukteshwar Mahadev Temple, Doong, Pathankot, Punjab मुक्तेश्वर महादेव धाम

Mukteshwar Mahadev Temple, Doong, Pathankot, Punjab मुक्तेश्वर महादेव धाम

मुक्तेश्वर महादेव धाम द्वापर युग में पांडवों द्वारा अपने वनवास के बारहवें वर्ष में स्थापित किया गया था। पांडव अपने प्रवास के क्रम में दसूहा जिला-होशियारपुर से होते हुए माता चिंतपूर्णी के दर्शन करते हुए आए तथा इस शांत एवं निर्जन स्थान को अपने निवास के लिए चुना। मान्यता है कि वे इस स्थान पर करीब छ: मास तक रुके। …

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R.K. Narayan – Biography, Writer, Journalist

R.K. Narayan - Biography, Writer, Journalist

Born: October 10, 1906, Chennai Died: May 13, 2001, Chennai Awards: Padma Bhushan, Filmfare Award for Best Story, Padma Vibhushan Nearly 70 years ago, India’s greatest living writer in English, took out a brand new exercise book and wrote in it: “It was Monday morning.” With those four words, Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Narayan (just R.K. Narayan to most) took off on …

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Claudia Hammond Book Review – Mind Over Money: The Psychology of Money and How to Use it Better

Claudia Hammond Book Review - Mind Over Money: The Psychology of Money and How to Use it Better

Publisher: Canongate / Random House India Pages: 384 Price: Rs 599 Money is on the minds of most of us, most of the time, as we think about how to get it and what to do with it. But our relationship with money is far more complex than this, and we need to understand this intricate psychology where we hate …

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Surkanda Devi, Saklana Range, Uttarakhand सुरकंडा देवी मंदिर, टिहरी गढ़वाल, उत्तराखंड

Surkanda Devi, Saklana Range, Uttarakhand सुरकंडा देवी मंदिर, टिहरी गढ़वाल, उत्तराखंड

टिहरी जनपद में जौनपुर प्रखंड के सुरकुट पर्वत पर मां सुरकंडा का प्रसिद्ध मंदिर स्थित है। यह स्थान समुद्रतल से करीब 3000 मीटर की ऊचांई पर है। पौराणिक मान्यता के अनुसार यहां पर माता सती का सिर गिरा था। तभी से यह स्थान सुरकंडा देवी के नाम से प्रसिद्ध हो गया। कहा जाता है कि यहां पर देवराज इंद्र ने …

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World Obesity Day – 11 October: Obesity hamper sexual and social life

World Obesity Day - 11 October: Obesity hamper sexual and social life

Obesity is a major health challenge worldwide. Apart from known health hazards such as heart disease and diabetes, it can also prevent sexual intimacy and may ruin your social life, experts say. India is home to the third-highest number of obese and overweight people, according to recent reports. Obesity is categorised on the basis of BMI, which is defined as …

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Who is Kiran Bedi?

Who is Kiran Bedi?

Kiran Bedi, Ph.D, is India’s first and highest ranking (retired in 2007) woman officer who joined the Indian Police Service in 1972. Her experience and expertise include more than 35 years of tough, innovative and welfare policing. She has worked with the United Nations as the Police Advisor to the Secretary General, in the Department of Peace Keeping Operations. She …

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Naushad Ali – Biography, Bollywood Music Director

Naushad Ali - Biography, Career as Music Director

Naushad Ali (25 December 1919 – 5 May 2006) was an Indian musician. He was one of the foremost music directors for Hindi films, and is particularly known for popularizing the use of classical music in films. His first film as an independent music director was Prem Nagar in 1940. His first musical success film was Rattan (1944), following it …

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Jesus Christ Quotes in Hindi ईसा मसीह के अनमोल विचार

Jesus Christ

ईसा या यीशु मसीह या जीज़स क्राइस्ट ईसाई धर्म के प्रवर्तक हैं। ईसाई लोग उन्हें परमपिता परमेश्वर का पुत्र और ईसाई त्रिएक परमेश्वर का तृतीय सदस्य मानते हैं। ईसा की जीवनी और उपदेश बाइबिल के नये नियम में दिये गये हैं। ईसा इस्लाम के अज़ीम तरीन पेग़मबरों मे से एक माना जाता है।

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Narendra Chanchal – Biography, Devotional Singer

Narendra Chanchal - Biography, Devotional Singer

Narendra Chanchal Ji was born on the 16th of October, in a religious Punjabi family in Amritsar. His mother believed in Goddess Durga and eventually, inspired Narendra with bhajans and aartis. In the beginning Narendra was inclined towards music. He participated many cultural programmes in his native place. However, his father never advised him to concentrate more in studies then …

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