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Chidambaram literally meaning “clothed in thought” or “atmosphere of wisdom”.The main deity of the temple is Nataraja, who dances the Ananda Tandava (Dance of Bliss). Tandava is a type of dance. It can be understood as a pattern of energy flow. Lord Shiva undertakes it for a ...
Fatehpur Sikri meaning the ‘City of Victory’ is red sandstone Mughal palatial complex, a fine example of Indo-Islamic architectural style. Within the complex lies a mosque built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar and dedicated to Sheikh Salim Chisti, a Muslim Sufi Saint who blessed Emperor Akbar wit...
son of Lord Rama. According to yet another version, Jalandhar is said to have derived its name from the vernacular term `Jalandhar’, meaning 'area inside the water’, i.e. the tract lying between the two rivers Sutlej and Beas. Another name of Jalandhar had been Trigarta. The place is...
Be it for an extensive tour of Asia or America or a single concert in Europe, having received an excellent level of service for many years, the RPO is hugely indebted to Kristina Aljinovic and all the team at Specialised Travel … when it comes to transporting the orchestra and its instru...
The WT2 Edge can deliver simultaneous, bi-directional translations in as little as 0.5 to 3 seconds with 15 servers worldwide. Long Battery Life It supports three hours of nonstop translating time on a single charge. And a full 12 hours with the portable charging case, meaning you'll have...
(1489-1686). One of the largest districts in Karnataka, Bijapur rose to prominence during the reign of the Kalyani Chalukyas who held sway between the tenth and Eleventh centuries. They christened the city Vijayapure, meaning "the City of Victory", from which the present name Bijapur has ...
The language spoken in the Maldives is similar to Sinhala, but also has aspects of Urdu, Hindi, Arabic and many, many more languages. The script is thought to have originated as a secret code for writing magical formulas so that outsiders couldn’t understand what was being written. As far...
is the place where mahatma gandhi was cremated, on the day after his assassination in 1948. the mahatma’s samadhi (cremation memorial), a low black plinth inscribed with his reputed last words –“hai ram”, meaning “oh god” – receives a steady stream of visitors, and he is ...
That last note has taken on new meaning now, two days later. We are sitting around a table at the Shangri-La Hotel in Chilas, debating what to do. We drove here yesterday from Skardu, after learning that the Skardu-to-Islamabad flight would not operate that morning. ...