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Most haunted Abbey mansion of Abbott Mount : लोहाघाट के भुतहा बंगले का सच

July 20, 20202106 Views

This is indeed one of the biggest unsolved mysteries of our times which has given birth to most haunted place in Uttarakhand, and indeed one of the most haunted places in India. It is the Abbey Mansion on Abbott Mount or Abbott hill near Lohaghat in Champawat district of Uttarakhand. It is also called as Morris Hospital. But, is it really that spooky? Indeed a macabre tale happened here more than six decades ago. But, do the stories of spirits roaming around have any base? Watch it for yourself!! https://youtu.be/zbbhCb3IPHE ...

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UNWTO invites startups to pitch ways to accelerate SDGs

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July 19, 20201318 Views2

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has announced the launch of a new Startup Competition as it looks to identify innovators with the power to further tourism’s contribution to sustainable development. As the United Nations specialized agency for tourism, UNWTO has been guiding the sector’s efforts to contribute to the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including through the Tourism 4 SDGs online platform. Now, as the global community faces just 10 years to reach this ambitious agenda for people and planet, tourism’s unique ability to advance several of the SDGs is more relevant than ever. Against the backdrop of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, held under the auspices of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC...

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हागिया सोफ़िया पर तुर्की सरकार ने कहा, कोई भी जा सकेगा

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July 19, 20201437 Views

तुर्की सरकार ने हागिया सोफ़िया को फिर से मसजिद में तब्दील कर देने के फैसले की दुनियाभर में हुई आलोचना के बाद यह सफाई देने की कोशिश की है कि इससे सैलानियों को कोई फर्क नहीं पड़ेगा। तुर्की के संस्कृति मंत्रालय ने हागिया सोफ़िया का नियंत्रण आधिकारिक रूप से अब देश की सर्वोच्च धार्मिक सत्ता को सौंप दिया है। लेकिन साथ ही उसने यह आश्वासन भी देने की कोशिश की है कि सैलानी उसमें स्वतंत्र रूप से जा सकेंगे और उन्हें उसके लिए कोई भुगतान नहीं करना होगा। इस प्राचीन व ऐतिहासिक कैथेड्रल को मसजिद में परिवर्तित करने के लिए एक सहयोग समझौते पर देश के संस्कृति मंत्रालय और वहां के मज़हबी निदेशालय के बीच एक समझौते पर दस्तख़त किए गए हैं। तुर्की के संस्कृति मंत्री मेहमत नूरी एरसोय ने उन तमाम चिंताओं को तवज्जो देने की कोशिश की है कि इस फैसले से पर्यटन पर प्रतिकूल प्रभाव पड़ेगा। उन्होंने एक ट्विट में कहा कि “...

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Modern Ladakhi Dance at Naropa festival

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July 19, 2020580 Views

Modern Ladakhi Dance during the inauguration ceremony of Naropa 2016 at Hemis, Ladakh. Billed as the "Kumbh Mela of the Himalayas" and "Ladakh's Largest Buddhist Festival in History", the Naropa festival takes place once every 12 years. It's celebrated by the Drukpa Order of Himalayan Buddhism in honour of their 11th century patron saint, Naropa. The festival included performances by prominent Himalayan artists and Bollywood celebrities, as well as an elaborate spiritual ceremony and public display of the holy Six Bone Ornaments that belonged to Saint Naropa. This year the festival was celebrated from 16th to 22nd September. The centre of the festival was the Hemis Monastery near Leh, which is the seat of the Drupka Lineage.This edition of the festival was also special because of the 1000...

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Amarnath Yatra – Opening of lock & first prayers

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July 18, 20201020 Views

This year due to COVID-19, Amarnath Yatra is not just starting late but it is also curtailed in terms of number of days and number of pilgrims. So while Yatra is yet to start this year, we take you down the memory lane in this video to the day when Yatra started in 2017 The annual Amarnath Yatra began on Thursday, 29th June 2017 despite inclement weather as the then Jammu and Kashmir governor NN Vohra attended a prayer inside the Himalayan cave shrine marking the formal start of the pilgrimage. Over 6,000 pilgrims were allowed to move towards the shrine from north Kashmir's Baltal base camp while 5,000 pilgrims proceeded from the traditional south Kashmir Pahalgam route. Vohra, who was also exofficio Chairman of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB), performed prayers at the cave shr...

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Malavath Poorna’s Everest climb: Youngest women to reach summit

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July 17, 2020988 Views

Malavath Poorna is the youngest female in the world to reach the summit- Mt. Everest, a dream for all adventure seekers around the world. At 6.30 in the morning of 25th May 2014, she unfurled the Indian tricolour at the highest point on this planet. She was just 13 years and 11 months at that time. Born of a very poor family of agricultural labourers, Poorna is also the youngest Indian to reach the summit. In fact she was just one month older then the youngest person ever to climb the Mount Everest successfully, who was a US boy. A ninth standard student at Andhra Pradesh Social Welfare Educational Institutions Society's school, Poorna struggled against all odds to be on top. Hailing from a background, where none of her villager folk have ever seen snow in their lives, Poorna achieved the...

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A thrill named HEXA

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July 17, 2020895 Views

It is certainly going to create a sensation. It has got the looks and it has also got the attitude. It is going to interest a lot many thrill seekers. Tata Motors can expect to have rolled down a winner in Hexa. Well, still time for a detailed experience (some might call it a review), but till then here is a video to have a feel of this fantastic machine on wheels. Watch the video carefully and listen to what expert from TATA says about this beast. It is feature loaded with many firsts in the segment. Watch how it uses the traction control to steer out the vehicle from pits as deep as 20 inches; how its sturdy body balances itself on a surface tilt of 23 degrees (unbelievable); and also how it manoeuvres itself to clear a surface as challenging as melting ice. It also comes with a unique ...

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Musical Clock at Salarjung Museum

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July 17, 20201802 Views

The English Bracket Clock at Salarjung Museum in Hyderabad is said to have manufactured in England and assembled in Calcutta in the late 19th century. It was acquired by Salar Jung III, Nawab Mir Yousuf Ali Khan (1889-1949) from the Cooke and Kelvey Co. Clock has more than 350 parts. It contains a mechanism by which a small toy figure of a bearded man comes out from the enclosure three minutes before every hour and exactly at 60th minute strikes the gong as per time (eg. Five times at 5' o clock) and then goes back inside. This musical clock is one of the biggest attractions of the museum and daily during the museum timings at every hour people gather in big numbers just to see the striking of the gong by the toy. https://youtu.be/0vwrZ2HCI8M ...

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Traditional Kashmiri Wedding Song

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July 17, 20201462 Views

Kashmiri women singing a traditional wedding song at a village near Anantnag on way to Kokernag in Kashmir valley. Kashmiri weddings are a treat to watch. At this particular occasion the groom has gone to the local mosque and the women folk are waiting for him to return, while singing this song on the main road to village. Song is praising the bride and the groom and reminds them that they are finally now together. https://youtu.be/d6kO-l_IyXQ ...

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भानगढ़ की असली कहानी

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July 17, 20202548 Views

SO much has been written and told about Bhangarh fort in recent times as the most haunted place of India (some claim to be in Asia) that if you just blindfold somebody and take him or her to a place and whisper in ear that- you are in ‘BHANGARH’ and that person will just get spooked and run out of horror. Bhangarh was not just a palace but a fort city. Whatever is left now is just the ruins of what would have been a sprawling city at one point of time. What is now left of the city part is just few temples, old havelis and the main market Johari Bazar, whose name will remind you of its namesake in pink city Jaipur. This city would have been magnificent at its peak with big havelis, palaces, temples, houses, markets. Even the shops in the Johari Bazar were all identical and double storied. ...