kalyani

Hanuman chalisa

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Hanuman Chalisa Telugu
Shri Anjaneya Dhadakam Telugu

INDIAN GODS

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Hocking hills in OHIO

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The most popular of all the Hocking areas is Old Man's Cave, located on State Route 664. Here at the Upper Falls, the Grandma Gatewood Trail begins its six-mile course connecting three of the park's areas: Old Man's Cave to Cedar Falls to Ash Cave. This same trail has been designated as part of Ohio's Buckeye Trail as well as part of two national systems - the North Country Scenic Trail and America's Discovery Trail.
Hocking hills Ohio.

cincinatti suspension bridge

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cincinnati suspention bridge
Walk on this bridge is realy Good

cincinati historical museum OH

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http://www.cincymuseum.org/

Lake Geneva Wisonsin

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http://www.lakegenevawi.com/

Indianapollis Art museum

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Art museum Indianapollis

Indianapollis Temple

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Indianapollis Siva Temple

Venkateswara Temple Pittsburgh

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Venkateswara Temple Pittsburgh

Virtual poojas

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Durgapuja
Saibaba pooja
Lakshmi pooja
Ganesh pooja
Lakshmi pooja
Diwali aarti
Diwali pooja
Ganeshpooja
Venkateswara pooja
Satyannarayana pooja
Siva Pooja
Ganesh pooja

Railway musum chicago

2008-11-21T09:00:00.001-08:00

Railway musum chicago

Nashville Vinayak temple

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Ganeshatemple

Chicago temples

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saibaba Temple
Shriswaminarayan Temple
Balaji Temple
Rama Temple

Hindu Temple Of Wisconsin

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Hindutemple Wisconsin

Astrology and horoscope

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Astrogyan

Lord Venkateswara, Vizag

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The tLord Venkateswara temple , a british soldier Captain Black moor built, this temple in 1886. From here we can view the port channel, which is the entrance of the inner harbour for ships and liners.

Drakshaaramam EGDT AP

2008-11-17T08:53:00.001-08:00

Manikyamba

Known as Dakshina Kasi (Southern Banares), Draksharamam is considered highly sacred, next only to Banares, the holiest of Siva temples in the country. Located in the Godavari district, the temple here is one of the most important Saiva Aramas. Sivaratri attracts huge crowds of pilgrims. There are four entrances to the temple, each facing the four cardinal directions. Every entrance is again covered by a Gopuram. On the upper storey, there is a pillared Pradakshina on three sides, a narrow Antrala and a Garbhagriha. A Linga rises from the Garbhagriha. A narrow Mandapam and the Mukha are other features of the shrine. Mythological figures are decoratively carved on the walls and the pillars. The temple art shows the influence of a blend of sculptural traditions of Chalukya and Chola styles. Famous Telugu poet Srinatha is said to have written Prabandha Kavya Bhimakhanda about this sacred place.

There are two legends associated with the place. It is believed that sage Vyasa performed penance here and gave it the name Dakshina Kasi. One legend is that Saptha Maharshis (seven sages) to achieve the ends of their penance divided the akhanda (undivided) Godavari into seven streams at Draksharamam. There is Saptha Godavari Kundam (seven river pond) near the temple, where devotees bathe. Bharadwaja, Jamagagni and Viswamithra streams are known as Antharwahinis as they have gone underground. According to another legend, Lord Siva's father-in-law, a king by name Daksha Prajapathi, performed a great yaga here. Parvathi attended the yaga uninvited and immolated herself when illtreated. Hence the place got the name, Daksha Vatika and later became Daksharamam and Draksharamam. A number of rock edicts (sasanas) are engraved on the temple walls.

Kailasa Giri Vizag AP

2008-11-06T08:47:00.003-08:00

An attractive hill station, Kailasa Giri , a spectacular view of the sea. It has serene and beautiful Rushikonda beach and RK beach on the left and hillock on the right. As the name suggests, the hill is Kailasa, the abode of Lord Shiva and Parvathi, massive sculpture of Shiva and Parvathi is seen here. It is evidenced by many visitors to the hillock, with ropeway facility and Children’s playing field that they had fallen in love with this mount and surroundings due its picturesque and serene atmosphere. Imposing view of the city with illuminations in the evening can be enjoyed from the ropeway.

submarine museum Vizag AP

2008-11-06T08:36:00.003-08:00

Submarine Museum, 'Smritika' set up nearby the Vishakapatanam port, is located at the serene beach named the Rama Krishna Beach. The museum started functioning in 2001 was converted from INS Kusura, a Russian built submarine. Only one of these kinds in India and Asian continent, this Submarine Museum attracts many.

Ramakrishna Beach Visakhapatnam AP

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Ramakrishna Beach is the most popular beach of Visakhapatnam. With its serene waters and tranquil atmosphere, the beach offers a lovely vista of the countryside. In the past few years, it has gained immense popularity amongst the tourists. Situated on the coastline of Andhra Pradesh, the beach overlooks the Bay of Bengal, along with its natural splendor. Infact, the marvelous landscape is beyond comparison. The natural harbour of Vishakhapatnam is to be found on the north-east of Ramakrishna Beach. Actually, this picturesque beach is the extension of the Coromandal Coast of India. Favorable for sunbathing and surfing, the shoreline is dotted with boats and ships on one side. Many private companies are planning to set up sport complexes here in the near future. Over and above, the spectacularly beautiful beach also makes the venue of the famous Visakha Utsav.
From the harbor, you can take cruise for Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Owing to the reason, Ramakrishna Beach has also got the glare of publicity. The vast stretch of blue waters juxtaposes the sight of bustling activities of the city on the opposite side. In the evenings, the beach gets crowded with both young and old, having fun time on the sands. Though not much, there are enough water sports available at the shore. Since Ramakrishna Beach comprises a large part of the water's edge, it has got a huge area where different activities can take place simultaneously. You can take the local cruise to enjoy the sunset and sunrise amidst the tranquil waters. Apart from all this, you can take a ride in the traditional fishing boat by asking the fisher folk to arrange it for you. And for sure, Ramakrishna Beach would become an inseparable part of your most cherished memories.

Milwaukee Art Museum

2008-11-05T12:14:00.000-08:00

MilwaukeeThe city of Milwaukee lies some 90 mi. north of Chicago on the west side of Lake Michigan at the inflow of the Milwaukee River, which is joined within the city area by two tributaries, the Menomenee and the Kinickinnic

Indiana Beach Amusement Resort Indiana USA

2008-11-05T12:00:00.001-08:00

Indiana Beach Amusement Resort is Indiana’s largest and most popular amusement resort & vacation playground. Home to over 30 rides and attractions, including five great roller coasters, a giant water park, six water slides, two campgrounds, but that’s just the beginning.
Located on beautiful Lake Shafer in Monticello, Indiana, Indiana Beach is surrounded by over 3,000 acres of water fun. With nearby boat & jet ski rentals, two 18-hole golf courses in the area, and limitless entertainment options, Indiana Beach is a true vacation destination. On the Indiana Beach property, there are unique shopping experiences, dancing, live music, fine dining, and so much more ... it’s all the fun things you love to do!

Indiana Dunes Indiana USA

2008-11-05T11:50:00.001-08:00

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, authorized by Congress in 1966, is located approximately 50 miles southeast of Chicago, Illinois in the counties of Lake, Porter, and LaPorte in Northwest Indiana. The national lakeshore runs for nearly 25 miles along southern Lake Michigan, bordered by Michigan City, Indiana on the east, and Gary on the west. The park contains approximately 15,000 acres, 2,182 of which are located in Indiana Dunes State Park and managed by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
Miles of beaches, sand dunes, bog, wetlands, woodland forests, an 1830's French Canadian homestead, and a working 1900 era farm combine to make the national lakeshore a unique setting for studying humans and their impact on the environment. Dr. Henry Cowles conducted his landmark ecological studies in the Indiana Dunes. Indiana Dunes is ranked 7th among national parks in native plant diversity. Research conducted over the last two decades has revealed 1,418 vascular plant species within park boundaries, of which over 90 are on the state of Indiana's threatened or endangered list.

cave of mounds Wisconson USA

2008-11-05T11:39:00.000-08:00

Overview of the Cave
The most beautiful cave in Wisconsin and the upper Midwest, Cave of the Mounds lies just off U.S. Highways 18/151 in Blue Mounds, WI. The United States Department of the Interior and the National Park Service designated Cave of the Mounds a National Natural Landmark because the site possesses "exceptional value as an illustration of the nation’s natural heritage and contributes to a better understanding of man’s environment". Curious tourists and budding cave enthusiasts have been enjoying an introduction to caving in the midwest for years while visiting Cave of the Mounds.
Commonly referred to as the "jewel box" of America’s major caves for the variety and delicacy of its formations, Cave of the Mounds is recognized by the Chicago Academy of Sciences as "the significant cave of the upper Midwest".
Fun Fact
The Cave has the same temperature everyday, all year long! 50 degrees F.
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A guided tour of the Cave takes you past a varied collection of colorful stalactites, stalagmites, columns and other formations. The main cavern began forming over a million years ago as acidic water dissolved the limestone bedrock far below the surface. As Cave of the Mounds staff like to point out, geologic time is mind-boggling. It is difficult to imagine the time it took for the large caverns to be dissolved within rock that is itself believed to be over 400 million years old!
A lower meandering portion of the Cave was formed by the rushing water of an underground stream. The contrast between the chemical and mechanical processes of cave formation is one of the geologic lessons illustrated on The Cave Tour.
People who come to the Cave of the Mounds in the summer appreciate the constant 50-degree temperature. They also enjoy the park-like grounds, with picnic areas, walking trails and rock gardens. Winter visitors can take advantage of the Cave’s comparative warmth. The Cave is open in the winter on weekends, and during the week by advance reservation.
Guided tours of Cave of the Mounds are available year 'round. Special rates are available to groups of 20 or more by advance reservation only. Cave of the Mounds is located just 20 miles west of Madison, off U.S. Highways 18/151.
History of the Cave
Fun Fact
Over 59,000 people came to visit the Cave in the first 8 weeks of operation.
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Cave of the Mounds takes its name from the Blue Mounds, two large hills which have long been Wisconsin landmark features. The West Mound, at 1716 feet, is the highest point in Southern Wisconsin; the East Mound reaches 1489 feet. Cave of the Mounds lies under the southern slope of the East Mound.
This area was settled by Ebenezer Brigham, a successful lead miner who became Dane County’s first permanent white settler in 1828. The West Mound is now a Wisconsin state park; part of the East Mound still belongs to the Brigham family. Brigham County Park lies along the wooded northern edge of this East Mound. Both parks afford magnificent vistas of southern Wisconsin.
Ebenezer Brigham traveled from Massachusetts down the Ohio River and up the Mississippi to join the Wisconsin lead rush in the late 1820’s. He established his "diggings" and built a smelting furnace and a house just north of the Cave. His house became a trading post, an inn, a stagecoach stop, and Dane County’s first post office. Colonel Brigham helped build and later commanded Fort Blue Mounds during the Blackhawk War in 1832. Ebenezer lived a long life on his Bringham Farm never realizing that a greater discovery than lead lay deep beneath its surface.
Cave of the Mounds was accidentally discovered on August 4, 1939. Workers, who were removing high quality limestone from a quarry on the Brigham Farm, blasted into the Cave. The blast tore the face off the quarry and revealed a great underground cavern. All quarrying stopped and never resumed. The dynamite blast revealed a limestone cave more than twenty feet high opening into other rooms and galleries, all containing numerous mineral formations.
The excitement of the discovery brought so many curiosity seekers that the Cave had to be closed in order to preserve it. Soon, lights and wooden walkways were installed. And, in May 1940, Cave of the Mounds was opened to visitors. Millions of visitors later, the Cave’s wooden walkways were replaced with concrete; a large stone building replaced the original entry building; and theatrical lighting has been installed to dramatize the colors and shapes within the Cave. Picnic areas, walking trails, rock gardens, gift shops and a visitor center have all since been developed.
Science of the Cave
The story of the geologic formation of the Cave of the Mounds begins with the creation of the rock in which the Cave formed. The Cave was formed within limestone, a sedimentary rock formed from compacted seashells and other marine sediments. This rock dates back over 400 million years to the Ordovician Period of the Earth’s geologic history. During the Ordovician Period, warm shallow seas covered the continent where we find Wisconsin today. Abundant shell life could thrive in these seas. Layers and layers of calcium carbonate shell debris accumulated and slowly hardened into the limestone we see today. Thousands of feet of limestone and other sedimentary rocks were laid down during this Ordovician Period. Millions of years ago, the seas receded leaving these layers of rock behind and erosion began to wear them down. Today the exposed rock in Blue Mounds is a limestone called Galena dolomite, which is a specific kind of limestone containing aat least 20% magnesium.
Cave of the Mounds itself began to form 1 or 2 million years ago when the Galena dolomite was still beneath the water table. The water table is defined as that level below which all of the rock is saturated with water. Often, the top layer of the water table becomes acidic because rainwater and melting snow absorb carbon dioxide as they seep through surface soils. The water combines with the carbon dioxide to form weak carbonic acid, which can dissolve limestone and create cavities within the rock. When a major crack lets large amounts of acidic water into the limestone below the water table, large amounts of rock dissolve along this crack. This is what happened at Cave of the Mounds. The Cave was formed along a major crack that can still be seen today. This crack is called the "lifeline" of the Cave.
Fun Fact
It takes approximately 100 years for cave onyx to grow 1 inch.
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The story of Cave of the Mounds does not end with the dissolution of limestone to form the hollow cavern. Even as the dolomite beneath the ground was being dissolved to form the Cave, surface streams were eroding deeper and deeper valleys in the landscape. As the stream levels lowered, so did the water table. Eventually, the water table dropped below the level where the cave had been formed. Now, the large natural cavity far below the earth’s surface was filled with air. This allowed a new stage in the life of the Cave to begin.
When surface water seeps through the soil and then through the porous rock, it dissolves small amounts of the limestone (also called calcium carbonate). Every droplet of water entering the cave below carries dissolved calcium carbonate. As the water drops enter the air-filled cave, this calcium carbonate is precipitated in the form of calcite. Each drop leaves calcite crystals on the cave ceiling, walls or floor. The crystals adhere to each other and grow into different kinds of formations, called speleothems. Eventually, stalactites reach down from the ceiling, stalagmites tower upward from the floor, and sheets of flowstone cover the walls.
Speleothems grow very slowly. The rate of growth depends on how fast the water flows and on how much dissolved calcium carbonate it contains. It can take from 50 to 150 years to deposit one cubic inch of "cave onyx". This process continues today – a design forever in process and never complete.
Learn more about the science of the Cave on our Cave geology page!
Designation of the Cave
In 1988, Cave of the Mounds was designated a National Natural Landmark by the United States Department of the Interior and the National Park Service. In receiving this honor, Cave of the Mounds was recognized as "a site which possesses exceptional value as an illustration of the nation’s natural heritage and contributes to a better understanding of man’s environment."
Fun Fact
The Cave is over 1 million years old.
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The National Natural Landmark designation is made by the Secretary of the Interior after in-depth scientific study of a potential site. The selection process is rigorous: to be considered for National Natural Landmark status, a site must be one of the best examples of a natural region’s characteristic biotic or geologic features. Cave of the Mounds is a natural limestone cave and is exemplary of this type of solution cave which forms as part of a karst landscape, such as is found in southwestern Wisconsin. What makes Cave of the Mounds special is the quantity and quality of its many speleothems, and the extraordinary colors left behind by minerals naturally present in the rock. Cave of the Mounds is often referred to as the "jewel box" of America’s major caves because of the variety, color and delicacy of its formations.
Our National Natural Landmark plaque is prominently displayed on the Cave Entrance Building. Cave of the Mounds is proud to be a participant in the National Natural Landmark Program. We are committed to the preservation of this unique geologic formation and the land which surrounds it, and we encourage visitors to come experience some of the most beautiful show caving in the midwest!

arctic ocean

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arctic ocean