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The Yali or Vyala is a composite animal, most commonly depicted with a pair of horns, the tusks and trunk of an elephant, the manes and graceful body of a lion, and the tail of a serpent. In this form it is called a gaja-vyala i.e. elephant-vyala.
The two Indian cities are among the 66 urban settlements designated as creative cities by the UNESCO. Mumbai has been selected for its contribution in the world of film, and Hyderabad for gastronomy.
Apart from seven varieties of animals belonging to the cat family, some new types of insects like ants, flies,spiders etc. which are deemed to be new findings in science, a species of china rose that has fragrance and many similar findings have given the state Forest department enough reasons to cheer.
The excavation done, 80 kilometres east of Tirupati and Nellore, by the ASI team has discovered the remains of a huge settlement surrounded by a massive brick enclosure. Among many antiquities unearthed, is a life-sized Vishnu sculpture and a wide variety of pottery of the early centuries of the current era.at
Anandan – subedar with the Indian army – lost his left leg when a live mine went off as he was conducting a routine search at the LOC in Jammu & Kashmir’s Kupwara district back in June 2008. “For the first few months, I hid from my parents that I had lost a leg. When I went home with a wooden leg, they broke down. I could have chosen to sulk over my situation, but I decided to turn things around,” Anandan told
The proposed zone will be developed in 10km radius of revered town which is already famous for the temple group. The zone will be preserved to create species for yoga, panchakarma and ayurvedic practices along with shaping the area in gardens and orchards without altering its natural vegetation.
These findings were discussed on Friday by the director of the ASI’s Institute of Archaeology, Sanjay Manjul, who had carried out the Sanauli excavation. Manjul said the war chariot found at the site was the first discovery of its kind and that after advanced testing it was found to be “a horse-pulled” one, which brings the site “closer to the culture of Mahabharata”.
A team of Archaeological Survey of India and civic administration inspecting the four cannons of Bhonsale era found at Kasturchand Park on Thursday. Mokha said that according to primary estimates, the cannons date back to 1813 and Bhosles ruled Nagpur till 1853 before Biritishers took over.
Late President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, an aerospace scientist who served as the 11th President of India between 2002 and 2007, was born on this day on 1931 in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu.
Born in 1896, Swami Sivananda from the city of Kolkata in the West Bengal state of India, puts his longevity down to no sex or spices, and daily yoga. Hindu monk Swami Sivananda was born on August 8, 1896, according to his passport. If true, his life would have spanned three centuries, but despite his apparent age he remains strong enough to perform yoga for hours at a time.
