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Char Dham

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The Char Dham (Hindi: चारधाम, romanized: Cārdhām), also rendered the Chatur Dhama (Sanskrit: चतुर्धाम, romanized: Caturdhāma) is a set of four pilgrimage sites in India. Since the establishment of the Char Dham temples, visiting these sites has become a path to achieve moksha (liberation or salvation). The four Dhams are Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri and Rameswaram. Char Dham v t e Jagannath Rameswaram Dwarka Badrinath Puri Rameswaram Dwarka Badrinath class=notpageimage| Locations of the Char Dham The

Cornerstone

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A cornerstone (or foundation stone or setting stone) is the first stone set in the construction of a masonry foundation. All other stones will be set in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the entire structure. A cornerstone with bronze relief images Over time a cornerstone became a ceremonial masonry stone, or replica, set in a prominent location on the outside of a

Dhannipur

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Dhannipur is a village in Ayodhya district of Uttar Pradesh, India. In February 2020, the government allotted 5 acres (2.0 ha) of agricultural land at Dhannipur in Ayodhya municipal corporation to the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board as an alternative site for constructing a mosque, to replace the Babri Masjid that was demolished in 1992. The Babri Masjid, after being re-built is now known as the Mohammed Bin

Garbhagriha

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A garbhagriha (Sanskrit: गर्भगृह, romanized: Garbhagṛha) is the innermost sanctuary of Hindu and Jain temples, what may be called the “holy of holies” or “sanctum sanctorum”. The term garbhagriha (literally, “womb chamber”) comes from the Sanskrit words garbha for womb and griha for house. Although the term is often associated with Hindu temples, it is also found in Jain and Buddhist temples. Devotees offering prayers at the garbhagriha in Chennakeshava Temple, Belur, which houses the

Buta Singh

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Buta Singh (21 March 1934 – 2 January 2021) was an Indian politician and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress. He was the Union Home Minister of India, Governor of Bihar and was chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes from 2007 to 2010. Buta Singh Singh in 2012 Minister of Home Affairs In office 1986–1989 Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi

Central Building Research Institute

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Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), located at Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India, is a constituent establishment of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research responsible for “generating, cultivating and promoting building science and technology” in India. Central Building Research Institute CBRI Campus in Roorkee Established 1947 Director Pradeep Kumar Ramancharla Location Roorkee-247 667, Uttarakhand , India Coordinates 29°51′55″N 77°54′08″E Website www.cbri.res.in Directors Pradeep Kumar Ramancharla

Champat Rai

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Champat Rai is an Indian politician, Leader and Vice President of Vishva Hindu Parishad, and currently serving as the General Secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra. Early life Champat Rai is a resident of Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh . He was born in the year 1946 in the family of Rameshwar Prasad Bansal. Rai was influenced by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh since childhood

Bajrang Dal

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Bajrang Dal (Hindi: बजरंग दल, lit. ‘Brigade of Hanuman’) is a Hindu nationalist militant organisation that forms the youth wing of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP). It is a member of the right-wing Sangh Parivar. The ideology of the organisation is based on Hindutva. It was founded on 1 October 1984 in Uttar Pradesh, and began spreading more in the 2010s throughout India, although its most significant base remains the northern and central portions of

Baqi Tashqandi

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Baqi Tashqandi, also known as Mir Baqi, was a Mughal commander (beg) originally from Tashkent (in modern Uzbekistan) during the reign of the first Mughal emperor Babur. He is widely believed to have been made the governor of the province of Awadh. He is believed to have founded Babri Mosque in Ayodhya in 1528, which later became the focal point of the Babri Masjid–Ram Janmabhoomi dispute. Identity Baburnama (Chronicle of

Bhumi (goddess)

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Bhumi (Sanskrit: भूमि, romanized: Bhūmi), also known as Bhūdevī, is the personification of the earth as a goddess in Hinduism. According to Hindu mythology, Varaha, the third avatar (incarnation) of the god Vishnu, saved her from the asura Hiranyaksha and married her. She is regarded as the mother of Narakasura, Mangala and Sita. The Vedic precursor of Bhumi seems to have been Prithvi Mata (Sanskrit: “Earth mother”), the primordial goddess of the Rigveda. In Sri Vaishnava tradition, Bhudevi is considered