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80Anuradhapura, Ancient Capital City of Sri Lanka.
Anuradhapura is the oldest capital city of Sri Lanka. This is situated about 205 km. notrh of Colombo the present capital of the country. Anuradhapura was established in 4th century BC and continued upto the...
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70Global Village, Dubai
Originally Global Village has been started as part of the month long Shopping Festival in Dubai. Several countries from allover the world participated and established stalls selling various goods from their...
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70Raja Ravi Varma - Famous Indian Painter
Raja Ravi Varma one of the most famous Indian painter. He was born in a keralite royal family. He learned painting from Indian painters and later from a British painter. The knowledge he acquired both from...
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68Kolam - South Indian Floor Drawing - 3
In some of my earlier hubs, I introduced some traditional floor drawings known as kolams. Those kolams were drawn based on dots in specific grid patterns as guides. Kolams can also be drawn guided by...
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64Victim of an Uncivilized Act - Jaffna Public Library
Jaffna Public Library is situated in the town of Jaffna the Capital of Nothern Province of Sri Lanka. This was the place which introduced to me non-textbook knowledge from variety of fields. In late 70s it was...
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80Postage Stamps and Stamp Collection
A Postage Stamp, a small paper with pictures and other information printed on it, is primarily used as an evidence of pre-paying a fee for postal services. This also has become a collectors item and the stamp...
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76Coutryard Houses
Courtyard houses are houses in which the spaces are arranged around an inner courtyard. Generally these houses are inward looking and afford maximum privacy and security for the inmates. This form of houses...
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69Ancient Sculptures of Pallava Period, Tamilnadu, India
Pallavas ruled Tamilnadu from 6th century AD to 9th century AD. Budhism and Jainism were the main religions before this period started fading away during Pallava rule. Hinduism had a great revival during this...
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84Palaces of South India
South India has a long history. Currently, South India is part of India includes four states namely, Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Kerala. In the past this region had been broken into many small...
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79Air Quality Inside Your House - Don't Take it for Granted
Many of us think that the internal spaces of our houses are protected from pollution and we are safe. Recent researches show that it is not always correct. Internal air can be more hazardous to health than the...
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