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69South Indian Floor Drawing - 5
In South Indian Floor Drawing -4, we drew a simple kolam which contained 9 separate closed loop. In this hub we can see how the same kolam can become a bit complicated. Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 Fig. 1 above shows...
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72South Indian Floor Drawings - 4
Drawing floor drawings (kolams) is interesting and can be fun. With an array of dots kolams can be drawn to different levels of complexities. Simple kolams can be drawn by using small loop od lines arranged...
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73Gopurams - Dravidian Style Hindu Temple Gate Towers
Gopurams are unique to Hindu Temple architecture of Dravidian style, which developed in Southern India and mainly flourished in areas currently within the state of Tamil Nadu. Gopurams are towers found at the...
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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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81Postage 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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72Dr. Green, an American served the people of Northern Sri Lanka.
Dr. Samuel Fisk Green was born in Green Hills, Worcester, Massachusetts in 1822. To his father William E Green and mother Julia Plimpton, he was the 8th child of 11 children. After his schooling he was...
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79Vesak Celeberation in Sri Lanka
"Vesak" is the festival, which is celebrated with high enthusiasm and elaborate preparations. Basically this is a religious festival commemorating the birth of Buddha the founder of Buddhism. This festival is...
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73Air 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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89What is the meaning of the spoked wheel in the flag of India?
When India's National flag was adopted in the Constituent Assembly, the then Vice President Dr. S. Radhakrishnan explained the meaning of the spoked wheel that featured in the centre of the flag as follows:...
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82Cyclic Time Concept
Today, as per modern understanding it is considered that the time progresses in a linear manner. There are many theories, which explain the nature, origin, its end and other matters related to the Time....
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