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Bathu Temples
Bathu temples (बाथू मंदिर), known locally as ''Bathu ki ladi'' (बाथू की लड़ी), is a cluster of temples in the Kangra district of Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, with the main temple dedicated to goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva. These temples were submerged in Maharana Pratap Sagar, a reservoir created by Pong dam in the early 1970s. Since then, these temples are only accessible from May to June when the water level decreases. The temples are accessible by boat from Dhameta and Nagrota Surian and accessible by road from Jawali. There are several small villages near the temple site, which includes Guglara, Sugnara, Harsar, Jarot, Bajera, Katnor, Khabal, Ludret, and Bhial. History According to common local belief, it was built by local king who ruled the region. Many stories about the origin of the temples are famous among the folklore. Other beliefs say that temple was built by Pandavas. The folklore tells a story dating back to Mahabhara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maharana Pratap Sagar
Maharana Pratap Sagar, also known as Pong Reservoir or Pong Dam Lake is a large reservoir in Fatehpur, Jawali and Dehra tehsil of Kangra district of the state of Himachal Pradesh in India. It was created in 1975, by building the highest earthfill dam in India on the Beas River in the wetland zone of the Siwalik Hills. Named in the honour of Maharana Pratap (1540–1597), the reservoir or the lake is a well-known wildlife sanctuary and one of the 49 international wetland sites declared in India by the Ramsar Convention. "List of Rancer wetland sites of India", pib.nic.in, Release ID 29706, web: nic6 "Pong Dam Lake Ramsar Site details" , World66.com. The reservoir covers an area of , and the wetlands portion is . The Pong Reservoir and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagrota Surian
Nagrota Surian is a town in Nagrota Surian Mandal, Kangra District, in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Nagrota Surian is 45.2 km from the district headquarters Dharamshala. It is about 260 km from the state capital Shimla. Block Head office is also available in Nagrota surian. Nearest towns Nearby villages include Teen botu, Suknara, Balora, Katholi, Ludret(4 Km), Barial(5 Km), Bhial(6 Km), Nandpur, Ghera, Sakri, Bilaspur, Guler, Basa, Spail, Galua, Bantungli, Ghar Jarot, Jarpal, Baldoa Pargod Temple(1.1 km) Dhewa (2.1 km), Amlela (1.9 km), Khabbal (2 km), Jarot (2.2 km), and Katora (2.3 km). Nearest towns are Nagrota Surian (0 km), Jawali, Lunj, Masrrur Temple (7 km), Dehra Gopipur (28 km) and Kangra. Places of interest This town is located near the Pong Lake. The Pong Dam Reservoir is very much approachable from Nagrota Surian, which is the main attraction due to migratory birds during various seasons. This reservo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kangra Airport
Kangra-Gaggal Airport , officially known as Kangra Airport, is a regional airport serving areas of Kangra including Dharamshala, the winter capital of Himachal Pradesh, India. It is located at Gaggal, which is situated from the city, from Kangra and from Kangra Railway Station. Kangra Airport is located on National Highway 154, that runs between Pathankot and Mandi, and is the largest airport in Himachal Pradesh in terms of Passengers and Aircraft movement. History The foundation of Kangra airport was laid down by Virbhadra Singh, the then Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, on 15 October, 1986. The first scheduled operation at this airport was by Vayudoot with a Dornier 228 in the 1990. Subsequently other airlines like Jagson, Air Deccan and Kingfisher also operated from this Airport. In 2001, the airport was renamed as Kangra airport. In March 2007, the runway was extended from and a new terminal building was inaugurated. As a result, for the first time an ATR-42 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kangra, Himachal Pradesh
Kangra is a city and a municipal council in Kangra district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is also known as ''Nagarkot''. Meaning of Kangra Kangri word in Ladakh/Lahaul means snow on top of mountain. Since snow capped mountains are visible from the city of Kangra, therefore it is named Kangra (town of snow laden peaks). History Historically known as Kiraj and Trigarta,Blankinship, Khalid Y, "The End of Jihad State ", pp132 the town of Kangra was founded by Katoch Kshatriya Rajputs of Chandervanshi Lineage. The Katoch Rajas had a stronghold here, with a fort and lavish temples. Another ancient name of the city is Bhimagar and it was supposedly founded by Raja Bhim, younger brother of Kuru Emperor Yudhishthira of Indraprastha (now Delhi). The temple of Devi Vajreshwari was one of the oldest and wealthiest in northern India. It was destroyed, together with the fort and the town, by 1905 Kangra earthquake on 4 April 1905, when 1339 people died in this plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTV Indies
MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a division of Paramount Global. The channel originally aired music videos and related programming as guided by television personalities known as video jockeys, or VJs. In the years since its inception, it significantly toned down its focus on music in favor of original reality programming for teenagers and young adults. Since early 2020, MTV has devoted most of its programming schedule to a single program, '' Ridiculousness'', which in June 2020 aired "for 113 hours out of the network’s entire 168-hour lineup". MTV has spawned numerous sister channels in the United States and affiliated channels internationally, some of which have since gone independent. Approximately 90.6 million households in the US received MTV as of January 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaler Kanth
Kanth Kaler (born 7 May 1972), sikh artist popularly known as Kanth Kaler is an Indian singer who is famous for singing Punjabi sad songs. His hit songs include ''Hun Teri Nigah Badal Gai'', ''Dass Asi Kehra Tere Bina Mar Challea'', ''Udikan'', and ''Teri Yaad Sajna''. Personal life He was born at Nakodar, Jalandhar, Punjab, India Punjab (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the States and union territories of India, Indian states of Himachal .... His original name being Sunny Nijjar, he changed his name after being advice by his spiritual Guru Baba Murad Shah to place the ''Kanth'' (voice) before all. He recorded his first album ''Hun teri nigah badal gayi'' with the help of famous lyricist Kumar Dhaliwal and Madan Jalandhari, who was really impressed by his voice. Albums *''Ik Saah'' *''Fanna'' *''Armaan'' *''Tere Bin'' *''Aadat'' *''Sadhra'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Pooja
Gurinder Kaur Kainth, popularly known by her stage name Miss Pooja is an Indian singer and actress who primarily sings Punjabi songs in Bhangra, Pop and Folk genres. Personal life Miss Pooja was born to Inderpal Kainth and Saroj Devi, a family of sikhs in Rajpura, Punjab. She did B.A in Vocal and Instrumental Skills from Punjabi University. She also completed her M.A. in music from PGGCG Chandigarh and then B.Ed. in Music. Pooja also worked as a music teacher in Patel Public School, Rajpura. Miss Pooja also joined BJP and was projected for the Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha reserved constituency. Career She started her professional career in 2006, with the release of a duet song, ''Jaan Ton Piyari''. She also judges the Punjabi singing reality show Voice of Punjab. In 2006, Miss Pooja debuted with her first duet song "Jaan Ton Piyari". In 2009, her debut solo album was "Romantic Jatt" and the music video of her song "Do Nain" from that album was shot in Toronto, Canada. In 2010, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjabi Language
Punjabi (; ; , ), sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language of the Punjab, Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It has approximately 113 million native speakers. Punjabi is the most widely-spoken first language in Pakistan, with 80.5 million native speakers as per the 2017 Census of Pakistan, 2017 census, and the 11th most widely-spoken in India, with 31.1 million native speakers, as per the 2011 Census of India, 2011 census. The language is spoken among a Punjabi diaspora, significant overseas diaspora, particularly in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom. In Pakistan, Punjabi is written using the Shahmukhi alphabet, based on the Persian alphabet, Perso-Arabic script; in India, it is written using the Gurmukhi, Gurmukhi alphabet, based on the Brahmic scripts, Indic scripts. Punjabi is unusual among the Indo-Aryan languages and the broader Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family in its usage of Tone (linguistics) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathu Ki Ladi
Bathou also spelt as Bathu is a village of Attock District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 .... It is located at an altitude of 366 metres (1204 feet). References Villages in Attock District {{Attock-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masrur Temples
The Masrur Temples, also referred to as Masroor Temples or Rock-cut Temples at Masrur, is an early 8th-century complex of rock-cut Hindu temples in the Kangra Valley of Beas River in Himachal Pradesh, India. The temples face northeast, towards the Dhauladhar range of the Himalayas. They are a version of North Indian Nagara architecture style, dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu, Devi and Saura traditions of Hinduism, with its surviving iconography likely inspired by a henotheistic framework. Though a major temples complex in the surviving form, the archaeological studies suggest that the artists and architects had a far more ambititious plan and the complex remains incomplete. Much of the Masrur's temple's sculpture and reliefs have been lost. They were also quite damaged, most likely from earthquakes. The temples were carved out of monolithic rock with a shikhara, and provided with a sacred pool of water as recommended by Hindu texts on temple architecture. The temple has three entra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahabharata
The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; sa, महाभारतम्, ', ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the other being the '' Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the Kurukshetra War and the fates of the Kaurava and the Pāṇḍava princes and their successors. It also contains philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the four "goals of life" or ''puruṣārtha'' (12.161). Among the principal works and stories in the ''Mahābhārata'' are the ''Bhagavad Gita'', the story of Damayanti, the story of Shakuntala, the story of Pururava and Urvashi, the story of Savitri and Satyavan, the story of Kacha and Devayani, the story of Rishyasringa and an abbreviated version of the '' Rāmāyaṇa'', often considered as works in their own right. Traditionally, the authorship of the ''Mahābhārata'' is attributed to Vyāsa. There have been many attempts to unravel its historical growth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folklore
Folklore is shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group. This includes oral traditions such as Narrative, tales, legends, proverbs and jokes. They include material culture, ranging from traditional building styles common to the group. Folklore also includes Tradition, customary lore, taking actions for folk beliefs, the forms and rituals of celebrations such as Christmas and weddings, folk dances and Rite of passage, initiation rites. Each one of these, either singly or in combination, is considered a Cultural artifact, folklore artifact or Cultural expressions, traditional cultural expression. Just as essential as the form, folklore also encompasses the transmission of these artifacts from one region to another or from one generation to the next. Folklore is not something one can typically gain in a formal school curriculum or study in the fine arts. Instead, these traditions are passed along informally from o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
