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Good Maharaja Square
The Good Maharaja Square (Polish: ''Skwer Dobrego Maharadży''), also known as the Opacz Park (Polish pronunciation: ; Polish: ''Park Opaczewski''), is a garden square in Warsaw, Poland, located in the district of Ochota, between Grójecka, Opaczewska, and Szczęśliwicka Streets. Name The Good Maharaja Square (Polish: ''Skwer Dobrego Maharadży'') was named after Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja, the Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar State in modern-day India. During the World War II, he invited 5,000 Polish refugees fleeing from the Soviet Union to settle within his state, and housed around one thousand orphaned children. He also convinced several other Indian rulers to contribute to the efforts. As such, he is referred to in Poland as the ''Good Maharaja'' (Polish: ''Dobry Maharadża''). The name was officially given on 31 May 2012. It was chosen, due to the square's proximity to the nearby school, which in 1991 housed the first reunion of the Polish children refugees from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garden Square
A garden square is a type of communal garden in an urban area wholly or substantially surrounded by buildings; commonly, it continues to be applied to public and private parks formed after such a garden becomes accessible to the public at large. The archetypal garden square is surrounded by tall terraced houses and other types of townhouse. Because it is designed for the amenity of surrounding residents, it is subtly distinguished from a town square designed to be a public gathering place: due to its inherent private history, it may have a pattern of dedicated footpaths and tends to have considerably more plants than hard surfaces or large monuments. Propagation At their conception in the early 17th century, each such garden was a private commons, communal amenity for the residents of the overlooking houses akin to a garden courtyard within a palace or community. Such community courtyards date back to at least Ur in 2000 BC where two-storey houses were built of fired brick arou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13th District Of Budapest
13th District (Hungarian: ''XIII. kerület'') is the 13th district of Budapest, Hungary. The main parts are Angyalföld, Népsziget, Újlipótváros and Vizafogó (and until 2013 Margaret Island). List of mayors Twin towns – sister cities 13th district is twinned with: * Floridsdorf (Vienna), Austria * Košice-Juh (Košice), Slovakia * Ochota (Warsaw), Poland * Osijek Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja ..., Croatia * Sovata, Romania Notes References External links * * {{Districts of Budapest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government of India, alongside English language, English, and is the ''lingua franca'' of North India. Hindi is considered a Sanskritisation (linguistics), Sanskritised Register (sociolinguistics), register of Hindustani. Hindustani itself developed from Old Hindi and was spoken in Delhi and neighbouring areas. It incorporated a significant number of Persian language, Persian loanwords. Hindi is an Languages with official status in India, official language in twelve states (Bihar, Gujarat , Mizoram , Maharashtra ,Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand), and six Union territory, union territories (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Delhi, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacred Lotus In Religious Art
The lotus (), ''Nelumbo nucifera'', is an aquatic plant that plays a central role in the art of Indian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. In Asian art, a lotus throne is a stylized lotus flower used as the seat or base for a figure. It is the normal pedestal for divine figures in Buddhist art and Hindu art and is often seen in Jain art. Originating in Indian art, it followed Indian religions to East Asia in particular. Hinduism Examples of Hindu deities (from top): Vishnu, Ganesha, Shiva, Durga, Kali and Saraswati. Hindus revere it with the divinities Vishnu and Lakshmi often portrayed on a pink lotus in iconography; historically, many deities, namely Brahma, Saraswati, Lakshmi, Kubera, usually sit on a stylized lotus throne. In the representation of Vishnu as Padmanabha (Lotus navel), a lotus issues from his navel with Brahma on it. The goddess Saraswati is portrayed on a white lotus. The lotus is the symbol of what is divine or immortal in humanity, and als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelumbo Nucifera
''Nelumbo nucifera'', also known as the pink lotus, sacred lotus, Indian lotus, or simply lotus, is one of two extant taxon, extant species of aquatic plant in the Family (biology), family Nelumbonaceae. It is sometimes colloquially called a water lily, though this more often refers to members of the family Nymphaeaceae. The lotus belongs in the order Proteales. Lotus plants are adapted to grow in the flood plains of slow-moving rivers and delta areas. Stands of lotus drop hundreds of thousands of seeds every year to the bottom of the pond. While some sprout immediately and most are eaten by wildlife, the remaining seeds can remain dormant for an extensive period of time as the pond silts in and dries out. During flood conditions, sediments containing these seeds are broken open, and the dormant seeds rehydrate and begin a new lotus colony. It is cultivated in nutrient-rich, loamy, and often flooded soils, requiring warm temperatures and specific planting depths, with propagat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of India
The prime minister of India (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the head of government of the Republic of India. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen Union Council of Ministers, Council of Ministers, despite the president of India being the nominal head of the executive. The prime minister has to be a member of one of the houses of bicameral Parliament of India, alongside heading the respective house. The prime minister and the cabinet are at all times responsible to the Lok Sabha. The prime minister is appointed by the president of India; however, the prime minister has to enjoy the confidence of the majority of Lok Sabha members, who are directly elected Elections in India#Parliamentary general elections (Lok Sabha), every five years, lest the prime minister shall resign. The prime minister can be a member of the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the parliament. The prime minister controls the selection and dismissal of members of the Union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician who has served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, member of parliament (MP) for Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency), Varanasi. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing politics, right-wing Hindutva paramilitary volunteer organisation. He is the longest-serving prime minister outside the Indian National Congress. Modi was born and raised in Vadnagar, Bombay State (present-day Gujarat), where he completed his secondary education. He was introduced to the RSS at the age of eight. Modi became a full-time worker for the RSS in Gujarat in 1971. The RSS assigned him to the BJP in 1985 and he rose through the party hierarchy, becoming general secretary in 1998. In 2001, Modi was appointed chief minister of Guja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Pałka
Julian Pałka (20 January 1923 - 20 June 2002) was a Polish poster artist. He was awarded the Medal of the 40th Anniversary of People's Poland The Medal of the 40th Anniversary of People's Poland ( Polish: ''Medal 40-lecia Polski Ludowej'') is a former civil decoration of Poland established by the Sejm on 26 April 1984 to recognize the contribution of working people in the development of ....''Uznanie dla twórców kultury''/w/''Trybuna Robotnicza'', nr 170, 19 lipca 1984, str. 1-2 References Polish poster artists 1923 births 2002 deaths Recipients of the Medal of the 10th Anniversary of the People's Republic of Poland Recipients of the Medal of the 40th Anniversary of the People's Republic of Poland {{Poland-artist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
September Barricade Monument
The September Barricade Monument () is a brutalist architecture, brutalist mounument in Warsaw, Poland. It is located in the district of Ochota, at Grójecka Street, near the intersection with Opaczewska Street. The monument commemorates a barricade that was constructed by the Polish Armed Forces (Second Polish Republic), Polish Armed Forces during the siege of Warsaw (1939), Siege of Warsaw, and used between 8 and 27 September 1939. It consists of three large concrete sculptures, depicting numerals of dates ''8-IX'' (8 September), the day the barricade was erected, ''1939'', the year of the siege, and ''27-IX'' (27 September), the day the city capitulated. It was designed by Julian Pałka, and unveiled on 12 September 1979. History The monument was designed by Julian Pałka, and unveiled on 12 September 1979, as part of the celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the Siege of Warsaw (1939), Siege of Warsaw. It was renovated in 2020.Irena Grzesiuk-Olszewska: ''Warszawska rzeźb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
