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Bonus pics : Goa beach party scene. mostly it is done by foreigners and hippies.

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Goa MArdigras Carnival.

King Momo’s float

Queen float.

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Native Goan

Baga Beach

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Goa is a state with diverse culture and ethnicity. lately it has been home to many westerners , isrealis and hippis from all over the world. I guess you have only beach images in your mind when it comes to goa. so i will try to post images accordingly. Though i have never been to goa

yeah i know its a state i saw it in movies and i loved it thats why i said that share the pics :k:

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Pic of the Day: Goa beaches and some.

you may have seen this church many times in movies.

@kaka_in_usa

Bonus pics : Goa beach party scene. mostly it is done by foreigners and hippies.

@kaka_in_usa

Goa MArdigras Carnival.

King Momo’s float

Queen float.

@kaka_in_usa

Bonus Pic:

Native Goan

Baga Beach

Wonderful :wub:

Loving the beaches …I want to go to a beach :crying:

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Pic of the day: Jantar Mantar , Jaipur

The Jantar Mantar is a collection of architectural astronomical instruments, built by Maharaja (King) Jai Singh II at his then new capital of Jaipur between 1727 and 1734.

… read more](Jantar Mantar, Jaipur - Wikipedia)

World’s biggest sun dial

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/5441817732_e8dd9fa19c_b.jpg

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This place has big and small scores of astronomical instruments. They have an instrument dedicated to every planet as well.

Jai Prakash yantra
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Some other planets reading instrument

http://www.tajmehal.net/images1/jantar-mantar-delhi.jpg

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Pic of the day: Jantar Mantar , Jaipur

… read more](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jantar_Mantar_(Jaipur))

World’s biggest sun dial

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4112/5441817732_e8dd9fa19c_b.jpg

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bonus pic:

This place has big and small scores of astronomical instruments. They have an instrument dedicated to every planet as well.

Jai Prakash yantra
[imghttp://farm5.static.flickr.com/4106/5206023465_91494a103d_b.jpg]

Some other planets reading instrument

http://www.tajmehal.net/images1/jantar-mantar-delhi.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/5206021243_caffb36b27_b.jpg

Awesome Man :k:

What does the sun dial do ?

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^^ Sundial is like an ancient watch. it tells time using the shadow casted by sun.
bigger the sundial more accurate the time. that sundial can tell time with the accurecy of +- 2 seconds.
Back in the days there was a huge bell under that canopy on top of the sundial. after every hour the "watchman" would go up there and ring the bell to announce the time.

other instruments are used to track movements of different planets i guess.

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Picture of the Day: Chinese fishing nets, Kerala

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cant help i need to post this one too.. kerala is so green

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Picture of the day:** Hangsheshwari Temple, Bandel, West Bengal

**This temple is dedicated to Mother Hangsheshwari (Goddess Kali) . It was built over a time period of 15 years and finally was completed in 1814-15 by Queen Shankari, wife of Raja Nrishingha Deb. It has 5 storeys and stands 21 meter high.

The architecture is quite distinctive and differs significantly from traditional Bengali design.

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^^ Sundial is like an ancient watch. it tells time using the shadow casted by sun.
bigger the sundial more accurate the time. that sundial can tell time with the accurecy of ± 2 seconds.
Back in the days there was a huge bell under that canopy on top of the sundial. after every hour the “watchman” would go up there and ring the bell to announce the time.

other instruments are used to track movements of different planets i guess.

Thanks

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Picture of the Day: Chinese fishing nets, Kerala

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/6601/2511988302387537b02eb.jpg

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http://mmauchline.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/chinese-fishing-nets-kerala-india.jpg

cant help i need to post this one too.. kerala is so green

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2uwJFLuhmHI/TOkhnN6TpJI/AAAAAAAAAK0/XdU_Kv32FOE/s1600/kerala_backwater.jpg

Awesome i love fishing

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Picture of the day:** Hangsheshwari Temple, Bandel, West Bengal

**This temple is dedicated to Mother Hangsheshwari (Goddess Kali) . It was built over a time period of 15 years and finally was completed in 1814-15 by Queen Shankari, wife of Raja Nrishingha Deb. It has 5 storeys and stands 21 meter high.

The architecture is quite distinctive and differs significantly from traditional Bengali design.

http://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt23/rammanpandu5/2188577257_1b6926f34d_b.jpg

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Wow it looks like a castle …i love going to such places :k:

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Pic of the Day: **Somnath Temple, Gujrat.
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http://www.thenarendramodi.info/wp-content/somnath-temple-gujarat.jpg

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Details inside the dome

Temple has been destroyed 6 times and rebuilt 6 times. the latest one was built in 1947.

here is how it looked like in 1869

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2a/Ruins_somnath_temple.jpg/798px-Ruins_somnath_temple.jpg

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Pic of the Day: **Somnath Temple, Gujrat.
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http://www.thenarendramodi.info/wp-content/somnath-temple-gujarat.jpg

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Details inside the dome

http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1000_1099/southtemples/somnathpur/dome.jpg

Temple has been destroyed 6 times and rebuilt 6 times. the latest one was built in 1947.

here is how it looked like in 1869

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2a/Ruins_somnath_temple.jpg/798px-Ruins_somnath_temple.jpg

Another Good Place For Visiting :k:

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^^ Thanks

Pic of the Day: UdaiVilas , udaipur

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Pic of the Day: Pooram at Thrissur, Kerala

**Thrissur Pooram is the annual temple festival of the town of Thrissur in Kerala, India. It is one of the most colourful temple festivals of Kerala which attracts large masses of devotees and spectators from all parts of the State and even outside.

Thrissur Pooram is celebrated at the premises of the Vadakkunnathan Temple, situated on a hillock (Thekkinkadu maidan) right in the centre of the city, on the Pooram day in the month of Medom (April-May). Processions of richly caparisoned elephants accompanied by percussion ensembles from various neighbouring temples culminate at the Vadakumnathan temple. The most impressive processions are those from the Thiruvambadi Sri Krishna Temple and the Bhagavathi Temple at Paramekkavu. The celebrations which last for over 36 hours includes parasol displays and firework shows.

This festival was introduced by Sakthan Thampuran, the Maharaja of the erstwhile Cochin State in the late eighteenth century. Perhaps, there is no other festival in Kerala that draws such an unbelievable number of people to a single event. However Vadakkunnathan is a mere spectator at this festival, lending its premises and grounds for the great event. The pooram festival is also well known for the magnificent display of fireworks. Fire works start in the early hours and the dazzling display last three to four hours.

The Pooram Festival is celebrated by two rival groups representing the two divisions of Thrissur Paramekkavu and Thiruvambadi vying with each other in making the display of fireworks grander and more colourful. Each group is allowed to display a maximum of fifteen elephants and all efforts are made by each party to secure the best elephants in South India and the most artistic parasols, several kinds of which are raised on the elephants during the display. Commencing in the early hours of the morning, the celebrations last till the break of dawn, the next day.**

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