The Faroe Islands or Faeroe Islands or simply Faroe(s) or Faeroes (Faroese: Føroyar, meaning "Sheep Islands", Danish: Færøerne, Norwegian: Færøyene, Old Norse/Icelandic: Færeyjar) are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, roughly half way between Scotland and Iceland.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Mumbai Martyrs
LEST WE FORGET
THE LION HEARTED MARTYRS :
Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan
Gajendra Singh
Hemant Karkare
Vijay Salaskar
Ashok Kamte
and
Other Cops and Soldiers
who died in the Mumbai Encounters
" Jaaye Roz Hazaron Ki Jaan,
Phir Bhi Mera Desh Mahaan "
Mera Bharath Mahan
Monday, November 24, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
Blonde Pole Dancer
Fruits and Berries Arranged in Patterns
Fruits, Berries Arranged In Patterns.
Gleaming blueberries—one of the few fruits native to North America—bob in a bowl of milk.
Green-skinned guavas greet shoppers at a Copacabana Beach market in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hayden Sucks To The Core.
"Often we find ourselves waiting with hands on hips for someone to face up or someone on the sight board to move away or some of those little frustrations happening with third world countries," Hayden was quoted as saying by Australian newspaper The Daily Telegraph.
When Hayden was 'hired' by a company from India for playing in Indian Premier League, he played without complaints. He was hired by India Cements for $375000 and played the last season for Chennai Super Kings under Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Capataincy.
FITTING REPLY FROM A LEGEND.
"The thing about the Aussies is that they are sore losers. They get personal when they get beaten. It is all a matter of sour grapes and after going home, they've started calling India a third-world country", said Akram.
"India is a superpower now; it is a hundred years ahead of Australia, which is no more than a village, as compared to India. You don't blame sightscreens for poor over rates. Even Allan Border was critical of Australian tactics on the pitch," Akram said.
HAYDEN GOT WHAT HE DESERVED.
Tallest Verified Human Being
Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940).
He reached 8' 11.1" (272 cm) in height and 490 pounds (222.26 kg) in weight before his death at the age of 22. His height was due to an overactive pituitary gland. He showed no indication of an end to his growth even at the time of his death.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
The Most Wonderful 10 Temples in The World
Wat Rong Khun in Chiang Mai, Thailand is unlike any Buddhist temples in the world.
The Harmandir Sahib (meaning The Abode of God ) or simply the Golden Temple [wiki] in Punjab, India is the most sacred shrine of Sikhism.
Temple of Heaven is a Taoist temple in Beijing, the capital of China. The temple was constructed in 14th century by Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty
The Temple of Srirangam ( Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple [wiki]), in the Indian city of Tiruchirapalli (or Trichy), is the largest functioning Hindu temple in the world.
No one knows exactly when the Shwedagon Paya [wiki] (or Pagoda) in Myanmar was built - legend has it that it is 2,500 years old though archaeologists estimate that it was built between the 6th and 10th century.
In the 19th century, Dutch occupiers of Indonesia found a massive ancient ruin deep in the jungles of Java. What they discovered was the complex of Borobudur, a gigantic structure built with nearly 2 million cubic feet (55,000 m³) of stones. The temple has nearly 2,700 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues.
Chion-in Temple was built in 1234 CE to honor the founder of Jodo (Pure Land) Buddhism, a priest named Honen, who fasted to death in the very spot.
Tiger's Nest Monastery, perched precariously on the edge of a 3,000-feet-high cliff in Paro Valley, is one of the holiest places in Bhutan
The Harmandir Sahib (meaning The Abode of God ) or simply the Golden Temple [wiki] in Punjab, India is the most sacred shrine of Sikhism.
Temple of Heaven is a Taoist temple in Beijing, the capital of China. The temple was constructed in 14th century by Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty
The Temple of Srirangam ( Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple [wiki]), in the Indian city of Tiruchirapalli (or Trichy), is the largest functioning Hindu temple in the world.
No one knows exactly when the Shwedagon Paya [wiki] (or Pagoda) in Myanmar was built - legend has it that it is 2,500 years old though archaeologists estimate that it was built between the 6th and 10th century.
In the 19th century, Dutch occupiers of Indonesia found a massive ancient ruin deep in the jungles of Java. What they discovered was the complex of Borobudur, a gigantic structure built with nearly 2 million cubic feet (55,000 m³) of stones. The temple has nearly 2,700 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues.
Chion-in Temple was built in 1234 CE to honor the founder of Jodo (Pure Land) Buddhism, a priest named Honen, who fasted to death in the very spot.
Last but definitely not least is the largest temple in history and the inspiration to countless novels and action movies of Hollywood: Ankor Wat.
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