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Dzongkhul Monastery

Dzongkhul Monastery or Zongkhul Gompa is located 30 km northwest of Padum in the Stod Valley of Zanskar in Ladakh, northern India. Like the Sani Monastery, it belongs to the Drukpa school of Tibetan Buddhism
Dzongkhul has traditionally been home to famous yogins. It is sited near the foot of a wide valley which leads to the pass known as the Umasi-la which joins Zanskar and Kishtwar.
Its foundation is attributed to Naropa (956-1041 CE), who was a celebrated Indian Buddhist yogi, mystic and monk from the renowned Vikramshila University in Bihar. He is said to have meditated in one of the two caves around which the gompa is built and the monastery is dedicated to him. His footprint can be seen in the rock near the entrance to the lower cave. The gompa contains images and thankas of famous Drukpa lamas. Zhadpa Dorje, a famous painter and scholar created some of the frescoes on the cave walls almost 300 years ago.
Impressions of Naropa's ceremonial dagger and staff are also said to be in the rocks in his meditation cave which attracts many pilgrims. Until about the 1960s, there were some 20 resident monks, but the numbers have subsequently dropped.
It also contains a collection of religious artifacts, such as an ivory image of Samvara, a crystal stupa, and texts containing spiritual songs and biographies.
Dzongkhul became a flourishing Kagyu meditation centre under the Zanskari yogi Ngawang Tsering (1717-1794).
Dzongkhul is in a south-western side valley of the Bardur River. It is built directly on a rock wall with two caves behind. In front are about 10 stone houses which tend to blend in with the surrounding rocks from a distance. About 10 minutes' walk from the gompa is a high viewing spot similar to the one at Hemis Monastery with views from the terrace.
The Zongkhul Huchot festival on the 16th and 17th days of the fourth Tibetan month, i.e. sbrul (Snake) or saga (vaisakha) the Buddha's birth on Vesak, but there are no masked dances.
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Music of Ladakh

Music of Ladakh reflects a rich musical heritage and cultural legacy of Ladakh. Ladakhi music is similar to the music of Tibet. Ladakh is also called Mini Tibet.
The popular dances in Ladakh include the Khatok Chenmo which is headed by an respectable family member, Shondol, Some other dance forms includes Kompa Tsum-tsak Jabro Chaams: Chabs-Skyan Tses Raldi Tses and Alley Yaato
The traditional music of Ladakh includes the instruments of Daman, surna and piwang (shehnai and drum). Chanting of mantras in Sanskrit and Tibetan language plays an important role in Ladakhi music.
List of Hindu festivals

Hindus celebrate a wide number of festivals and celebrations, many of which commemorate events from ancient India and often align with seasonal changes. These festivities take place either on a fixed annual date on the solar calendar, or on a specific day of the lunisolar calendar. The observance of these festivals often varies by region, with many celebrated predominantly by particular sects or in specific areas of the Indian subcontinent.
Utsava is the Sanskrit word for festivals. The Sanskrit word Utsava comes from the word "ut" meaning "Starts" and "sava" which means "change" or "decline". Dolu means "seasonal colouring". Both the solar and the lunisolar calendars operate based on Dolu Utsava.
Hindu calendar dates are usually prescribed according to a lunisolar calendar. In Vedic timekeeping, a māsa is a lunar month, a pakṣa is a lunar fortnight, and a tithi is a lunar day.
There are two prevailing definitions of the lunar month: amānta, where the month ends with the new moon, and pūrṇimānta, where it ends with the full moon. Consequently, the same day may be associated with different but adjoining months. When a festival takes place during śukla paksha (the waxing phase of the moon), both traditions attribute it to the same month. However, if the festival occurs during kṛiṣhṇa paksha (the waning phase of the moon), the two traditions assign it to different but adjacent months.
The tithi shown in the following list is as per the amānta tradition.
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Yak racing

Yak racing (Chinese: 赛牦牛) is a spectator sport held at many traditional festivals of Tibet, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Ladakh and Mongolia, in gatherings which integrate popular dances and songs with traditional physical games. For Tibetans in particular it is a very special festive occasion.
Each of the competitors, which commonly number 10 or 12, mounts his or her yak, and the yaks run towards the opposite end of the race course. Yak racing is also known to be performed in parts of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and in Pamir in Pakistan. The race attains a feverish pitch with the daredevilry of the yak rider and the yak displaying their pluck to reach the target.
Yaks and their riders gather at the venue of racing from different villages of the region. Now nearly 150 yaks are entered into the race, as against 50 in the past. The race is a very colourful event with both the yak and its rider dressed in strikingly attractive clothing and decorations; the yak's head is adorned with red tassels, the horns are wrapped in colourful silk cloth, the ears are draped in ribbons and the tail is covered with cloth in fan shaped cloth with Tibetan designs. The riders and herdsmen also turn up wearing very colourful attire suitable for the occasion as lucky symbols so that their yaks could get to win the first place, The race has the same degree of risks as is involved in horse racing. The race track is nowadays of 2000 metres length in open fields and racing yaks would cover this distance in about 8 minutes. The winning yak and its rider get the adulation of the people and are treated with respect.
Yak racing became an integral part of the Jyekundo (Yushu in Chinese) Horse Festival in 2006. It was held 20 km south of Jyekundo near the small township of Batang with over 20,000 people in attendance. For the 2007 horse festival all 6 counties of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture are combining resources and financing together to provide a larger festival, called Khampa Arts Festival (Chin. Kangba Yishu Jie) in the prefecture capital of Jyekundo with an anticipated 40,000 to 50,000 people in attendance. Yak racing is also an integral part of the nineteen-day Darma Festival in Gyangze, and a comic highlight of the Damxung Horse Festival also known as the Dajyur.
Yak racing is also a common sport in the farming and stockbreeding areas on the grand Tibetan Plateau of Qingzang altiplano. They hold yak racing events annually to celebrate the good harvest, and they pray for good weather during the coming year. The festival which used to be held on 25 November has been reordered as the Wangguo Festival and is held before the harvest season in August.
In the northern Khangai Mountains of Mongolia, the traditional Yak Festival is held near the lake Terkhiin Tsagaan Nuur every year, on the first and second days of August.
Samsar Chand Kaul

Samsar Chand Kaul (Koul) (1883–1977), lovingly known as Sem Kak, was a teacher, collector, writer and naturalist from Kashmir. He taught Geography and Persian at the Tyndale Biscoe School in Srinagar, Kashmir and wrote several books. He travelled across the world with Britishers and was an avid collector of traditional attires, eggshells and bird nests from across the world.
His books include Beautiful Valleys of Kashmir & Ladakh (at least 3 editions), Birds of Kashmir and Srinagar & Its Environs in the 1940s.
Kaul hailed from Rainawari in Srinagar, Kashmir.
2022 in film

2022 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, critics' lists of the best films of 2022, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, and notable deaths. Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures celebrated their 110th anniversaries and Motion Picture Association celebrated their 100th anniversary.
In his article highlighting the best movies of 2022, Richard Brody of The New Yorker said, "This year, it’s all the more important to offer a widely inclusive list, because a wide range of American filmmakers have caught up with the inescapable phenomenon of the recent past: the resurgence of openly anti-democratic forces and brazenly hate-driven ideologies, the crisis of illegitimate rule, the menace of authoritarianism, the potential end of even our current debilitated American democracy. The phenomenon is certainly not limited to the United States, and filmmakers from around the world have long been confronting it in their own countries bravely, insightfully, and ingeniously. For years, many of the best American filmmakers have been making films of political outrage, with the unsurprising likes of Spike Lee, Jim Jarmusch, and Frederick Wiseman at the forefront, and such younger filmmakers as Jordan Peele, Garrett Bradley, and Eliza Hittman joining them. This year offers a shift in the cinematic paradigm by way of a host of memorable movies; there’s something new and extraordinary in the air, and it has precisely to do with history and memory—and, most powerfully, their intersection."
List of some of the film festivals for 2022 that have been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF).
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People's Choice Award (47th Toronto International Film Festival):
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010 (JESC 2010) var den åttende utgaven av Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Konkurransen ble arrangert i Minsk Arena i Belarus 20. november 2010. Slagordet for konkurransen var «Feel the magic!» (Kjenn magien!).
Flere land søkte om å få arrangere Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010, blant annet Malta, Russland og Belarus. Til slutt bestemte Den europeiske kringkastingsunion at Belarus skulle få arrangere konkurransen.
28. juli 2010 offentliggjorde EBU at 14 land var klare for konkurransen. Moldova debuterte, og Latvia og Litauen kom tilbake etter pauser på henholdsvis fire og ett år. Kypros og Romania trakk seg, og Sverige som egentlig ikke skulle delta, deltok likevel. I avstemningen skilte det til slutt bare ett poeng mellom første- og andreplassen. Det var første gang Armenia vant konkurransen.
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025

Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 blir den 23. utgaven av Junior Eurovision Song Contest. Konkurransen forventes å finne sted i Georgia, etter landets seier i 2024-konkurransen med sangen «To My Mom» av Andria Putkaradze. Georgias offentlige kringkasting (GPB) kunngjorde umiddelbart etter 2024-finalen at 2025-konkurransen ville bli arrangert i Georgia, men EBU nektet senere å offisielt velge Georgia som arrangør, og uttalte at «de vil jobbe med alle sine medlemmer, inkludert den vinnende kringkasteren GPB, i løpet av de neste ukene for å identifisere og deretter kunngjøre vertskringkasteren for neste år». Hvis Georgia blir valgt som vertsland, vil dette være andre gang Georgia arrangerer Junior Eurovision Song Contest; første gangen var i 2017.
Følgende land har uttrykt intensjon om å delta i konkurransen:
Liste over artister ved Nobels fredspriskonsert

Liste over artister ved Nobels fredspriskonsert er en oversikt over musikkartister som har opptrådt ved Nobels fredspriskonsert. Følgende artister har opptrådt ved de angitte konsertene, med det enkelte årets hovedartist(er) i fete typer:
I tillegg deltar Kringkastingsorkestret under hele konserten, og spiller normalt sammen med flere av artistene.
Didrik Solli-Tangen

Didrik Solli-Tangen (født 1987) er en norsk sanger. Solli-Tangen fikk sitt nasjonale gjennombrudd da han vant Melodi Grand Prix 2010 med låten «My Heart Is Yours», skrevet av Hanne Sørvaag og Fredrik Kempe. Han har siden deltatt i en rekke underholdningsprogrammer i norsk fjernsyn, blant andre Stjernekamp på NRK høsten 2017 og senest i Melodi Grand Prix 2020. I desember 2021 vant han den andre sesongen av NRK-konkurransen Maskorama, utkledd som «Snømonsteret».
Didrik Solli-Tangen vokste opp på tettstedet Heistad i Porsgrunn kommune. Hans yngre bror Emil Solli-Tangen er også sanger.
Han gjorde seg bemerket som operasanger i USA i 2009. I 2010 var Didrik Solli-Tangen en av deltagerne i Melodi Grand Prix med låten «My Heart Is Yours». Den 23. januar 2010 gikk Didrik Solli-Tangen, sammen med A1, videre fra delfinalen i Skien til finalen i Oslo Spektrum. Der vant han og representerte dermed Norge i Eurovision Song Contest 2010 på hjemmebane. I den internasjonale finalen ble han nummer 20 av 25.
Solli-Tangen studerte klassisk sang ved Barratt Due musikkinstitutt i Oslo, hvor han også ble god venn med Alexander Rybak.
Våren 2012 gikk Solli-Tangen til topps i kjendisutgaven av den norske realitykonkurransen 71° nord. Høsten 2014 var han programleder for Skal vi danse sammen med Katrine Moholt. Høsten 2017 var han blant deltakerne i NRK-programmet Stjernekamp. Der ble han nummer to, etter Adam Douglas.
I 2020 deltok han på nytt i Melodi Grand Prix sammen med lillebroren Emil. De to deltok med låten «Out of Air».
I desember 2020 ga han også ut sitt første julalbum. Tittellåten «Det skal bli jul» ble A-listet på NRK P1.
I 2021 var han med på den andre sesongen av Maskorama, der han var «Snømonsteret». Solli-Tangen vant konkurransen som ble sendt på NRK lørdag 11. desember. Finalen ble sett av over 1,2 millioner seere.
Yohan – Barnevandrer

Yohan – Barnevandrer er en norsk familiefilm fra 2010 regissert og skrevet av Grete Salomonsen. Hovedrollen spilles av Robin Daniel.
Filmen omhandler den nesten glemte arbeidsvandringen av barn på Sørlandet mellom Vest- og Aust-Agder på 1800-tallet og fram til 1910–20. Handlingen foregår i indre deler av Agder, Arendal, Kristiansand og i New York. I begynnelsen av april hvert eneste år i denne perioden dro barn fra små gårder i Konsmo, Kvås, Hægebostad og Kvinesdal sammen i flokker østover for å finne arbeid. Barna arbeidet med fjøsstell, matlaging, slåttonn, snekring og gjeting. Mange av dem emigrerte til USA når de ble 15 eller 16 år gamle.
Filmen begynner i New York i 1986 hvor Knut og Yohan, som er brødre, sitter og snakker om hvordan det var i gamlelandet. Samtalen starter med at Knut gir Yohan tilbake munnspillet fra sin barndom, og Yohan sier at dette munnspillet skjuler mange hemmeligheter.
Filmen følger den 10 år gamle Yohan, som vokser opp på en gård i indre Vest-Agder på slutten av 1800-tallet. Livet til Yohan er hardt, men likevel prøver han å alltid gjøre det beste ut av situasjonen. Yohan blir solgt som barnevandrer til Aust-Agder av sin eldre bror Knut siden familien trengte penger, og hans far var på sjøen. Det er Knut som signerer papirene uten at moren vet noe, mens Yohan drar ut som barnevandrer så treffer han Anna og Annas yngre bror Olai som han får et godt kjennskap til. Yohan blir arbeidsgutt på en gård der bonden en gang var barnevandrer selv, mens Anna og hennes bror Olai arbeider på nabogården hos en alkoholisert og slem bonde.
Filmen har nærmere hundre navngitte personer på rollelisten. I tillegg deltar flere hundre statister og dyr, blant andre bjørneungen «Pepper». Aylar Lie fikk i 2008 rollen som sigøynerkvinnen Lexia, en rollefigur som bygger på historien til den virkelige sigøynerkvinnen Raya Bielenberg. Sønnen hennes spilles av Melodi Grand Prix-vinneren Alexander Rybak.
Vårsøg

«Vårsøg» ble første gang publisert i "Norsk Tidend" 28 februar 1945, og er et dikt skrevet av Hans Hyldbakk (1898–2001). Det blir regnet som Hyldbakks mest kjente dikt ved siden av «E slåttatæja». Hyldbakk skrev diktet mot slutten av andre verdenskrig, og det heter seg at «våren» i teksten er en metafor for frigjøringen. Slik skal diktet være en hyllest til fred.
Henning Sommerro og gruppa Vårsøg platedebuterte i 1977 med en svært kjent viseversjon av diktet, til Sommerros melodi. Den finnes på LP-platen med samme navn (Arctic Records ARC 8614). Sigmund Grovens tolkning av denne melodien på LP-platen Songar utan ord (Polydor 813 587-1), som ble utgitt i 1983, ble lenge brukt som kjenningsmelodi i NRKs radioprogram Nattønsket.
Alexander Rybak har en engelsk versjon av sangen («If You Were Gone») på sitt album Fairytales, som ble utgitt i 2009.
Den norske hiphop-duoen Multicyde brukte Henning Sommerros melodi i sangen «A Better Day» i 2001. Den koreanske hiphopgruppa JTL har spilt inn en koreansk utgave av Multicydes versjon.
Ambitions

«Ambitions» er en singel av drammensbandet Donkeyboy. Singelen ble utgitt 24. mars 2009 av Warner Music Norway.
Den toppet VG-lista i tolv uker mellom uke 27 og 38 i 2009. Den var også nummer én i uke 43. Tidligere Idol-deltaker Linnea Dale er gjestevokalist i refrenget og bidro også på Donkeyboys andre singel «Sometimes», som tok over ledelsen på VG-lista etter denne sangen i uke 39 samme år. Den skjøv «Ambitions» ned på andreplass. Dette førte til at Donkeyboy hadde singler inne på både første- og andreplass samtidig, som første norske band noen gang. Tidligere hadde The Beatles (England) og O-Zone (Moldova) gjort det samme. Like etter klarte Alexander Rybak samme bragd som soloartist.
Sangen og musikkvideoen ble nominert til årets hit og årets musikkvideo under Spellemannprisen 2009, og vant sistnevnte.
Videoen er regissert av Kristoffer Borgli. Videoen skaper også en større sikkerhet rundt hva sangen handler om. Abicere Leprous er en fiktiv sykdom som er årsaket av å gi opp sine ambisjoner. Det innebærer at huden skaller av. Konsekvensene blir fatale etter opp til 3 år. Videoen intervjuer personer som har sykdommen og de forteller om hvordan de har fått den, og om hva som er hverdagen for dem akkurat nå. Deler av denne videoen er spilt inn i Torshovparken i Oslo.
Før singelen ble lansert i England ble det laget en ny og mer «publikumsvennlig» musikkvideo. Den ble filmet i London i januar 2010, og er regissert av Brett Sullivan.
Gruppa Soup fra Trøndelag lagde en cover som ble spilt mye på NRK P3 samtidig som originalversjonen ble spilt. Soup gjorde den til en rolig låt, hvor de kun brukte piano og vokal. Vinneren av den sjette sesongen av britiske X Factor, Joe McElderry, ga ut låten som den første singelen fra sitt debutalbum.
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That’s How You Write a Song

«That's How You Write a Song» (norsk oversettelse: det er sånn du skriver en sang) er en norsk popsang som er skrevet og fremført av Alexander Rybak. Låten ble sluppet for digitalt salg og strømming 15. januar 2018. Sangen vant Melodi Grand Prix 2018 og var Norges bidrag til Eurovision Song Contest 2018 i Lisboa. Der endte den som nummer 15 av 26 i finalen.
Rybak sendte inn «That's How You Write a Song» til Melodi Grand Prix 2018, og av over 1 200 innsendte bidrag ble den plukket ut som én av ti finalister til den norske finalen i Oslo lørdag 10. mars 2018. Sangen ble sluppet for strømming og salg under en pressekonferanse på NRK Marienlyst 15. januar 2018.
Sangen var det tiende og siste bidraget ut på scenen av ti finalister i den norske finalen. I ukene før finalen seilte «Who We Are» opp som den store favoritten hos spillselskaper og den norske Grand Prix-klubben, mens «That’s How You Write a Song» lå som nummer to. Vidar Villas «Moren din» var imidlertid den mest spilte låten av deltakerne på strømmetjenesten Spotify med over én million avspillinger dagen før den norske finalen. «That's How You Write a Song» var bare den femte mest strømmede med litt over 150 000 avspillinger.
I den norske finalen kjempet de to forhåndsfavorittene «Who We Are» og «That's How You Write a Song» til slutt i en gullduell, der Rybak fikk flest stemmer og vant konkurransen. Dette var andre gang Rybak vant Melodi Grand Prix, etter å ha vunnet med «Fairytale» ni år tidligere.
Etter å ha vunnet den norske finalen, var «That's How You Write a Song» Norges bidrag til Eurovision Song Contest i Lisboa i mai 2018. Sangen vant semfinale 2 torsdag 10. mai og kvalifiserte seg til finalen lørdag 12. mai.
I finalen var sangen det syvende bidraget ut på scenen. Til slutt endte «That's How You Write a Song» på en 15. plass av 26 finalister.
«That's How You Write a Song» er en popsang med engelsk tekst. Sangen inneholder scatting, oppkonstruerte stavelser og lyder som skal etterligne instumentlyder. Rybak spiller også fele i siste halvdel av sangen.
I teksten synger Rybak om at det ikke er vanskelig å skrive en sang, og at du bare må føle det og synge på melodien hele dagen lang.
Tross en klar seier i den norske finalen, nådde ikke vinnerlåten høyere enn en 28. plass på norske VG-lista. Dette var den dårligste toppnoteringen til en MGP-vinnerlåt siden 2014. Etter den internasjonale finalen fikk imidlertid «That's How You Write a Song» nok strømminger på tjenester som Spotify og YouTube til at låten oppnådde platinastatus i september. Per 11. september 2018 hadde låten 6,3 millioner strømminger på Spotify – det laveste strømmetallet til en MGP-vinner siden «Stay» i 2012.
Nemo Mettler

Nemo Mettler (født 1999), kjent mononymt som Nemo, er en sveitsisk rapper, sanger og musiker som spiller fiolin, piano og trommer. Nemo vant Eurovision Song Contest 2024 for Sveits med sangen «The Code».
I 2015 gav Nemo ut debut-EP-en Clownfisch, som nådde en 95.-plass på de sveitsiske hitlistene. I 2017 gav Nemo ut singelen «Du», som nådde en 4.-plass i Sveits.
I 2022 deltok Nemo i den andre sesongen av The Masked Singer Switzerland, hvor Nemo var utkledd som panda.
Den 29. februar 2024 ble Nemo annonsert som den sveitsiske representanten i Eurovision Song Contest 2024 med sangen «The Code». Hen gikk videre fra semifinale 2 torsdag 9. mai.
I november 2023 kom Mettler ut som ikke-binær i en artikkel i SonntagsZeitung. I denne artikkelen uttalte Mettler også at Nemo foretrakk å bli referert til med fornavnet i stedet for pronomen på tysk, mens hen også brukte de kjønnsnøytrale pronomenene they/them (de/dem) på engelsk.
Dave Farrell

David Michael Farrell (født 8. februar 1977 i Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA) er en amerikansk plateprodusent, musiker og bassist i alternativ rock/nu metal-bandet Linkin Park, bedre kjent under navnet «Phoenix». Han har tidligere vært med i bandet Tasty Snax. Farrell spiller ikke bare bassgitar, men også elektrisk gitar, cello, fiolin og kontrabass.
Da Farrell var fem år gammel flyttet familien til Mission Viejo i California, der han fullførte high school. Han studerte videre ved University of California, Los Angeles, der han ble uteksaminert i 1999. I studietiden spilte Farrell i et kristent ska/punk-band kalt Tasty Snax, og han spilte regelmessig sammen med Brad Delson på hybelen. Det var umulig for Farrell å være aktivt med i bandet som Delson hadde startet med noen venner, han skulle på turné med Tasty Snax. Delsons band utviklet seg til Linkin Park.
Farrel ble bandets bassgitarist etter at det hadde skiftet navn til Snax, men forlot det igjen i 2000 for å gå inn i Linkin Park som bassgitarist på heltid. Et annet av Snax' medlemmer, Mark Fiore, ble Linkin Parks video-mann. I innlegget til CD-en Reanimation bruker Farrell en Ernie Ball Music Man bassgitar.
Inspirasjonen får Farrell fra sin mor og sin eldre bror, og dessuten Weezer, The Beatles, the Deftones, The Roots, Bob Marley, Sarah McLachlan, Hughes & Wagner og Harrod & Funck.
28. desember 2002 giftet han seg, og i 2007 ble han far.
Jon Solberg

Jon Solberg (født 1976) er en norsk musiker, låtskriver og tekstforfatter fra Bø i Telemark, mest kjent som vokalist og frontfigur i den norske countryrock-gruppa Ni Liv.
Solberg spiller gitar, banjo, fele og hardingfele, og har sammen med Ni Liv gitt ut 6 plater. Han har også spilt og/eller sunget på en rekke andre plateinnspillinger, vært medlem i ulike musikkgrupper, deltatt i tv-program som Beat for beat, Sommeråpent, God morgen Norge, spilt i mange radioprogram og samarbeida med norske artister innenfor forskjellige sjangere.
Han er utdanna i musikk fra Universitetet i Trondheim, og skreiv i 2002 hovedfagsoppgave om den amerikanske rockabilly-gitaristen Brian Setzer.
Solberg har tidligere jobba som ungdomsskolelærer.
Han er bror til Veslemøy Solberg og sønn av Olav Solberg.
Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2025 is set to be the 23rd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
Unlike the Eurovision Song Contest, the winning broadcaster of the previous year's Junior Eurovision Song Contest does not automatically receive the right to host the next edition. However, since 2011 (with the exceptions of 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2024) it has become customary for winners to take on hosting duties, and since 2019, the winning broadcaster has had the right of first refusal on hosting the following competition. In 2024, French broadcaster France Télévisions was given this right but ultimately opted out of it.
On 16 November 2024, upon its victory in the 2024 contest, the director of the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB), Tinatin Berdzenishvili [ka], stated that the broadcaster would begin talks with the EBU on hosting the 2025 contest, although she stopped short of confirming whether the country would be hosting. GPB announced shortly after the 2024 contest through its official Facebook page that the 2025 edition would be held in the country, but the EBU later denied having selected Georgia as the host country, stating that it would make a decision at a later date.
On 4 April 2025, Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS mentioned in the first episode of auditions for Junior Songfestival 2025 that Junior Eurovision 2025 will take place in Georgia. This has not been confirmed by the EBU.
Eligibility for participation in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest requires a national broadcaster with active EBU membership capable of receiving the contest via the Eurovision network and broadcasting it live nationwide. The EBU issues invitations to participate in the contest to all active members.
As of April 2025, broadcasters from the following countries have publicly confirmed their intention to participate in the 2025 contest.
Active EBU member broadcasters in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden and Switzerland, and associate member broadcasters in Australia, have confirmed non-participation prior to the announcement of the participants list by the EBU.
All participating broadcasters may choose to have on-site or remote commentators providing insight and voting information to their local audience. The European Broadcasting Union also provided international live streams of the contest through their official YouTube channel with no commentary.
Alexander Rybak discography

This is the discography of Belarusian-Norwegian singer-songwriter Alexander Rybak. He represented Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia, and eventually went on to win the contest with 387 points—the highest tally any country achieved (under the 1975–2015 points system) in the history of Eurovision—with "Fairytale". He also represented Norway again at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with "That's How You Write A Song", winning the second semi-final with 266 points - making him the only double semi-final winner since the introduction of semifinals in 2004 (he also won the second semi-final in 2009 with 201 points), and landing in 15th place in the final with 144 points.
Typisk norsk (song)

"Typisk norsk" is a song by Norwegian singer Katastrofe featuring violinist Alexander Rybak. It was released on 27 November 2015 as a digital download in Norway through PBK Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment Norway. The song peaked at number 12 on the Norwegian Singles Chart, making it Rybak's first single to chart in Norway since "Roll with the Wind" in 2010.
A music video to accompany the release of "Typisk norsk" was first released onto YouTube on 6 December 2015 at a total length of two minutes and forty-eight seconds.
Alexander

Alexander (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος) is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Aleksander, Oleksandr, Oleksander, Aleksandr, and Alekzandr. Related names and diminutives include Iskandar, Alec, Alek, Alex, Alexsander, Alexandre, Aleks, Aleksa, Aleksandre, Alejandro, Alessandro, Alasdair, Sasha, Sandy, Sandro, Sikandar, Skander, Sander and Xander; feminine forms include Alexandra, Alexandria, and Sasha.
The name Alexander originates from the Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros; 'defending men' or 'protector of men'). It is a compound of the verb ἀλέξειν (aléxein; 'to ward off, avert, defend') and the noun ἀνήρ (anḗr, genitive: ἀνδρός, andrós; meaning 'man').
The earliest attested form of the name, is the Mycenaean Greek feminine anthroponym 𐀀𐀩𐀏𐀭𐀅𐀨, a-re-ka-sa-da-ra, (/Alexandra/), written in the Linear B syllabic script. Alaksandu, alternatively called Alakasandu or Alaksandus, was a king of Wilusa who sealed a treaty with the Hittite king Muwatalli II c. 1280 BC; this is generally assumed to have been a Greek called Alexandros.
The name was one of the epithets given to the Greek goddess Hera and as such is usually taken to mean "one who comes to save warriors". In the Iliad, the character Paris is also known as Alexander. The name's popularity was spread throughout the Greek world by the military conquests of Alexander the Great. Most later Alexanders in various countries were directly or indirectly named after him.
Alexander has been the name of many rulers, including kings of Macedon, of Scotland, emperors of Russia and popes.
People with the given name Alexander or variants include:
Katastrofe

Petter Bjørklund Kristiansen (born 14 May 1989 in Fredrikstad) better known by his stage name Katastrofe, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. Originating from Fredrikstad in Norway, he is signed to Sony Music Norway.
“About” Kristiansen started his musical career in 2008 with a joint song "Vi prekas" with Isabella Leroy. In 2011 he teamed up with Norwegian hit-producing duo NastyKutt & Kriss with "Nødlanding" that was released on Universal Music. The song enjoyed considerable radio play in Norway leading to another release 2012 when Robin og Bugges featured him in their song "Backpacker" leading to an appearance at the opening of the Norway Football Cup. In 2013, he was featured once again in the Staysman & Lazz hit "Brun og Blid" featuring Katastrofe & M.M.B.
With increasing popularity, Katastrofe had chart success in 2014 on VG lista, the official Norwegian Singles Chart with "Bleik og sur", a cooperation with Staysman & M.M.B. certified as gold. Other chart successes included "Maria" in 2014 and "Pattaya" in 2015. In 2014 he was shortlisted for the "Best Norwegian Act" listing for MTV Europe Music Awards, but didn't make it to the final list. In 2015, he cooperated with Marcus & Martinus, a twin brother duo winner of Melodi Grand Prix Junior. Their song "Elektrisk" featuring Katastrofe made it to number 3 on the Norwegian Singles Chart in 2015. Another notable success was with "Typisk Norsk" in cooperation with Norwegian violinist and Eurovision Song Contest 2009 winner Alexander Rybak. Katastrofe was featured in "Si ja!", a single for Innertier.
Katastrofe co-wrote the song "En godt stekt pizza" for the Norwegian eliminations for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. The song, performed by Staysman & Lazz, finished in third place on the national Melodi Grand Prix 2015 finals in Norway, failing to qualify.
Katastrofe's 2016 hit "Sangen du hater" has topped VG lista, the Norwegian Singles Chart in 2017, making it his first number one on the chart.
As main artist
As featured artist
List of Jews born in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union

The following is a list of Jews born in the territory of the former Russian Empire. It is geographically defined, so it also includes people born after the dissolution of the Russian Empire in 1922 and its successor the Soviet Union in 1991.
A few years before the Holocaust, the Jewish population of the Soviet Union (excluding Western Ukraine and the Baltic states that were not part of the Soviet Union then) stood at over 5 million, most of whom were Ashkenazic as opposed to Sephardic, with some Karaite minorities. It is estimated that more than half died directly as a result of the Holocaust.
Dick Bakker

Dick Bakker (born 23 May 1947) is a Dutch composer, conductor and music producer. He succeeded Rogier van Otterloo as conductor of the Metropole Orkest, serving between 1991 and 2005.
Bakker composed the winning Eurovision Song Contest entry of 1975 for Teach-In. He has remained an associate with the Eurovision Song Contest and the Nationaal Songfestival, composing the Dutch entry for the 1982 Event sung by Bill van Dijk. He conducted three Dutch Eurovision entries, in 1996, 1997 and 1998. Bakker is a strong supporter of an orchestra's return to the contest.
Bakker has worked as a studio engineer and arranger for Shocking Blue (on Venus), Rudi Carrell and Paloma Blanca.
Into a Fantasy

"Into a Fantasy" is a song by Norwegian singer-songwriter Alexander Rybak. It was released on 12 June 2014 as a digital download in Norway. The song features on the How to Train Your Dragon 2 soundtrack, though it only appears in the European versions of the film. The song was written by Alexander Rybak and produced by Knut Bjørnar Asphol.
Alexander Rybak lend his voice to the main character Hiccup in the Norwegian dub of the How To Train Your Dragon franchise. He wrote a song titled "Come Fly with Me" during a difficult period in his life and decided he wanted to include in the song book Trolle og den magiske fela on which he was also working then. During the dubbing of the second film, Rybak noticed that his newly-written song fit the storyline.
After a Norwegian director at Dreamworks heard the song, Rybak was encouraged to send the song to the headquarters of Dreamworks. Although the soundtrack of How To Train Your Dragon 2 had already been finalised at that stage, the company was fond of the song and decided to include it as a bonus track in the European and Slavic versions of the soundtrack. In these countries, the song, which title had been changed to "Into a Fantasy", was also played during the end credits.
VG gave Rybak a "die throw" of 4 for "Into a Fantasy". Synchrotones called it a "lovely song with a folksy sound", but critiqued that it was lacking energy.
Rybak officially premiered the track in Kyiv, Ukraine and also performed it during the Opening Ceremony of the Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk, Belarus in July 2014.
On 7 August 2014, Rybak performed "Into a Fantasy" during the Norwegian television show Allsang på Grensen, which he co-hosted that episode. In Sweden, Rybak debuted the song in the morning programme Nyhetsmorgen on 10 August, where he also performed songs from his album Visa vid vindens ängar.
A music video to accompany the release of "Into a Fantasy" was first released onto YouTube on 17 June 2014 at a total length of three minutes and thirty-two seconds.
I'll Show You (Alexander Rybak and Paula Seling song)

"I’ll Show You" is a single by Belarusian-Norwegian artist Alexander Rybak and Romanian musician Paula Seling. The song was released in Norway on 6 August 2012 as a digital download on iTunes.
The song is written in the key of D minor. The verses follow the chord progression of Dm–Gm–C–F–Bb–Gm–Eb–A. The verses use circle of fifths, alongside a Neapolitan chord (Eb).
On 30 May 2012 Alexander Rybak & Paula Seling performed the song live on Romanian TV show Danutz srl, and Antena 1.
Leave Me Alone (Alexander Rybak song)

"Leave Me Alone" is a song performed and written by Belarusian-Norwegian singer–songwriter Alexander Rybak. It was released as a digital download in Norway on 12 October 2012, and charted in Belgium.
Talking about the song Alexander Rybak said: "It's a true story of a woman who traveled around the world to babysit by my doorstep, sent me 600 emails, and always seems to find my new (secret!) phone number. I have to give her credit for her hard work in finding me wherever I am. This is something you normally only see in a movie. "
Rybak performed a live version of "Leave Me Alone" in Belgium on 5 November 2012 during an episode of the television show Manneke Paul, hosted by Dutch television presenter Paul de Leeuw.
The song and the accompanying music video led to controversy in Norway. A Norwegian psychologist said that it was a case for the police, not for the charts. The song was therefore subsequently parodied on the Norwegian television show Torsdagkveld fra Nydalen.
A music video to accompany the release of "Leave Me Alone" was first released onto YouTube on 23 October 2012 at a total length of three minutes and thirty-five seconds. The video was directed by Alexander Filatovich in Kyiv.
The start of the video has Rybak running through a street, stopping at the doors of the asylum during a thunderstorm, as the doors open he states that "he wants to be admitted" as a crazy girl has been following him, then Alexander admits himself into the asylum as the orderlies then grab him, he's placed into a straight-jacket and placed in a rundown corridor as he then is shown playing is violin with the inmates seeing what's going on, only for the orderlies to place him into his room and onto the bed. As we then have shots of Rybak playing his violin with the inmates dancing inside a lounge room, with the stalker holding a teddy bear now as she watches him perform. The final shots show the stalker's tied up as she gives an evil smile, Alexander picking the teddy bear up and placing it on a stool with Alexander wearing the clothes from the start of the video fixing his jacket up as the stalker watches him leave as Alexander then leaves the asylum for good leaving the stalker where she belongs within the asylum.
As of July 2020, the music video has been watched over 11 million times. Its Russian version, Dostala, had been watched over 6 million times.
Øivind Blunck

Øivind Blunck (28 December 1950) is a Norwegian comedian and actor.
He is best known for his numerous performances with the Norwegian Theatre, and for playing the eccentric, moped-driving ladies' man "Fridtjof", living in Enebakk. Another memorable character is Reidar, a teen growing up in the late 1980s heavily fascinated by British pop culture such as Sky Channel, Pat Sharp and Samantha Fox. Blunck also originated the part of Thénardier in the Norwegian version of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's musical Les Misérables in 1988 in Oslo. His performance of the character's only solo in the musical - "Dog Eats Dog" is featured in the Stage by Stage documentary accompanying the DVD versions of the musical. He has also reappeared several times in Olsenbanden as "Holm", the aide of superintendent "Hermansen", played by Sverre Wilberg.
Blunck was married to actress Guri Schanke. They lived in Oslo.
கிர் தேசியப் பூங்கா

கிர் தேசியப் பூங்கா (Gir National Park) இந்தியாவின் குஜராத் மாநிலத்தின், சௌராட்டிர தீபகற்பத்தில், கிர் சோம்நாத் மாவட்டத்தில், ஆசிய சிங்கங்களுக்கான புகலிடமாகும். இது இந்தியாவில் மட்டுமல்லாது ஆசிய அளவிலும் தனித்தன்மை வாய்ந்தது.
இது சிங்கங்களின் சரணாலயமாக உள்ளது. 1412 சதுர கிலோமீட்டர் பரப்பளவு கொண்ட இந்தக் காடுகளில் சிங்கங்கள், வங்கப் புலிகள், சிறுத்தைகள் உள்ளன. மே 2015 அன்று மேற்கொண்ட் 14வது ஆசியச் சிங்கங்களின் கணக்கெடுப்பின்படி, கிர் தேசியப் பூங்காவில் 523 சிங்கங்கள் கணக்கெடுக்கப்பட்டது. அவைகளில் ஆண் சிங்கங்கள் 109, பெண் சிங்கங்கள் 201 மற்றும் இளஞ்சிங்கங்கள் 213ஆக உள்ளது.
காட்டுப் பன்றிகள், புள்ளிமான், கடம்பை மான், இந்தியச் சிறுமான், மலைப் பாம்புகள், முதலைகள், காட்டு மாடுகள் ஆகியனவும் இங்கு உள்ளன.
உனா

உனா (அல்லது உன்னத்நகர்) என்பது இந்தியாவின் குசராத்து மாநிலத்தில் உள்ள சவுராஷ்டிரா பிராந்தியத்தின் கிர் சோம்நாத் மாவட்டத்தில் உள்ள ஒரு நகரம் மற்றும் நகராட்சி ஆகும்.
மச்சுந்திரி ஆற்றின் கரையில் உனா அமைந்துள்ளது. இது சராசரியாக 14 மீட்டர் (46 அடி) உயரத்தில் உள்ளது. கோடினார் மேற்கிலும், தியூ தெற்கிலும் அமைந்துள்ளது. குஜராத் மாநிலத்தில் உள்ள அனைத்து தாலுகாக்களிலும் அதிக எண்ணிக்கையிலான கிராமங்களை உனா கொண்டுள்ளது.
2011 ஆண்டு இந்தியா மக்கள் தொகை கணக்கெடுப்பின்படி உனாவின் மக்கட் தொகை 130000 ஆகும். மக்கட் தொகையில் ஆண்கள் தொகையில் 51% வீதமும், பெண்கள் 49% வீதமும் உள்ளனர். உனாவின் மக்கட் தொகையில் 14% வீதமானோர் 6 வயதுக்குட்பட்டவர்கள்.
உனா வாழ் மக்களின் சராசரி கல்வியறிவு விகிதம் 67% ஆகும். இது தேசிய சராசரியான 59.5% வீதத்தை விட அதிகமாகும். ஆண்களின் கல்வியறிவு 74% வீதமாகவும், மற்றும் பெண்களின் கல்வியறிவு 59% வீதமாகவும் காணப்படுகின்றது. கிர் சோம்நாத் மாவட்டத்தில் கிராமங்களின் எண்ணிக்கையில் மிகப் பெரிய தாலுகாவாக உனா திகழ்கின்றது. இந்த நகரம் சுற்றியுள்ள பல கிராமங்களின் கொள்முதல் மையமாக இருப்பதால் மற்ற நகரங்களில் இல்லாத பல்வேறு பொருட்கள் இங்கு கிடைக்கின்றன.
உனா தேசிய நெடுஞ்சாலை எண் 8 இல் அமைந்துள்ளது. இந்த நெடுஞ்சாலை பாவ்நகரை வேராவலுடன் இணைக்கிறது.
குஜராத்தின் பிற முக்கிய நகரங்களான அகமதாபாத், வதோதரா, சூரத், ராஜ்கோட், ஜாம்நகர், ஜுனகத் மற்றும் பாவ்நகர் போன்றவற்றுடன் இந்த நகரம் நன்கு இணைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. மும்பை அரசுக்கு சொந்தமான போக்குவரத்து நிறுவனங்கள் மற்றும் தனியாரினால் இயக்கப்படும் பேருந்து சேவைகளாலும் பிற நகரங்களுடன் இணைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. புகழ்பெற்ற மற்றும் பிரபலமான சுற்றுலா தலங்களில் ஒன்றான தியூவிற்கான போக்குவரத்து சேவை நன்கு கிடைக்கின்றது. விமானப் போக்குவரத்தைக் கொண்ட அருகிலுள்ள நகரம் தியூ ஆகும். தியூ உனாவிலிருந்து 15 கி.மீ தூரத்தில் உள்ளது. தொடருந்து சேவையின் மூலம் வேராவல் மற்றும் ஜுனகத் ஆகிய இடங்களுடனும் உனா இணைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
வெவ்வேறு மதங்களைச் சேர்ந்தவர்கள் உனாவில் வாழ்கின்றனர். மக்கள் குஜராத்தி (கத்தியாவரி) மொழி பேசுகிறார்கள். சிலர் இந்தி, ஆங்கிலம், குச்சி போன்ற பிற மொழிகளையும் பேசுகிறார்கள்.
உனாவின் பொருளாதாரம் பெரும்பாலும் விவசாயத்தால் சார்ந்துள்ளது. கடலோர துறைமுகங்கள் நவ பந்தர், சையத் ராஜ்பாரா, வனக்பரா மற்றும் தாரா பந்தர் போன்ற நல்ல வருவாயை வழங்குகின்றன. குஜராத் மாநிலத்தில் உனா மிகப்பெரிய சுண்ணாம்பு விநியோகத்தை மேற்கொள்கின்றது. சுண்ணாம்பு வணிகத்தினால் மாதத்திற்கு கிட்டத்தட்ட 80-90 கோடி வருவாயைப் பெறுகிறது.கேனா மாம்பழ பண்ணைகளுக்காகவும் உனா அறியப்படுகிறது. மேலும் உனா மற்றும் தியூவில் "ஹொக்கா" ஹைபீன் இண்டிகா (அழிந்துபோகும் மற்றும் பாதுகாப்பில் உள்ள ஒரு இனம்) என்று அழைக்கப்படும் பனை மரங்கள் ஏராளமாக உள்ளன. அவை நாட்டில் வேறு எங்கும் காணப்படவில்லை.
புனித ஜோசப் பள்ளி கேரளாவைச் சேர்ந்த கிறிஸ்தவ பாதிரியார் குழுவினரால் இயக்கப்பட்டு, நடத்தப்படுகிறது. ஷா எச்டி ஹைஸ் பள்ளி, சுவாமிநாராயண் குருகுல், காயத்ரி வித்தியாலயம், ராயல் பொதுப் பள்ளி ஆகிய பள்ளிகளும் செயற்படுகின்றன.
திரிபோவந்தாஸ் பரேக் கோபுரம், பவ்ரானிக் தலவ் (பண்டைய ஏரி), ராவல் அணை, மச்சுந்தரி அணை , துரோனேஸ்வர் என்பன அமைந்துள்ளன. ஜம்வாலாவில் (கிர்) உள்ள ஜம்ஜீர் நீர்வீழ்ச்சி மிகவும் அற்புதமான இடமாகும். தியூ, அகமத்பூர் மாண்ட்வி கடற்கரை என்பன அருகில் அமைந்துள்ள பார்வையிடக் கூடிய இடங்களாகும். ஆசிய சிங்கங்களின் வீடான கிர் தேசிய பூங்கா உனாவுக்கு அருகிலுள்ள வனவிலங்கு சரணாலயமாகும். துளசிஸ்யம் ஒரு மதத் தலமாகும். இது உனாவில் இருந்து 29 கி.மீ தொலைவில் உள்ளது. இங்கு வெந்நீர் இயற்கை நீரூற்றுகள் காணப்படுகின்றன.
எரவிகுளம் தேசிய பூங்கா

எரவிகுளம் தேசிய பூங்கா என்பது கேரள மாநிலம், இடுக்கி மாவட்டத்தில், மேற்குத் தொடர்ச்சி மலையின் உயர் வரையில் ஏறத்தாழ 97 சதுர கி.மீ. பரப்பளவில் அமைந்து உள்ளது .
இயற்கைப் பாதுகாப்பிற்கான அனைத்துலக ஒன்றியத்தின் (ஐயூசிஎன்) சிகப்புப் பட்டியலில் உள்ள வரையாடு எனப்படும் மான் இனம் நிலைத்திருக்கத்தக்க வகையில் அதிக எண்ணிக்கையில் இங்கு காணப்படுகின்றது.
நீலகிரி வரையாடு தவிர கரும்வெருகு, ரடி வகை கீரி (ruddy mongoose), காட்டு நீர்நாய், கருமைநிறக் கோடுகளையுடைய அணில் (dusky-striped sqirrel) போன்ற அரிய வகை உயிரினங்களும் இப்பூங்காவில் காணப்படுகின்றன.
Raorchestes resplendens என்று பெயரிடப்பட்டுள்ள புதிய வகைத் தவளை இனம் இப்பூங்காவில் கண்டறியப்பட்டுள்ளது என்ற விபரம் கரண்ட் சயன்ஸ் என்ற பனுவலின் அண்மைய இதழில் வெளிவந்துள்ளது.
முதுமலை தேசியப் பூங்கா

முதுமலை தேசிய பூங்கா அல்லது முதுமலை வனவிலங்கு காப்பகம் (Mudumalai National Park) ஆனது தமிழ்நாட்டின் நீலகிரி மாவட்டத்தின் வடமேற்கில் கர்நாடகம் மற்றும் கேரள மாநில எல்லையில் அமைந்துள்ளது. 1940-இல் தொடங்கப்பட்ட இதுவே தென்னிந்தியாவின் முதல் வனக்காப்பகம் ஆகும்.
தொடக்கத்தில் 60 சதுர கிமீ பரப்பு கொண்டதாக இக்காப்பகம் இருந்தது. பின் 1956-ஆம் ஆண்டு 295 கி.மீ. ஆக விரிவுபடுத்தப்பட்டது. இது மேலும் விரிவுபடுத்தப்பட்டு தற்போதுள்ள 321 கி.மீ. பரப்பளவை அடைந்துள்ளது. மேலும் இந்த தேசியப் பூங்கா யுனெஸ்கோ அமைப்பால் உலகப்பாரம்பரியச் சின்னங்களில் ஒன்றாக அறிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
முதுமலை சங்ககாலத்தில் முதிரமலை என வழங்கப்பட்டது. குமணன், இளங்குமணன் ஆகிய வள்ளல்கள் மன்னர்களாகவும் விளங்கி இந்த நிலப்பகுதியை ஆண்டுவந்தனர்.
இக்காப்பகத்தில் முதுமலை தேசிய வனப்பூங்கா 103 கிமீ பரப்பில் அமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
இதன் தொடர்ச்சியாக கர்நாடகத்தில் பந்திப்பூர் தேசியப் பூங்காவும் கேரளாவில் வயநாடு வனவிலங்கு காப்பகமும் உள்ளன.
முதுமலை வனவிலங்கு காப்பகம் உதகமண்டலத்ததிலிருந்து மைசூர் செல்லும் சாலையில் உள்ளது.
மோயாறு, இக்காப்பகத்தின் ஊடாக செல்லுகிறது. இங்குள்ள யானைகள் முகாம் பார்வையாளர்களைக் கவரும் ஒன்றாகும்.
யானை, காட்டெருமை, புலி, சிறுத்தை, கரடி, மான், பறக்கும் அணில், பெரிய இந்திய சிவப்பு அணில், காட்டு நாய், காட்டுப்பன்றி, முள்ளம்பன்றி, நரி, காட்டு முயல், முதலை, கீரி, கழுதைப்புலி, மலைப்பாம்பு போன்ற பல்வேறு வகையான விலங்குகள் இங்கு உள்ளன.
மயில், பல்வேறு வகையான காட்டுக்கோழிகள், புறா, கழுகு, தேன் பருந்து, பருந்து, வல்லூறு போன்ற பல்வேறு வகையான பறவைகள் இங்கு உள்ளன.
இங்கு மூன்று வகையான காடுகள் காணப்படுகின்றன. அவை:
இந்த தேசியப் பூங்காவில் மழைப் பொழிவு அதிகமுள்ள மேற்குப் பகுதியில் ஈர இலையுதிர் காடுகளும், மழைப் பொழிவு குறைந்த கிழக்குப் பகுதியில் உலர் இலையுதிர் காடுகளும் காணப்படுகிறது.
கிர்கங்கா தேசிய பூங்கா

கிர்கங்கா தேசிய பூங்கா (Khirganga National Park) இந்தியாவின் இமாச்சல பிரதேசத்தில் உள்ள தேசிய பூங்கா ஆகும். இது 2010ஆம் ஆண்டு நிறுவப்பட்டது.
கிர்கங்கா தேசிய பூங்கா குலுவில் அமைந்துள்ளது. இந்திய நாட்டின் மிக அழகான தேசிய பூங்காக்களில் ஒன்றாக இது அறியப்படுகிறது. இந்த அற்புதமான நிலப்பரப்பில் பசுமையான மலைகள், அடர்த்தியான பச்சை புதர்கள், உயரமான மரங்கள் மற்றும் பழமையான ஓய்வு இல்லங்கள் அமைந்த இடமாக உள்ளது. இந்த தேசிய பூங்கா சுமார் 710 சதுர கிலோமீட்டர்கள் (270 sq mi) பரப்பளவில் அமைந்துள்ளது.
சுற்றுலாப் பயணிகள் பூங்காவின் மையத்தில் அமைந்த பாதையை வழிச் சென்று இந்த இடத்திற்கே உரியtத் தாவர விலங்குகளைக் காணலாம். இங்கே, பல்வேறு வகையான பறவை இனங்களைக் காணலாம். இயற்கை ஆர்வலர்களுக்கும், வனச்சுற்றுலா செல்பவர்களுக்கும் புகலிடமாக இந்தத் தேசியப் பூங்கா உள்ளது. நகர வாழ்க்கையில் அல்லலுறும் மக்களுக்கு மன அமைதி தரும் இடமாக இந்தப் பூங்கா உள்ளது.
இந்தர்கிலா தேசிய பூங்கா

இந்தர்கிலா தேசிய பூங்கா (Inderkilla National Park) இந்தியாவின் இமாச்சல பிரதேசத்தில் உள்ள தேசிய பூங்கா ஆகும். இந்த தேசிய பூங்கா 2010ஆம் ஆண்டு நிறுவப்பட்டது. இந்த பூங்கா சுமார் 104 சதுர கிலோமீட்டர்கள் (40 sq mi) பரப்பளவில் அமைந்துள்ளது. குலு மணாலி விமான நிலையத்திலிருந்து 46.1 கிலோமீட்டர் தொலைவில் குலு மாவட்டத்தில் இந்த தேசிய பூங்கா அமைந்துள்ளது.