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Lord Vamana (lord Vishnu) when asked Bali for three feet land then Bali laughed and said "Brahamandeva (O Brahmin) you might have asked many luxurious things from me as dakshina but you asked such a menial thing of land of a three feet quantity?"
After which Lord Vamana grew so large in size as his one feet could cover whole Earth and other whole heaven!
That means, whole land property of Bali was under control of lord Vamana.
As per Bali's oath, there was no more land to donate and one feet of lord was remaining.
Bali asked lord about who is greater, the thing or who gives the thing?
Lord answer was the donar or giver of the thing is greater than the thing.
Then king Bali asked the Lord to keep his third feet on his (Bali) head!
Pleased by this act of Bali lord promised him the rule of 'Patal' (the underEarth) and promised to protect Bali and his kingdom and slay whosoever disobeys Bali in patal.
It is believed that for 3 day during 'savan'or rainy season , king Bali returns to Earth.
These three days are celebrated as Onam in Indian state of 'kerala'.
During this festival , the idols of lord Vishnu and king bali are made out of rice and worshiped.
A famous boat race is also organised across kerala in honour of king Bali.
The people from every faith in kerala celebrate this feast.
It is a regional festival of Keralites.
The Parashurama also known as parshurama avatar was the sixth important avatar.
He came to Earth to stop bad people he was the son of sage jamdagni a sage who was known for his temper.
it is believed that parashurma was cheiranjiv it means that he was immortal he was the great devotee of Lord Shiva.parshuram s,mother Renuka Devi was daughter of kshatriya after receiving parashurma from Lord Shiva as a boon it was impossible to defeat parashurma in earth.
He was the firstbrahmakshatriya (both brahmin and kshatriya warrior)
Because Ganesha  was not letting him in to meet Lord Shiva when Goddess Parvati and Lord Shiva grew up with  anger after hearing this but after they  forgive parashurma.
Hindus believe that Balram was the older brother of Krishna.
Some Hindus believe that he is an avatar of Vishnu’s shesh naag.
In this avatar, Shesh naag was in the form of a human.
Ba Đình Square (Vietnamese: Quảng Trường Ba Đình) is a place in the Vietnamese capital, Hà Nội.
It is where Vietnamese President Hồ Chí Minh declared the independence of the Democratic Republic of Việt Nam from French imperialist rule on 2 September 1945, the same day that World War II ended.
This is now where his mausoleum is.
The Hồ Chí Minh Mausoleum (Vietnamese: Lăng Hồ Chí Minh) is a large memorial to Vietnamese independence leader Hồ Chí Minh.
It is located in Ba Ðình Square in Hà Nội.
This is where his body is kept for people to pay their respects.
President Hồ Chí Minh did not want a mausoleum at all.
In his will, he said he wanted to be cremated and to have his ashes buried in the hills of the north, center, and south of Việt Nam.
He said that he liked cremation because it was healthier than burial or a mausoleum and saved farmland.
His successors did not let him have this wish.
The government kept that part of his will secret.
The government also pretended he died a day after he really did, because he really died on Independence Day and they did not tell anyone.
Many aspects of "Uncle Ho's" last will and testament were altered or, as stated above, ignored.
In his last days he was surrounded by those who formed what is now Vietnam's political system, while those loyal to him and his wishes were systematically kept or chased away.
Others were put on a bus and executed.
Buildings and structures in Vietnam
Meng Tian (; ? -
210 BC ) was a Chinese general of the Qin Dynasty under Emperor Qin Shi Huang.
His grandfather, Meng Ao, and his father, Meng Wu, were generals as well.
After the unification of China, Emperor Qin Shi Huang ordered Meng Tian leading 300,000 armies to attack the Xiongnu and build the Great Wall of China.
Meng Tian was forced by the eunuch, Zhao Gao, to kill himself by drinking poisonous wine after the death of Emperor Qin Shi Haung.
210 BC deaths
Chinese generals
Traditionally it was worn only by men, but in modern times the push for equality between the sexes in the practice of Judaism has led some women to wear yarmulkes.
Some Jews only wear yarmulkes while praying; others wear yarmulkes the entire day, making sure not to walk more than four cubits without head covering (especially outside).
Often, the color and fabric of the yarmulke can be a sign of adherence to a specific religious movement.
The Israeli National Religious community is often referred to by the name kipot srugot כיפות סרוגות, literally "woven yarmulkes".
Similarly, some Haredi sects are referred to by the name kipot shkhorot כיפות שחורות, literally "black yarmulkes".
The etymology of yarmulke is unclear.
Linguists (e.g. Max Vasmer) maintain that the Yiddish word is derived (via Russian or Polish) from the Turkic , meaning 'raincoat'.
Traditionally, yarmulke is considered to have originated from the Aramaic phrase "" (in awe of the Lord), in keeping with the principle that the yarmulke is supposed to reflect someone's fear of heaven.
Or perhaps, "yira malkah" (fear of the King).
Religious clothing
Judeo-Arabic languages are a collection of Arabic language dialects spoken by Jews living or formerly living in Arabic-speaking countries.
Just as with the rest of the Arab world, Arabic-speaking Jews had different dialects for the different regions where they lived.
Most Judæo-Arabic dialects were written in modified forms of the Hebrew alphabet, often including consonant dots from the Arabic alphabet to accommodate phonemes that did not exist in the Hebrew alphabet.
In retaliation for 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Jews in Arab countries became subject to increasingly insufferable discrimination and violence, causing virtually all of them to flee en masse to Israel.
Their dialects of Arabic did not thrive in Israel, and most became extinct, replaced by the Modern Hebrew language.
In the Middle Ages, Jews in the Islamic diaspora spoke a dialect of Arabic, which they wrote in a mildly adapted Hebrew script  (rather than using Arabic script).
Some of the most important books of medieval Jewish though were originally written in Judaeo-Arabic, as well as certain halakhic works and biblical commentary.
Only later were they translated into medieval scientific Hebrew so that they could be read by the Ashkenazic Jews of Europe.
Saadia Gaon's Emunot ve-Deot, his Tafsir (biblical commentary and translation), and his siddur (the explanatory parts, not the prayers themselves)
Solomon ibn Gabirol's Tikkun Middot ha-Nefesh
Bahya ibn Pakuda's Hovot ha-Levavot
Judah Halevi's Kuzari
Maimonides' Commentary on the Mishnah, Sefer ha-Mitzvot, Guide to the Perplexed, and many of his letters and shorter essays.
The Clangers is a British children's television series.
The first episode was broadcast on the BBC on 16 November 1969.
The series is about a family of aliens who live under the surface of the Moon in caves.
They looked like small, pink, knitted mice.
Other characters include the Froglets and The Soup Dragon, a dragon that gives out soup.
The family uses a US flag as a table cloth.
The Clangers at bbc.co.uk
A copy of the moon landing hoax parody
Link to Clive Banks interview with Oliver Postgate about Election Special
British Film Institute Screen Online
Knit your own Clanger
A short clip from Vote for Froglet at bbc.co.uk
1969 establishments in Europe
1974 television series endings
1960s establishments in the United Kingdom
The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is a London borough in West London but is part of an area called Inner London.
House prices are more expensive than most parts of England.
The borough has three famous football teams: Fulham F.C., Queens Park Rangers F.C. and Chelsea F.C.
1 E9 m² is a term used to group together areas of similar size.
It is used for places that are between 1,000 km² and 10,000 km² in area.
The term is based from the scientific notation for 1 x 109m².
1,000 km² is equal to:
100,000 hectares
386 square miles
247,105 acres.
a circle of radius of approx.
18 km.
a square of side of approx.
32 km.
Notable areas of this size by continent
1,651 km² — Zanzibar, Tanzanian islands in the Indian Ocean
1,860 km² — Mauritius, Indian Ocean
2,170 km² — Comoros, Indian Ocean
2,499 km² — Cape Town, South Africa
3,000 km² — Lake Tana, Ethiopia
4,033 km² — Cape Verde, Atlantic Ocean
5,250 km² — Lake Nasser, on the border of Egypt and Sudan
7,234 km² — Canary Islands, Spain
8,502 km² — Lake Volta, Ghana
9,965 km² — Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1,004 km² — Samut Prakan Province, Thailand
1,057 km² — Ulsan, metropolitan city in South Korea
1,074 km² — Changhua County, Taiwan
1,092 km² — Hong Kong
1,121 km² — Sapporo, Japan Hokkaido Prefecture
1,221 km² — Taoyuan County, Taiwan
1,291 km² — Yunlin County, Taiwan
1,398 km² — Pulwama District in Jammu and Kashmir, within the Republic of India
1,414 km² — Alappuzha District in Kerala, India
1,428 km² — Hsinchu County, Taiwan
1,511 km² — Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
1,526 km² — Pathum Thani Province, Thailand
1,569 km² — Bangkok Province, Thailand
1,668 km² — Rohtak District in Haryana, India
1,700 km² — Lake Toba in Indonesia
1,820 km² — Miaoli County, Taiwan
1,846 km² — Jeju, South Korea
1,862 km² — Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
1,893 km² — Osaka Prefecture, Japan
1,902 km² — Chiayi County, Taiwan
1,918 km² — Begusarai, district in Bihar, India
1,940 km² — Pattani Province, Thailand
1,990 km² — Irrigated land in Israel
2,016 km² — Tainan County, Taiwan
2,051 km² — Taichung County, Taiwan
2,053 km² — Taipei County, Taiwan
2,122 km² — Nakhon Nayok Province, Thailand
2,144 km² — Yilan County, Taiwan
2,150 km² — Impact of Tunguska event
2,168 km² — Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand
2,187 km² — Tokyo, Japan
2,271 km² — Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
2,415 km² — Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
2,439 km² — Saga Prefecture, Japan
2,470 km² — Chai Nat Province, Thailand
2,479 km² — Satun Province, Thailand
2,557 km² — Ayutthaya Province, Thailand
2,775 km² — Pingtung County, Taiwan
2,793 km² — Kaohsiung County, Taiwan
2,819 km² — Trat Province, Thailand
3,161 km² — Amnat Charoen Province, Thailand
3,298 km² — Ranong Province, Thailand
3,425 km² — Phattalung Province, Thailand
3,507 km² — Tottori Prefecture, Japan
3,515 km² — Taitung County, Taiwan
3,552 km² — Rayong Province, Thailand
3,577 km² — Saraburi Province, Thailand
3,691 km² — Nara Prefecture, Japan
3,702 km² — Goa, India
3,767 km² — Saitama Prefecture, Japan
3,859 km² — Nongbua Lamphu Province, Thailand
3,980 km² — Anantnag District in Indian Occupied Kashmir, within the Republic of India
4,017 km² — Shiga Prefecture, Japan
4,093 km² — Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
4,106 km² — Nantou County, Taiwan
4,145 km² — Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
4,162 km² — Yasothon Province, Thailand
4,170 km² — Phang Nga Province, Thailand
4,185 km² — Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
4,189 km² — Fukui Prefecture, Japan
4,247 km² — Toyama Prefecture, Japan
4,340 km² — Mukdahan Province, Thailand
4,363 km² — Chon Buri Province, Thailand
4,373 km² — Vehari, district in Pakistan
4,465 km² — Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
4,475 km² — Narathiwat Province, Thailand
4,506 km² — Lamphun Province, Thailand
4,521 km² — Yala Province, Thailand
4,531 km² — Phichit Province, Thailand
4,613 km² — Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
4,629 km² — Hualien County, Taiwan
4,709 km² — Krabi Province, Thailand
4,726 km² — Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
4,762 km² — Prachin Buri Province, Thailand
4,918 km² — Trang Province, Thailand
4,971 km² — Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
5,154 km² — Aichi Prefecture, Japan
5,156 km² — Chiba Prefecture, Japan
5,197 km² — Ratchaburi Province, Thailand
5,292 km² — Maha Sarakham Province, Thailand
5,351 km² — Chachoengsao Province, Thailand
5,358 km² — Suphanburi Province, Thailand
5,512 km² — Nakhon Phanom Province, Thailand
5,600 km² — West Bank
5,676 km² — Ehime Prefecture, Japan
5,700 km² — Bali, Indonesia
5,761 km² — Mie Prefecture, Japan
5,770 km² — Brunei, country on the island of Borneo
5,804 km² — Ōita Prefecture, Japan
6,009 km² — Chumphon Province, Thailand
6,096 km² — Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
6,111 km² — Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
6,200 km² — Lop Buri Province, Thailand
6,225 km² — Phetchaburi Province, Thailand
6,335 km² — Phayao Province, Thailand
6,338 km² — Chanthaburi Province, Thailand
6,340 km² — Shanghai Municipality, China
6,363 km² — Gunma Prefecture, Japan
6,368 km² — Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand
6,408 km² — Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
6,539 km² — Phrae Province, Thailand
6,596 km² — Sukhothai Province, Thailand
6,621 km² — Kalat, district in Pakistan
6,685 km² — Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
6,707 km² — Shimane Prefecture, Japan
6,730 km² — Uthai Thani Province, Thailand
6,862 km² — Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
6,908 km² — Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
6,947 km² — Kalasin Province, Thailand
7,009 km² — Okayama Prefecture, Japan
7,105 km² — Kochi Prefecture, Japan
7,195 km² — Sa Kaeo Province, Thailand
7,214 km² — Leyte, Philippines
7,329 km² — Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
7,332 km² — Nong Khai Province, Thailand
7,394 km² — Songkhla Province, Thailand
7,436 km² — North Chungcheong, South Korea
7,839 km² — Uttaradit Province, Thailand
8,043 km² — North Jeolla, South Korea
8,061 km² — Dhule in Maharashtra, India
8,124 km² — Surin Province, Thailand
8,299 km² — Roi Et Province, Thailand
8,352 km² — South Chungcheong, South Korea
8,392 km² — Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
8,477 km² — Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
8,578 km² — Sangli in Maharashtra, India
8,607 km² — Kamphaeng Phet Province, Thailand
8,840 km² — Si Sa Ket Province, Thailand
9,132 km² — Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
9,323 km² — Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
9,505 km² — Buru, Indonesia
9,598 km² — Nakhon Sawan Province, Thailand
9,606 km² — Aomori Prefecture, Japan
9,606 km² — Sakon Nakhon Province, Thailand
9,735 km² — Mindoro, Philippines
9,942 km² — Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand
1,004 km² — Valkeala, Finland
1,015 km² — Ylikiiminki, Finland
1,025 km² — Schwarzwald-Baar District, Germany
1,030 km² — Saarijärvi, Finland
1,032 km² — Saaremaa, Estonia
1,081 km² — Moscow, Russia
1,086 km² — Haapavesi, Finland
1,089 km² — Eno, Finland
1,130 km² — Conwy, Wales
1,130 km² — Omagh, Northern Ireland
1,139 km² — Paltamo, Finland
1,142 km² — Kitee, Finland
1,161 km² — Liperi, Finland
1,179 km² — Kuopio, Finland
1,186 km² — Jämsä, Finland
1,188 km² — Ruokolahti, Finland
1,210 km² — Mäntyharju, Finland
1,222 km² — South Ayrshire, Scotland
1,235 km² — Rautavaara, Finland
1,238 km² — Puumala, Finland
1,243 km² — Lolland, Denmark
1,246 km² — Val-d'Oise, France
1,248 km² — Pihtipudas, Finland
1,262 km² — Berkshire, England
1,262 km² — East Ayrshire, Scotland
1,276 km² — Greater Manchester, England
1,310 km² — Sofia, Bulgaria
1,315 km² — Kauhajoki, Finland
1,319 km² — Heinävesi, Finland
1,325 km² — Fife, Scotland
1,327 km² — Kangasniemi, Finland
1,346 km² — Juva, Finland
1,406 km² — Pielavesi, Finland
1,423 km² — Kiuruvesi, Finland
1,431 km² — Keuruu, Finland
1,460 km² — Pyhäjärvi, Finland
1,466 km² — Shetland Islands, Scotland
1,484 km² — Simo, Finland
1,493 km² — Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
1,519 km² — Leppävirta, Finland
1,521 km² — Hyrynsalmi, Finland
1,552 km² — South Yorkshire, England
1,577 km² — Sonkajärvi, Finland
1,579 km² — Greater London, England
1,589 km² — Viitasaari, Finland
1,590 km² — Pembrokeshire, Wales
1,595 km² — Tervola, Finland
1,643 km² — Hertfordshire, England
1,660 km² — Fuerteventura, Spain
1,663 km² — Surrey, England
1,700 km² — Isle of Skye, Scotland
1,729 km² — Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
1,736 km² — Utajärvi, Finland
1,745 km² — Worcestershire, England
1,766 km² — Vaala, Finland
1,772 km² — South Lanarkshire, Scotland
1,795 km² — Ceredigion, Wales
1,820 km² — Muonio, Finland
1,846 km² — Juuka, Finland
1,855 km² — Nurmes, Finland
1,866 km² — Pello, Finland
1,876 km² — Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
1,880 km² — Pelkosenniemi, Finland
1,912 km² — Vättern, 2nd largest lake in Sweden
1,975 km² — Warwickshire, England
1,980 km² — Guipúzcoa, smallest province in Spain
1,991 km² — West Sussex, England
2,026 km² — Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
2,029 km² — West Yorkshire, England
2,034 km² — Tenerife, Spain
2,142 km² — Snowdonia National Park, Wales
2,180 km² — Herefordshire, England
2,182 km² — Angus, Scotland
2,187 km² — Stirling, Scotland
2,238 km² — Moray, Scotland
2,284 km² — Yvelines, France
2,364 km² — Northamptonshire, England
2,395 km² — Carmarthenshire, Wales
2,479 km² — East Riding of Yorkshire, England
2,512 km² — Réunion, France
2,547 km² — Derbyshire, England
2,548 km² — Gwynedd, Wales
2,586 km² — Luxembourg
2,600 km² — Puolanka, Finland
2,601 km² — Vorarlberg, Austria
2,605 km² — Oxfordshire, England
2,618 km² — Kolari, Finland
2,658 km² — Taivalkoski, Finland
2,670 km² — Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2,757 km² — Drenthe, Netherlands
2,844 km² — County Antrim, Northern Ireland
2,860 km² — Antwerp, Belgium
2,950 km² — Sotkamo, Finland
3,046 km² — Cambridgeshire, England
3,212 km² — Vaud, Switzerland
3,249 km² — Rhône, France
3,263 km² — Aosta Valley, Italy
3,487 km² — Shropshire, England
3,500 km² — Lake Peipsi, eastern Europe
3,525 km² — Haut-Rhin, France
3,526 km² — Giurgiu County, Romania
3,541 km² — Posio, Finland
3,563 km² — Cornwall, England
3,694 km² — Ranua, Finland
3,710 km² — Covasna County, Romania
3,801 km² — Suffolk, England
3,864 km² — Sălaj County, Romania
3,930 km² — Kemijärvi, Finland
3,965 km² — Burgenland, Austria
4,054 km² — Dâmboviţa County, Romania
4,068 km² — Lieksa, Finland
4,299 km² — Alpes-Maritimes, France
4,388 km² — Haute-Savoie, France
4,418 km² — Satu Mare County, Romania
4,453 km² — Ialomiţa County, Romania
4,466 km² — Galaţi County, Romania
4,716 km² — Prahova County, Romania
4,732 km² — Scottish Borders, Scotland
4,766 km² — Brăila County, Romania
4,781 km² — Loire, France
4,857 km² — Vrancea County, Romania
4,917 km² — Akershus, Norway
4,933 km² — Mehedinţi County, Romania
4,986 km² — Botoşani County, Romania
4,992 km² — Balearic Islands, Spain
5,999 km² — Jura, France
6,013 km² — Northumberland, England
7,045 km² — La Rioja, Spain
5,088 km² — Călăraşi County, Romania
5,196 km² — Powys, Wales
5,224 km² — Valais, Switzerland
5,234 km² — Doubs, France
5,286 km² — Perth and Kinross, Scotland
5,300 km² — Perthshire, Scotland
5,318 km² — Vaslui County, Romania
5,321 km² — Cantabria, Spain
5,355 km² — Bistriţa-Năsăud County, Romania
5,360 km² — Haute-Saône, France
5,361 km² — Lot-et-Garonne, France
5,363 km² — Braşov County, Romania
5,371 km² — Utsjoki, Finland
5,412 km² — Algarve, Portugal
5,432 km² — Sibiu County, Romania
5,458 km² — Kuhmo, Finland
5,476 km² — Iaşi County, Romania
5,498 km² — Olt County, Romania
5,548 km² — Calvados, France
5,565 km² — Creuse, France
5,602 km² — Gorj County, Romania
5,655 km² — Vänern, Sweden's largest lake
5,743 km² — Nord, France
5,762 km² — Ain, France
5,765 km² — Vâlcea County, Romania
5,790 km² — Teleorman County, Romania
5,805 km² — Kuusamo, Finland
5,857 km² — Suomussalmi, Finland
5,860 km² — Oise, France
5,866 km² — Pudasjärvi, Finland
5,878 km² — Salla, Finland
5,880 km² — Eure-et-Loir, France
5,896 km² — Neamţ County, Romania
5,915 km² — Seine-et-Marne, France
5,959 km² — Canton of Bern, Switzerland
6,028 km² — Savoie, France
6,040 km² — Eure, France
6,101 km² — Herault, France
6,103 km² — Buzău County, Romania
6,103 km² — Orne, France
6,211 km² — Meuse, France
6,242 km² — Alba County, Romania
6,304 km² — Maramureş County, Romania
6,313 km² — Aberdeenshire, Scotland
6,343 km² — Loir-et-Cher, France
6,426 km² — Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
6,471 km² — Savukoski, Finland
6,530 km² — Drome, France
6,621 km² — Bacău County, Romania
6,639 km² — Harghita County, Romania
6,671 km² — Pas-de-Calais, France
6,674 km² — Cluj County, Romania
6,714 km² — Mureş County, Romania
6,720 km² — Vendee, France
6,733 km² — Finistère, France
6,768 km² — Cumbria, England
6,775 km² — Loiret, France
6,775 km² — Ille-et-Vilaine, France
6,791 km² — Indre, France
6,817 km² — Nièvre, France
6,864 km² — Argeş County, Romania
6,864 km² — Charente-Maritime, France
6,909 km² — Argyll and Bute, Scotland
7,031 km² — Sjaelland, Denmark
7,063 km² — Hunedoara County, Romania
7,071 km² — Constanţa County, Romania
7,105 km² — Grisons, Switzerland
7,154 km² — Salzburg, Austria
7,234 km² — Basque Country, Spain
7,235 km² — Cher, France
7,308 km² — Malaga, Spain
7,369 km² — Aisne, France
7,414 km² — Dolj County, Romania
7,427 km² — Yonne, France
7,431 km² — Isère, France
7,442 km² — Cádiz, Spain
7,544 km² — Bihor County, Romania
7,754 km² — Arad County, Romania
8,028 km² — Community of Madrid, Spain
8,280 km² — Alsace, France
8,412 km² — Kittilä, Finland
8,499 km² — Tulcea County, Romania
8,514 km² — Caras-Severin County, Romania
8,553 km² — Suceava County, Romania
8,592 km² — North East England
8,681 km² — Corsica, France
8,697 km² — Timiş County, Romania
8,763 km² — Côte-d'Or, France
8,769 km² — Almería, Spain
9,060 km² — Dordogne, France
9,251 km² — Cyprus (Island)
9,536 km² — Carinthia, Austria
1,032 km² — Louisville, Kentucky, United States
1,100 km² — Lake Champlain, on the border of Canada and the United States
1,100 km² — Martinique
1,111.3 km² — Suffolk, Virginia, United States
1,214 km² — New York, New York, United States
1,290 km² — Los Angeles, California, United States
1,446 km² — Island of Kaua'i, Hawaii, United States
1,479 km² — Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico
1,550 km² — Lake Superior Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
1,558 km² — Houston, Texas, United States
1,609 km² — Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
1,705 km² — Guadeloupe
1,883 km² — Maui, Hawaii
2,265 km² — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
2,590 km² — Fort Irwin & the National Training Center (NTC), United States (military training area)
2,690 km² — Canadian Forces Base Suffield, Canada (military training area - see also: British Army Training Unit Suffield)
2,766 km² — Manitoulin Island, largest island in the Great Lakes
2,779 km² — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
3,566 km² — Long Island, New York, United States
3,900 km² — South Nation River, Ontario, Canada
4,005 km² — Rhode Island, the smallest state of the United States
4,101 km² — Glacier National Park, Montana, United States
4,612 km² — Spokane County, Washington, United States
4,850 km² — Great Peshtigo Fire, smallest estimate
5,128 km² — Trinidad and Tobago
5,471 km² — Aguascalientes, Mexico
5,660 km² — Prince Edward Island
6,361 km² — Graham Island, Canada
6,452 km² — Delaware, United States
6,641 km² — Banff National Park, Canada
6,675 km² — Prince of Wales - Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Alaska, United States
6,995 km² — Cornwallis Island, Canada
7,725 km² — Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada
7,941 km² — Anticosti, Quebec, Canada
8,900 km² — Yellowstone National Park
9,104 km² — Puerto Rico
9,293 km² — Kodiak Island, United States
9,418 km² — Edmonton Capital Region, Canada
1,523 km² — São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
3,903 km² — South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
6,605 km² — Falkland Islands
8,300 km² — Lake Titicaca, largest lake in South America
8,394 km² — Chiloé Island, Chile
1,687 km² — Sydney, Australia (urban area as of 2001)
2,358 km² — Australian Capital Territory
2,860 km² — Samoa
3,314 km² — Dunedin City, New Zealand
4,167 km² — French Polynesia
4,545 km² — Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area, Australia (Australian Defence Force training area: 2,700 land/ 1,800 sea)
5,386 km² — Perth, Western Australia
8,661 km² — New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
8,700 km² — Bradshaw Field Training Area, NT Australia (ADF training area - formerly Bradshaw Station)
Other areas
3,355 km² — Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
3,755 km² — Lake Van, largest lake in Turkey
5,500 km² — Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, Azerbaijan
6,500 km² — Siple Island, Antarctica
6,617 km² — Grande Terre de Kerguelen
7,215 km² — Kerguelen Islands
7,500 km² — Roosevelt Island, part of Antarctica
7,850 km² — Vrangelya, Russia
8,261 km² — Crete, Greece
8,500 km² — Carney Island, Antarctica
8,624 km² — Lake Nicaragua
8,900 km² — Kingdom of Judah
9,006 km² — Komsomolets, Russia
9,521 km² — Prince Charles Island
9,894 km² — Lake Onega, Russia
Areas less than 1000 km²
Areas more than 10,000 km²
en:Orders of magnitude (area)
1 E8 m² is used for places that are between 100 km² and 1000 km² in area.
The term is based from the scientific notation for 1 x 108m².
100 km² is equal to:
1 E+8 m²
a square with sides 10 km long
10,000 hectares
38.6 square miles
approx 24,711 acres
Notable areas of this size
102 km² -- Athens, Alabama, USA
104 km² -- Hsinchu City, Taiwan
105 km² -- Paris, France (not counting its metropolitan area)
115 km² -- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (city proper)
116 km² -- Jersey, Channel Islands, UK
121 km² -- Saint Helena Island
124 km² -- Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, United States
127 km² -- Penghu County, Taiwan
133 km² -- Keelung City, Taiwan
143 km² -- Island of Okushiri, Hokkaido, Japan
150 km² -- London Borough of Bromley, largest London Borough
153 km² -- Kinmen County, China (Taiwan)
154 km² -- Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
160 km² -- Liechtenstein (country ranked 188th by area)
163 km² -- Taichung City, Taiwan
176 km² -- Tainan City, Taiwan
177 km² -- Washington, D.C., United States
182 km² -- Rishiri Island, Hokkaido, Japan
185.5 km² -- Plano, Texas, United States
188 km² -- Beaver Island, largest island in Lake Michigan
193 km² -- Aruba
199 km² -- Municipality of San Juan, Puerto Rico
203.1 km² -- Poquoson, Virginia, United States
213.5 km² -- Cleveland, Ohio, United States
238.4 km² -- Baltimore, Maryland, United States
246 km² -- Malta Island (main island of Malta)
255 km² -- Island of Shikotan, Hokkaido, Japan
259 km² -- Island of Martha's Vineyard, United States
260 km² -- Niue
272 km² -- Taipei City, Taiwan
282 km² -- Bagnes, Valais (largest municipality of Switzerland)
316 km² -- Malta  (country ranked 185th by area)
360 km² -- Gaza Strip
370 km² -- Detroit, Michigan, United States
380 km² -- ATE Salisbury Plain, England (the UK's largest military training area)
381 km² -- Isle of Wight
425 km² -- Gatun Lake
444 km² -- Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
450 to 500 km² -- Approximate annual pizza consumption in the United States
451 km² -- Seychelles
465 km² -- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
468 km² -- Andorra
496 km² -- Prague, Czech Republic
500 km² -- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
501 km² -- Gwangju Metropolitan City, South Korea
517 km² -- Warsaw, Poland
525 km² -- Budapest, Hungary
530 km² -- Isle Royale, largest island in Lake Superior
540 km² -- Daejeon Metropolitan City, South Korea
570 km² -- Isle of Man
571 km² -- Ibiza Island, Spain
575 km² -- Kiritimati, Kiribati
582 km² -- Lake Geneva
597 km² -- Nis, Serbia
614 km² -- Seoul Special City, South Korea
616 km² -- Lake Taupo, the largest lake in New Zealand
641 km² -- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
647 km² -- Singapore (excluding offshore islands)
684 km² -- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
700 km² -- Pune, India
704 km² -- Singapore (all land area)
754 km² -- Dominica (country ranked 172nd by area)
763 km² -- Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea
790 km² -- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
798 km² -- Perm, Perm Krai, Russia
823 km² -- Kansas City, Missouri, United States
835 km² -- New York, New York, United States
886 km² -- Daegu Metropolitan City, South Korea
892 km² -- Berlin, Germany
950 km² -- Dartmoor
965 km² -- Incheon Metropolitan City, South Korea
Areas less than 100 km²
Areas more than 1000 km²
1 E7 m² is a term used to group together areas of similar size.
It is used for places that are between 10 km² (1,000 hectares) and 100 km² (10,000 hectares) in area.
The term is based from the scientific notation for 1 x 107m².
10 km² is equal to:
1 E+7 m² or 107 m²
3.86 square miles
1,000 hectares
2,471 acres
Examples of locations
10.1 km² — Long Beach, New York
10.2 km² – Radford, Virginia
12 km² – Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
12.48 km² – Chek Lap Kok, the site of Hong Kong International Airport
15 km² – Beverly Hills, California
21 km² – Nauru
21.6 km² – Abingdon, Virginia, United States
26 km2 – Tuvalu
28.6 km² – Macau
30 km² – Hayling Island
38.55 km² – City of Manila, Philippines
47 km² – Pelee Island, largest island in Lake Erie
48.7 km² – Lake Lugano, Switzerland/Italy
51.8 km² – Manhattan
53.3 km² – Bermuda
61 km² – Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
61 km² – San Marino
70 km² – Amherst Island, largest island in Lake Ontario
75 km² – Arapawa Island, Marlborough, New Zealand
81.7 km² – Huntington Beach, California
83.2 km² – Formentera Island, Spain
88 km² – Saint Martin island
92 km² – Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand
95 km² – Skopelos Island, Greece
Areas smaller than 10 km²
Areas larger than 100 km²
No new events have been added to the men's athletics programme since 1952 when the short racewalk was added.
The roster of events has not changed since then, with the exception of the omission of the long racewalk in 1976.
The long racewalk is the only event held for men but not included on the women's programme.
A total of 52 different events have been held in the men's competition.
The current list has 24 events.
The athletic multi-discipline triathlon (3 events) and pentathlon (5 events) have been replaced by the 10 event decathlon, and the medley relay replaced by relay races where each section is the same length as the others.
The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were held in Mexico City in 1968.
Mexico City beat out bids from Detroit, Buenos Aires and Lyon to host the Games in 1963.
The Games were preceded by the Tlatelolco massacre, in which hundreds of students were killed by security forces ten days before the opening day.
It is the only Games ever held in Latin America, and it was the second ever outside of Western Europe, Australia, or the USA.
Sima Qian () was the historian of the Han Dynasty under Emperor Wu.
He was born at Xia Yang (present-day Shan Xi Province, Han City) in either 145 or 135 BC.
His father, Sima Tan, was also a historian.
In 99 BC, Sima Qian got involved in the Li Ling Affair.
He was punished and sent to prison.
Sima Qian would be sentenced to death if he could not pay a fine or accept the terrible punishment - castration.
With the fact that Sima Qian did not have enough money to pay the fine and he hoped to finish writing the Records of the Grand Historian, he accepted the castration.
Sima Qian finally spent 19 years to write that book.
1st-century BC deaths
Chinese historians
Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics was represented by 14 events: 6 for women and 8 for men.
The competition was held from August 27 to September 1 at the Sports Hall in Munich.
Format of competition
The scoring in the team competition event and in event finals was the same, as for gymnastics events at the previous Olympics.
But in the all-around the scoring system became similar to that of event finals: for the all-around a gymnast showed one's skills once more on each of the apparatuses; to get the "Total" value for the all-around performance, marks in the team competition were added together, the result was divided by two ("Prelim" value) and added to the sum of marks for all-around routines ("Final" value).
Judging system was basically the same, as at the previous Olympics.
Floor exercise
Pommel horse
Parallel bars
Horizontal bar
Uneven bars
Balance beam
Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 14 events.
It took place in the Man-made Basin, located at the Trade Unions Olympic Sports Centre (Krylatskoye district, Moscow).
The rowing schedule began on 20 July and ended on 27 July.
In that situation East Germany dominated the competition: they won 14 medals, including 11 golds, from 14 events.
Four-oars with coxswain
Coxswainless pair-oars
Single sculls
Pair-oars with coxswain
Coxswainless four-oars
Coxswainless quadruple sculls
Eight-oars with coxswain
Quadruple sculls with coxswain
In rowing, a coxless pair consists of a pair of rowers, each having one oar, one on the stroke side (rower's right hand side) and one on the bow side (rower's lefthand side).
As the name suggests, there is no cox on such a boat, and the two rowers must co-ordinate steering and the proper timing of oar strokes between themselves.
Foundation of Deva Victrix, see Chester city walls
The volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying Pompeii and Herculaneam.
The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were held in 1976 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
These are the summer Olympic Games organised by the International Olympic Committee.
Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games in May 1970, over the bid of Moscow and Los Angeles, who later hosted the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympic Games respectively.
The 1960 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VIII Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1960 in Squaw Valley, California, United States (in the Lake Tahoe basin).
Squaw Valley won the bid in 1955.
Alexander Cushing, the creator of the resort, campaigned vigorously to win the Games.
After being awarded the Games, there was a rush to construct roads, hotels, restaurants, and bridges, as well as the ice arena, the speed skating track, ski lifts, and the ski jumping hill.
1960 in sports
1960 in California
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, were held in Sarajevo. (
At that time, Sarajevo was in Yugoslavia, but it is now in Bosnia and Herzegovina.)
Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Falun in Gothenburg, Sweden.
It was the first Winter Games and the second Olympics held in Eastern Europe (the first was the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow).
1984 in sports
1984 in Europe
20th century in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games, were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and opened by Governor General Jeanne Sauvé.
The Olympics were highly successful financially as they brought in million-dollar profits.
The games left a lasting impression on the host city and gave it a new identity from a cowtown to a large commercial sector of the country.
The Records of the Grand Historian () was written by Sima Qian, the historian of the Han Dynasty.
It is a book recording Chinese history from the time of 3 Sovereigns and 5 Emperors until the reign of Emperor Wu of Han.
Football (soccer) has been included in every Summer Olympic Games except 1896 and 1932 as a men's competition sport.
Women's football was added to the official program at the 1996 Atlanta edition.
Football was not in the original modern Olympic Games program as international football was not that popular in 1896.
However an unofficial football tournament was organised during the first competition.
Complete records have been lost and may not even be true but it seems that only two games may have been played.
An Athens XI lost to a team representing Smyrna (Izmir), then part of the Ottoman Empire.
Smyrna went on to be beaten 15-0 by a team from Denmark.
Demonstration tournaments were played at the 1900 and 1904 games and the "Intercalated Games" of 1906, but these were contested by various clubs and scratch teams, and are not considered to be official Olympic events.
Neither FIFA nor the IOC recognize the Intercalated Games.
The first proper tournament is said to be in the 1908 Olympics, organized by the Football Association.
It had 6 teams.
The next tournament was organized by the Swedish Football Association in 1912.
However, the tournament was very unbalanced, with some high scoring games such as 10-0 and 12-0, and all of the players were amateurs.
The tournaments of 1924 and 1928 are the two only editions officially recognised by FIFA as championships of the world.
Since the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, all teams have to be under-23 years old.
Since 1996, three over 23 players are allowed.
A women's edition was added in 1996.
The women's tournament has no age restrictions, unlike the men's tournament.
Football at the 1936 Olympics
Football at the 1988 Olympics
Football at the 2012 Olympics
Football at the 2016 Olympics
Football at the Olympics
The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1976 in Innsbruck, Austria.
The games were originally awarded to Denver, Colorado, United States in May 1970, but a 300 percent rise in costs and worries about environmental impact led to voters' rejection of a $5 million bond issue to finance the games in 1972, so the IOC offered the games to Whistler, British Columbia (Canada), who had bid on the games, but they too declined due to a change of government there. (
Whistler would go on to be associated with neighbouring Vancouver's successful bid for the 2010 Winter Olympics.)
The IOC finally called on Innsbruck, which had hosted the 1964 Winter Games just twelve years earlier, to also host the 1976 games.
Salt Lake City, Utah, which would eventually host in 2002, offered itself as a potential host after the withdrawal of Denver.
The IOC declined.
Olympic.org - official site
Winter Olympics 1976
Winter Olympics in Europe
Gymnastics has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics.
For thirty years, only men were allowed to compete.
Women's events were introduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
The competition was held in artistic gymnastics discipline until 1984, when rhythmic gymnastics discipline was added to the program of the Olympics.
Since 2000, trampolining discipline has also been competed.
Biathlon (not to be confused with duathlon) is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines.
However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.
Another popular variant is summer biathlon, which combines cross-country running with riflery.
Rifle shooting
Duathlon
Nordic Combined
Event & Competition Rules Authorized by the IBU Congress, June 1998  – The official IBU rule book, with annexes
Biathlonworld.
Com – A cooperation between IBU and EBU; with race results/statistics, TV schedules, live competition results, etc.
Russian Biathlon Union (rus)
Russian Biathlon Union(eng)
Biathlon Canada
Biathlon Alberta
U.S. Biathlon Association
U.S. Archery Biathlon
History of Biathlon
Veltins Biathlon World Team Challenge
Biathlon on OLN TV
Biathlon on DVD
Biathlon Russia
Biathlon Ukraine
BiathlonFrance.com
Sport shooting
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were held in Munich, in what was then West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972.
Munich won its Olympic bid in April 1966 over the cities of Detroit, Michigan, USA; Madrid, Spain; and Montreal, Canada.
The 1972 Summer Olympics are one of 2 Olympic Games that had a significant criminal incident—the Munich massacre, in which a group of Palastinian terrorists kidnapped and killed several Israeli athletes.
The other Olympics with a significant criminal event was the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, USA—the Centennial Olympic Park bombing.
A movie about the Israeli response to this was made called Munich.
IOC Site on 1972 Summer Olympics
Royal Boroughs are districts in the United Kingdom that have been given this special title because they had special links with the British royal family.
Emperor Wu of Jìn ( 236 - 290) was the founder of Western Jin Dynasty.
His name was Sima Yan.
He was born in He Nei (now Henan Province).
His father was Sima Zhao and Sima Yi was his grandfather.
They were the imperial officials of Wei Dynasty and seized control over the imperial court.
In 265 AD, Sima Yan forced Emperor Cao Huan to abdicate.
In 280 AD, he conquered Eastern Wu and unified China.
Emperors and Empresses of China
236 births
290 deaths
John Couch Adams (5 June 1819 – 21 January 1892), was an English mathematician and astronomer.
Adams was born in Laneast, Cornwall and died in Cambridge.
He was famous for co-discovering the planet Neptune.
Biography on the St Andrews database
Awarding of RAS gold medal: MNRAS 26 (1866) 157
AJ 11 (1892) 112
MNRAS 53 (1892) 184
Obs 15 (1892) 173
Pygmy is a word that describes several ethnic groups with unusually short people.
According to anthropologists, pygmies can be any group where adult men are less than  tall on average.
The best known pygmies are the Aka, Efé and Mbuti of central Africa.
There are also pygmies in Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and Brazil.
The Negritos of Southeast Asia are also called pygmies.
The word "pygmy" is sometimes thought to be pejorative (an insult).
It is, however, the only word that is used to call all African Midgets.
The word Bayaka is sometimes used in the Central African Republic to refer to all local Pygmies.
In the Congo Basin, pygmies are called the Kongo word Bambenga.
The name "pygmy" comes from the Greek word  (pygmaios).
This word was derived from (came from) the word  which is the length between a person's elbow and knuckles.
The Latin word  (pl.
pygmaei) came from this older Greek word.
The word was first used in Greek mythology by the poet Homer.
He wrote about a tribe of dwarfs called Pygmies who lived in India and Ethiopia.
There are a number of theories to explain why pygmies are so short.
It has been proved that their height is hereditary, and is passed on from parents to children.
It may have evolved because of the low ultraviolet light found in rainforests, where many pygmies live.
This would mean that the pygmies would make less vitamin D in their skin.
Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium, which is important for bones to grow.
Since the pygmies would get less calcium, they would have smaller bones and skeletons.
There are other explanations for why pygmies are so short.
Some explanations are:
there is less food in the rainforest
there is less calcium in the soil, so the food has less calcium
it is easier for smaller people to move in thick jungle
it is an adaptation to heat and humidity
Some research shows that the genes for the growth hormone receptor and growth hormone are found much less in pygmies than in related tribes.
These genes are important for humans to grow tall.
Pygmies can be found in Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and Zambia.
Most of these groups are partly hunter-gatherers.
They get food from the environment and trade it with nearby farmers.
From the farmers they get crops and tools.
There are about 250,000-600,000 Pygmies living in the Congo rainforest.
There are a number of Pygmy groups living in Africa.
The three best-known groups are the Mbenga, Mbuti, and Twa groups.
Each big group includes several tribes that have their own language.
The Mbenga people, sometimes called the Ba-Mbenga, live in the western Congo basin.
The Mbenga include the Aka people, who speak the Aka language.
The Aka live in the Central African Republic and the Republic of Congo.
The M-Benzélé people, or "western Aka", and the Ba-Sese people, "eastern Aka", are also related.
Other Mbenga pygmies are the Baka people of Cameroon, Gabon, and Republic of Congo.
They speak three very similar languages: Baka language, Ganzi language, and Gundi language.
Another group of Mbenga pygmies are the Gyele people.
The Gyele live in Cameroon and speak Gyele language.
The Mbuti people, sometimes called the Bambuti, live in the Ituri rainforest in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
They include the Efé people, Asua people,  and the Kango people.
The Efé speak the Efé language.
The Asua speak the Asoa language.
The Kango speak the Kango language.
The Twa people, or Ba-Twa, live in Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda.
The Twa speak Kirundi and Kinyarwanda.
African Pygmies Culture, music and photos from the Central African rain forest
In Sanskrit, Itihasa means history.
For Hindus, an Itihasa is a story that tells about what happened in the past in the land of India.
Itihasas are usually epic poems.
The important itihasas to Hindus are the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
Modern excavations and archaeological evidences are slowly beginning to find evidences to prove these Indian epics as actual history.
The original meaning of Itiihaasa had a more precise connotation than the word History.
The etymology attested to by Panini indicates itiha to mean ‘thus indeed, in this tradition’ .
One of the earliest references to Itihaasa in the literature of antiquity is in Chanakyas’s Arthashastra.
Our investigations lead us to believe that the Maurya empire for which he was the preceptor began in 1534 BCE.
He defines Itihaasa, in the context of the syllabus prescribed for training of a Prince, with the following words;
Thus, History in this definition takes on the meaning more akin to the sense of Historiography and is perhaps even more eclectic and appears to indicate a superset of political science and History as we use them today.
We feel vindicated therefore in calling our forthcoming conference a conference on Indian History ( http://www.india-forum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2088), since we seem to ascribe the same broad meaning that Kautilya did 3 millennia ago.
Clearly there is an emphasis on the traditions and on the utilitarian aspect of History, embedded in the etymology of Itihaasa.
The reason we draw emphasis to the ambiguity in the use of the word History is that, in our usage, while we adhere to the broader usage of the word History, it makes for clarity in usage if the Civilizational aspects are distinguished into distinct categories
Bhakti yoga is a Hindu spiritual practice.
People constantly pray to, and think about, a form of a Hindu god, usually Vishnu.
Bhakti is a Sanskrit term.
It signifies an attitude of devotion to God.
The relation between man and God is imagined as a beloved-lover, friend-friend, parent-child, and master-servant.
The Bhakta worships his chosen God by any of these mentalities.
The Bhagavata Purana teaches nine primary forms of bhakti.
śravaṇa ("listening" to the scriptural stories of  and his companions)
kīrtana ("praising," usually refers to ecstatic group singing)
smaraṇa ("remembering" or fixing the mind on Viṣṇu)
pāda-sevana (giving service)
arcana (worshiping an image)
vandana (paying homage)
dāsya (behaving like a servant)
sākhya (friendship)
ātma-nivedana (complete surrender of the self)
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is a newer religious movement based on the original Vedic culture of ancient India.
It is also known as 'the Hare Krishna' movement.
It was founded in 1966 in New York City by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
The organization's core beliefs are based on three scriptures, Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam and the Caitanya-caritamrita.
The religious movement can be found at International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
Hare Krishna is a mantra.
It is also known as Maha Mantra.
The mantra was made well known even outside Hinduism by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
The mantra can be found in many Hinduist traditions in India.
Those who believe in it think that when the mantra is heard, spoken, used for meditation or sung this can lead to a higher state of consciousness.
According to Gaudiya Vaishnava theology, this higher consciousness takes the form of pure love of God (Krishna).
The mantra is contained in the texts of Hinduism known as the Upanishads, which are considered by some scholars to have roots in the Vedic past.
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, also known as Srila Prabhupada (September 1, 1896–November 14, 1977) was the person who created the ISKCON movement.
In the Sanskrit language, purana means story of ancient times.
For Hindus, a purana is a scripture that tells what happened in ancient times.
Puranas tell about history, ancient Indian traditions, and what Hindus believe.
It is basically in Sanskrit and Tamil languages.
List of Puranas
Mahapuranas
Agni (15,400 verses)
Bhagavata (18,000 verses)
Bhavishya (14,500 verses)
Brahma (24,000 verses)
Brahmanda (12,000 verses; includes Lalita Sahasranamam, a text some Hindus recite as prayer)
Brahmavaivarta (18,000 verses)
Garuda (19,000 verses)
Harivamsa (16,000 verses; more often considered itihāsa)
Kurma (17,000 verses)
Linga (11,000 verses)
Markandeya (9,000 verses; includes Devi Mahatmyam, an important text for Shaktas)
Matsya (14,000 verses)
Narada (25,000 verses)
Padma (55,000 verses)
Shiva (24,000 verses)
Skanda (81,100 verses)
Vamana (10,000 verses)
Varaha (10,000 verses)
Vayu (24,000 verses)
Vishnu (23,000 verses)
Patti LaBelle (born Patricia Louise Holte on May 24, 1944) is an American R&B and Soul singer.
She is known for her high vocal belting (using the chest to make high pitch sounds).
She is known for such songs as "New Attitude" and "On My Own".