Gandhi Memorial Mandapam

Gandhi Memorial Mandapam, Kanyakumari, India

1. This is a Memorial to Mahatma Gandhi who had visited Kanyakumari in 1925 and 1937

2. It is constructedat a place on the seashore, near to Kumari Amman Temple, where his ashes were kept for public darshan before immersion in the sea on February 12, 1948.

3. This beautiful Gandhi Memorial completed in 1956, is situated as a memorial to the Father of the Nation. 

4. Its central shape is 79 feet high representing the age of the Mahatma.

5. It designed in such a way that on his birthday, 2 October, the rays of the sun, through a hole on the roof, falls exactly on the place where the urn was kept.

6. The memorial was transferred to the administrative control of the Public (I P R) Department from Public Works Department of Government of Tamil Nadu in the year 1978

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Makar Sankranti

1. India celebrates Sankranti as a Harvest festival, Kite festival and Rangoli (intricate designs drawn in the front yard) festival.

Sankranthi Rangoli

2. Astrologically Makar Sankranti marks the movement of the Sun from Dhanu rashi (Sagittarius) to Makara rashi (Capricorn).

3. This marks the beginning of the Uttarayan that is the northward journey of the Sun considered as the day time for the divine.

Surya Bagvan

4. It is also the time to take a holy bath at a confluence of rivers (Sangam). Makar Sankranti, Uttarayan, Maghi, Pongal and Makar Vilakku are some of the names by which this festival is referred as.

5.This is celebrated 21 days after the winter solstice every year and is based on a solar event unlike the lunar calendar followed by Hindus.

6.This Hindu festival of Sun God holds a great social, geographical, historical and religious significance. This year Makar Sankranti will be celebrated on 14 January 201

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Kailash Manasarovar Yatra - 2013

Kailash Manasarovar Yatra (KMY) is known for its religious value, cultural significance, physical beauty and thrilling nature. It is undertaken by hundreds of people every year. Holding significance for the Hindus as the abode of Lord Shiva, it holds religious importance also for the Jains and the Buddhists.

The Yatra is organized by the Ministry of External Affairs every year between May and September. The Yatra is open to eligible Indian citizens, holding valid Indian passports, who wish to proceed to Kailash-Manasarovar for religious purposes.

who is eligible?

An Indian citizen, holding a valid Indian passport and aged between 18 and 70 years as on 01.01.2013, with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 27 or less, who is physically fit and medically healthy, is eligible for undertaking the Yatra.

An applicant should not suffer from medical conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, asthma, heart disease, epilepsy, etc. The selected applicant is required to undergo and qualify comprehensive medical examinations conducted by the Delhi Heart and Lung Institute (DHLI) and the ITBP Base Hospital in New Delhi.​

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Selection Process

Draw through a fair computerized system - Yatris will be selected and assigned to different batches by the Ministry of External Affairs through a fair computer-generated random gender-balanced selection process. A batch, once allocated to a yatri through the computerized process, cannot be changed.

A spouse, subject to fulfilling prescribed conditions to qualify for the Yatra, will automatically be selected for the same batch, provided he/she has submitted his/her application for the Yatra and this fact is clearly indicated in the relevant column of the application form.

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fees and other expenditure

No refunds - The medical charges are non-refundable even if the applicant is not able to undertake the Yatra eventually due to disqualification on medical grounds or otherwise.

Applicants found medically unfit will not be allowed to proceed on the Yatra, and will forfeit the non-refundable deposit and other payments made to KMVN

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World's largest Presidential Palace - New Delhi

Rashtrapati Bhavan (Hindi for Presidential House) is the official home of the President of India.

The Rashtrapati Bhavan is a large and vast mansion with four floors and has 340 rooms. It is built on a floor area of 200,000 square feet (19,000 m^2).

The Mughal Garden situated at the back of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, incorporates both Mughal and English landscaping styles and feature a vast variety of flowers. 

The Rashtrapati Bhavan gardens are open to public in February every year.

It faces east. A straight east-west road, Rajpath, starts from the huge square, Vijay Chowk, in front of Rashtrapati Bhavan and ends at India Gate on the western end of the road.

There is a Durbar Hall inside the Rashtrapati Bhawan in Delhi and the dome of the hall measures 22.8 meters in diameter. It is the major venue of all official ceremonies of the Indian Government such as the oath taking ceremony by the Prime Minister, the Cabinet and the Members of Parliament..

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