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World Earth Day - Sand Art at Puri Sea Beach by Manas Kumar Sahoo

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Earth Day is celebrated on April 22, on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network, and celebrated in more than 193 countries each year. Typical ways of observing Earth Day include planting trees, picking up roadside trash, conducting various programs for recycling and conservation. For this purpose the reputed international sand artist Mr. Manas Kumar Sahoo has created a beautiful sand sculpture on the eve of “World Earth Day” in the golden sea beach, near light house of Puri at the distance of 65 K.m from capital of Odisha, Bhubaneswar. This year theme of world earth day is: “Trees for the Earth, Let’s get planting.” Mr. Manas Kumar Sahoo has shown leafs around the earth and he also mention through his art planting of trees is one of the easiest ways to protect climate change. The sand sculpture is of 15 feet width made with 10 tons of sand, wi

Quotes Lahari Mahasaya

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if one is earning an honest living and practicing honesty, then there was no need to alter one's external life in any significant way in order to become aware of God's presence.

The Birth of Mahavira - Kalpa Sutra

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Detail of a leaf with, The Birth of Mahavira (the 24th Jain Tirthankara ), from the Kalpa Sutra , c.1375-1400.]] he Kalpa Sūtra (Sanskrit: कल्पसूत्र) is a Jain text containing the biographies of the Jain Tirthankaras, notably Parshvanatha and Mahavira, including the latter's Nirvāṇa. Bhadrabahu I is considered the author of the text and it is traditionally said to have been composed about one hundred and fifty years after the Nirvāṇa of Mahavira (traditionally 599 – 527 BCE).

World Heritage Monumements in India #WorldHeritageDay

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Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh   Agra Fort, Uttar Pradesh   Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram   Great Living Chola Temples   Khajuraho Group of Monuments, Madhya Pradesh   Sun Temple, Konârak   Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh   Group of Monuments at Pattadakal   Churches and Convents of Goa   Red Fort Complex   Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi   Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi   Taj Mahal, Uttar Pradesh     Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya, Bihar