Saturday, 24 Jul 2010

Tirumala temple going greener way - uses solar and wind power

Tirumala Tirupati  temple the abode of Lord Venkateswara is going the greener way . The temple is very famous pilgrimage place of India situated on a hill top (Venkatachalam) in Andhra Pradesh State and is visited on an average by 50,000 pilgrims daily. Given the mammoth number of pilgrims visiting and staying there, power requirement is high. There are many restaurants, cottages , hotels, rest rooms etc.  It is almost like a small city ruled by the Lord . May be due to the power and influence of God or something else the adaption of green technologies is praise worthy on the temple hill unlike the slower tendency for non- conventional sources of energy in the rest of the  country.From gardening to cooking, only non-conventional sources of energy are now being used in the temples of Tirupati.

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Date: 24 Jul 2010 , Author: dilip / Category: Tirupati, Energy / Views: 76/Rating:0

Saturday, 2 Jan 2010

Video : A brief Video on Tirupati, richest temple of India

Tirupati, the Abode of Lord Venkateshwara (Lord Srinivaasa, Lord Balaji) is a very famous temple of India. Every year millions of devotees throng the temple. It is also the richest temple of India. Here is a small video on Tirumala Tirupati.(click on the "Read More" link for the video and for rating and adding comments)...

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Date: 2 Jan 2010 , Author: dilip / Category: Tirupati / Views: 706/Rating:5

Saturday, 5 Dec 2009

UNESCO ties up with Google to provide virtual visits of several World Heritage sites

Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration. Places as unique and diverse as the wilds of East Africa’s Serengeti, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and the Baroque cathedrals of Latin America make up our world’s heritage.Sites of outstanding universal value inscribed on the World Heritage List – the historic centre of Prague in the Czech Republic and the old town of Cáceres in Spain, for example – can now be explored online by internet users around the world, thanks to an alliance signed by UNESCO and the international corporation Google.. 

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Date: 5 Dec 2009 , Author: dilip / Category: Travel / Views: 568/Rating:5

Tuesday, 10 Nov 2009

Videos : Egypt an Overview and Pyramids

Situated in the North Africa, Egypt touches the Mediterranean Sea and is sited between the Gaza strip and Libya. Egypt, known for its architectural and cultural treasure,...

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Date: 10 Nov 2009 , Author: dilip / Category: Travel, Videos / Views: 631/Rating:0

Saturday, 31 Oct 2009

Video : Lets Visit Angkor

A video from National Geographic on "Temples of Angkor. Angkor Wat (or Angkor Vat) (Khmer), is a temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built for the king Suryavarman II who reigned between AD 1131 and 1150 as his state temple and capital city. As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation—first Hindu, dedicated to Vishnu, then Buddhist...

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Date: 31 Oct 2009 , Author: dilip / Category: Travel / Views: 634/Rating:0

Tuesday, 27 Oct 2009

UNESCO joins hands with TripAdvisor for World Heritage partnership

TripAdvisor, the world's largest on-line community of travellers, and UNESCO launched a partnership on Thursday to mobilize travellers' support to preserve natural and cultural sites inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List. 

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Date: 27 Oct 2009 , Author: dilip / Category: Travel, Travel News / Views: 475/Rating:0

Monday, 5 Oct 2009

Rio De Janeiro celebrates 2016 Olympics, shall you join?

Ya, RIO DE JANEIRO is celebrating the 2016 olympics... 2016? now?   Ya, I mean to say Rio De Janerios will host the 2016 olympics.

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Date: 5 Oct 2009 , Author: dilip / Category: Travel News / Views: 415/Rating:5

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