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USA breaks Guinness World Record: Largest Flag Pulled By A Moving Vehicle

USA breaks Guinness World Record: Largest Flag Pulled By A Moving Vehicle

Homestead, Florida, USA – November 25, 2016 – A 2017 Ford F-450 Super Duty just pulled a 4,124 square foot U.S. flag over four laps at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, setting a new World Record for the “Largest Flag Pulled by a Moving Vehicle,”. Photo: All-new 2017 Ford F-450 Super Duty sets a new world record for the World’s Largest Flag …

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Golden Temple: Harimandir Sahib Gurudwara, Amritsar

Golden Temple: Harimandir Sahib Gurudwara, Amritsar

The Golden temple is also known as Harimandir Sahib and is located in Amritsar, Punjab. It is one of the most sacred shrines for the Sikhs. It is most commonly known as Golden temple because the upper levels of the gurudwara are entirely gold-plated. The gurudwara symbolizes equality, spirituality, brotherhood, honesty and trust. It also represents the historical customs, specific …

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Famous Gurudwaras: Most Sacred Sikh Shrines

Famous Gurudwaras: Most Sacred Sikh Shrines

The worship places of Sikhs are known as the Takhts and the Gurudwaras wherein Takht literally means ‘the seat of the divine power’ and Gurudwara stands for ‘the doorway to the master’. Adherent followers of Sikhism refer to the omnipresent power as ‘the Waheguru’, which means the immortal God. In India, there are several Gurudwaras but only five Takhts-every edifice …

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Ravindra Jain – Biography, Indian Music Composer and Lyricist

Ravindra Jain - Biography, Indian Music Composer and Lyricist

Born: February 28, 1944, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh Died: October 9, 2015, Mumbai Awards: Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, Padma Shri Music maestro Shri Ravindra Jain a multi faceted legend, was born on 28th February, 1944 in Aligarh to father Pt. Indramani Jain Vaidya Shastri and mother Smt. Kiran Devi Jain. Although maestro Ravindra Jain was born with visual impairment …

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Chandigarh Arts and Heritage Festival 2016

Chandigarh Arts and Heritage Festival 2016

The much-awaited 8th edition of the Chandigarh Arts and Heritage Festival 2016, organised by the Chandigarh Administration, is all set to provide unlimited entertainment. The festival will give an insight into the rich cultural heritage of the region through musical, literary and visual art presentations. The curtain rises on the mega cultural bonanza on October 6, which is Le Corbusier’s …

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Narendra Chanchal – Biography, Devotional Singer

Narendra Chanchal - Biography, Devotional Singer

Narendra Chanchal Ji was born on the 16th of October, in a religious Punjabi family in Amritsar. His mother believed in Goddess Durga and eventually, inspired Narendra with bhajans and aartis. In the beginning Narendra was inclined towards music. He participated many cultural programmes in his native place. However, his father never advised him to concentrate more in studies then …

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Dev Anand – Biography, Film Career, Awards

Dev Anand

Dev Anand — Dharam Dev Anand (born September 26, 1923) is a famous Indian actor and film producer. His real name was Devdutta Pishorimal Anand. Dev Anand is one of the most popular stars the Hindi Film Industry has seen. In his heydays, he was considered the epitome of the suave, urban gentleman. His elder brother Chetan Anand is credited …

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Kareena Kapoor – Biography, Early Life and Acting Career

Kareena Kapoor - Biography, Early Life and Acting Career

Kareena was born to Sindhi-speaking Babita (nee Shivdasani) and Punjabi-speaking Randhir Kapoor on September 21, 1980 in Bombay, India. She has an elder sister, Karisma. She is born in a family that have been actors for generations, including her paternal great-grandfather, Prithviraj Kapoor; her grandfather, Raj Kapoor; her paternal uncles, Shammi, Shashi, Rishi, and Rajiv; as well as aunt, Neetu …

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Hema Malini

Hema Malini

Hema Malini, (born October 16, 1948 in Ammankudi, Tamil Nadu, India) is an Indian actress and Bharatanatyam dancer, who starred in several successful Bollywood films in the 1970s, most notably the extremely successful Sholay. Career Hema Malini was educated at Andhra Mahila Sabha, Chennai, Hema first tried to enter films in 1964, but was rejected; Tamil director Sridhar said she …

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USA Guinness World Record: Largest Flag Mural

USA Guinness World Record: Largest Flag Mural

Destin, Florida, USA – August 20, 2016 – The mural atop Legendary Marina’s boat storage facility in Destin, Fla., painted by world renowned artist Robert Wyland, measures 3.8 acres in size, or 554 feet by 299 feet, thus setting the new world record for the Largest flag mural. Wyland, the Wyland Foundation, Legendary and Sherwin Williams partnered to bring this …

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