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THE TAJMAHAL (A TRIBUTE TO BEAUTY AND LOVE)

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  The Tajmahal 'It is a symbol of eternal love and a tribute to a beautiful woman and enduring love as a monument'. Viewing Tajmahal is just like you watching a beautiful woman from different  sides. The rectangular red sandstone base of the Taj represents the beauty of the foot of a beautiful woman. The main gate symbolizes the veil of a bride's face like a woman on her first wedding night beautiful, adorable and lovable. After entering the main gate the view is awesome the sight of eyes captured the arch which frames the Tajmahal.

JAMMU AND kASHMIR (CROWN OF INDIA)

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The northernmost state of India is  Jammu and Kashmir  also known as " Crown of India ". It is Situated in the Range of Great Himalayas . It shares a border with three countries China ,  Pakistan and  Afghanistan  internationally and internally with the states of Punjab , Himachal Pradesh . Jammu And Kashmir are mainly divided into three regions Jammu, Kashmir Valley, and Ladakh. The state of Jammu and Kashmir has two capitals Jammu and Srinagar in winter and summer respectively. Jammu is the place of Hindu Shrines( Maa Vaishno Devi ) and temples attract thousands of Hindu pilgrims every year. 

LIST OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS INDIA

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The list of National Highways Network of the Union Republic of India developed and maintained by the National Highway Authority Of India(NHAI). These Highways are the backbone of the Indian economy and Transportation.

SHRI MEHNDIPUR BALAJI MAHARAJ TEMPLE(MANDIR) MEHNADIPUR RAJASTHAN

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Shri Balaji Maharaj temple is situated in the Mehndipur district Dausa , state Rajasthan, India . It is 40 km from Karuali and 99 km from Jaipur , The nearest railway station is Bandikui . Thousands of pilgrims come every day here to get rid of their problem by Lord Balaji Maharaj and to get fulfill wishes.

INDIA NATIONAL SYMBOLS -2 (India Flag TIRANGA)

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The TIRANGA/TRICOLOR is the National Flag of India was officially adopted on 22nd July 1947 during a meeting by the constituting assembly. The national flag of India is a horizontal rectangular tricolor flag, consist of three colors, India Saffron on top, India white in middle, India Green at the bottom . The ratio of its width with the length of the flag is 2:3.  

INDIA NATIONAL SYMBOLS -6(NATIONAL ANIMAL"TIGER")

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Tiger is the National Animal of India . It is known as " Royal Bengal Tiger ". Tiger easily recognized by its coat of reddish-orange with black dark stripes , no two tigers having a common pattern of stripes just like fingerprints of humans.

INDIA NATIONAL SYMBOLS -5(NATIONAL BIRD "PEACOCK")

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The National bird of India is Peacock . The peacock represents Beauty, grace, pride, love, and mysticism. Peacocks are very beautiful, attractive and large pheasants birds having a big tail with feathers blue and green colors finished with a shining eye marking the spot of blue, gold, red and other hues  that look very beautiful.

INDIA NATIONAL SYMBOLS -7(NATIONAL FLOWER"LOTUS")

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Lotus is the National flower of India . Lotus is a sacred flower in Indian culture it having religious and spiritual values in the  Hindu religion from ancient times. The lotus represents Indian knowledge, fertility, divinity, wealth and enlightenment. Lotus stands for the purity of heart and minds it also symbolizes a long life, honor and good future. It used in worship practices and it is the favorite flower of Devi Maa Laxmi & God Vishnu.  

INDIA NATIONAL SYMBOLS -8(NATIONAL TREE"BANYAN TREE")

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The Banyan tree is the National tree of India. Banyan tree branches root itself and reproduce new branches and trunks and for this reason, it is believed that the Banyan tree is immortal. In India it has religious values, a legend and many myths and stories about the banyan tree are popular. In  Hindu religion, the banyan tree is considered sacred and known as " Ashwath Vriksha ". Another name for the Banyan tree is " Kalpvraksha " which stands for ' wish-fulfilling Divine tree ' & ' The tree of knowledge '. The banyan tree represents the " Trimurti " as a one( god Vishnu, god Shiva, and god Brahma ). This is the tree under which Lord Buddha got the knowledge of life and a new religion  Buddhism  came into existence.

INDIA NATIONAL SYMBOLS -4(NATIONAL SONG "VANDE-MAA-TARAM")

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' Vande Mataram ' is the national song of India is written and composed by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in Sanskrit . The slogan " Vande Mataram " means Hail to the motherland. The National song and National Anthem share equal status. National Song Of India Vande Maataram sujalaaM suphalaaM malayaja shiitalaam Sasyashyaamalaam maataram || Shubhrajyotsnaa pulakitayaaminiim pullakusumita drumadala shobhiniim suhaasiniim sumadhura bhaashhiniin sukhadaam varadaam maataram || Koti koti kantha kalakalaninaada karaale koti koti bhujai.rdhR^itakharakaravaale abalaa keno maa eto bale bahubaladhaariniim namaami taariniim ripudalavaariniim maataraM || Tumi vidyaa tumi dharma tumi hR^idi tumi marma tvaM hi praanaah shariire Baahute tumi maa shakti hR^idaye tumi maa bhakti tomaara i pratimaa gadi mandire mandire || Tvam hi durgaa dashapraharanadhaarinii kamalaa kamaladala vihaarinii vaaNii vidyaadaayinii namaami tvaam  Namaami kamala

INDIA NATIONAL SYMBOLS -9(NATIONAL FRUIT"MANGO")

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Mango is the national fruit of India . Mango is the king of all fruits. It is also the national fruit of Pakistan and the  Philippines . Bangkok ( Thailand ) is also known by its nickname that is " Big Mango ". Mango is the most common tropical fruit popular in the whole world. Mango name is taken from the Tamil(one of the Indian languages) word 'mangai'. The origin of Mango is East India . Its scientific name is " Mangifera indica " and belongs to the Anacardiaceae family. It is found in tropical regions of the world. Mango trees are normally 50-100 Ft (10-15 meters) tall with area 4-7 meters and can live up to 300 years. Mango flowers are yellowish-white and small, mango fruit is of size ranging between 5-25cm and shaped like kidney, oval, or round. There are more than 1,000 varieties available, Alphonso  is the most popular variety of Indian mangoes and is considered to be the tastiest and delicious mango in the world. "Mang

INDIA NATIONAL SYMBOLS -1 (Four Loin with ashok chakra)

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World Largest Democracy India having 14 National Symbols. 1. National Symbol - This symbol has taken from Ashokan pillar at Sarnath near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh represents four lions on the top standing back to back showing the power and Royalty. Its base has an elephant, a horse , a bull and a lion separated by intervening wheels over a bell-shaped lotus and a Dharma Chakra represents the Wheel of Law carved on it. This symbol was adopted as the National Symbol of India by the Indian Government on 26th January 1950. The two-dimensional picture of this allegory has become the official symbol of the government now that only shows three of the four lions and the base having the Dharma Chakra in the center and a bull and horse on either side and an engraved phrase that reads 'Satyameva Jayate' (Truth always wins) in the Devanagari script. 2. National Flag. 3. National Anthem. 4. National Song. 5. National Bird. 6. National Animal. 7. National F

INDIA NATIONAL SYMBOLS -3( National Anthem JAN-GAN-MAN )

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" THE   NATIONAL   ANTHEM" Jaana Gaana Maana Adhinayaka Jayehai Bharata bhagya vidhata; Punjaba Sindhu Gujarat Maratha, Dravida Utkala Banga, Vindhya, Himachala, Jamuna, Ganga, Ucchhala Jaladhitaranga; Taba Shubha Naame Jaage Taba Shubha Ashish Maage Gaye taba jaya gaatha. Jana gana mangala dayaka jaya hai  Bharata bhagya vidhata. Jaya he, jaya he, jaya hai,  Jaya jaya jaya, jaya hai! In the year 1950 on the 24th of January, The Constituent Assembly of India decided to adopt the song  JANA-GANA-MANA as The National Anthem. The song was written and composed by noble prize winner "RABINDRANATH TAGORE" . Before this The song VANDE-MA-TARAM was the National Anthem of India written and composed by "BANKIM CHANDRA CHATTOPADHYAY" is now National Song of INDIA. The National Anthem In Hindi fonts:-   जन गण मन अधिनायक जय हे भारत भाग्यविधाता पंजाब सिन्धु गुजरात मराठा द्राविड़ उत्कल बंगा विन्ध्य

INDIA NATIONAL SYMBOLS -10(NATIONAL CURRENCY SYMBOL)

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On 15 th July 2010, The Indian government announced the Indian currency sign which is a combination of the Devanagari letter "र" (ra) and the Latin capital letter "R" without its vertical bar. The two parallel lines on the top with spaces between them gives a feel of Tricolor "TIRANGA" national flag and depict an equality sign, which symbolizes the nation's desire to reduce economic disparity. The government planned to incorporate the new Indian rupee sign into currency notes in denominations of INR 10, 100, 500 and INR1000 from January 2012. The character has been encoded in Unicode 6.0, at code position U+20B9 Indian rupee sign. The Indian currency symbol is Designed by Udaya Kumar, a post-graduate in Design from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay has been chosen from Five sign short-listed from thousands of entries. The competition was held on 5 March 2009, and finally, the symbol created by Udaya Kumar is selected by the Indian fina

INDIA NATIONAL SYMBOLS -11(INDIAN CALENDER)

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The Indian national calendar is based on the Saka Era. The first month is Chaitra and a normal year of 365 days. It is adopted as a national calendar of India on March 22nd, 1957. Dates of the Indian national calendar have a permanent correspondence with the Gregorian calendar dates- 1 Chaitra normally falls on 22 March and on 21 March in a leap year. The National Calendar of India is used along with the Gregorian calendar for the following official purposes- (i) Gazette of India, (ii)calendars issued by the Government of India (iii) news broadcast by All India Radio and (iv) Government communications addressed to the members of the public.

INDIA NATIONAL SYMBOLS -12(NATIONAL RIVER"THE GANGES")

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The Ganges is not only a river in India it is the lifeline of Indian society, culture, heritage, and center of spiritual sustenance of Hindus. It is worshiped as the goddess(Maa Ganga) in India. Holy river the Ganges is declared the National River of India. Its origin is Gangotri glacier (Gomukh 3,900meter) the western Himalayas as the Bhagirathi River in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. The Ganges flows towards south and east through North India to Bangladesh, where it falls into the Bay of Bengal. After Alaknanda meets and merges in Bhagirathi At Devprayag it is known as Ganges(Ganga). The headwaters of the Alakananda are formed by snowmelt from such peaks as Nanda Devi, Trisul, Kamet Satopanth glacier above Badrinath. The Alaknanda also contains the water of the Dhauli, the Vishnu Ganga which meets at Joshimath or Vishnu Prayag, the Mandakini River at Nandprayag, the Pindar River at Karnaprayag, and the Mandakini River at Rudraprayag before meeting Bhagirathi. The

INDIA NATIONAL SYMBOLS -13(NATIONAL AQUATIC ANIMAL"DOLPHIN")

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 The Ganges River Dolphin is commonly known as "SUSU" and the scientific name is ' Platanista Gangetica' declared as National Aquatic Animal of India by the Prime minister in the year 5th October 2009 and also accepted by Ganga Basin Authority(NGRBA). The freshwater dolphins found in the Ganga are a rare species. The Indian government has taken a decision, to save Ganges Dolphins represents the purity of the Ganges river. The Indian Government Planned to clean river The Ganga that cost around 15,000 Crore. A normal dolphin weight 100Kg with a length of 8Ft.Male dolphin is around 90-100 kg with a length of 2.0-2.2 meters on the other hand female dolphin is around 90-115Kg in weight with a length of up to 2.4-2.6 meters. A baby dolphin at the time of birth weighs around 4-7.5 kg with length 70cm -90 cm. The Ganges dolphin breeding season is from January to June and mating takes place around March and June, After a gestati