Blog entries from Vishal

Can we save the tiger from extinction?

Vishal Solanki — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:25:45 +0100

About 20 years ago there were about 100000 tigers in the world, out of which approximately 70000 tigers in India. Due to a huge demand in tiger bones, teeth, skin, claws etc. in China, tiger poaching took place on a very large scal all over the world.

Currently it is estimated that about 5000-7000 tigers are still exisitng in this world.Out of these there are about 4000 tigers in India. ndia being the lLees verder...

Man made Sculptures of Hanuman

Vishal Solanki — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:23:44 +0100

De apengod Hanoeman (Hanuman) is in het pantheon van het hindoeisme degodheid die ooit de god Rama hielp bij de redding van zijn vrouw Sita uit de handen van de demonenkoning Ravana, de koning van de Lanka. Hanoeman komt voor in het millennia-oude heldenepos de Ramayana, hij symboliseert de bhakti (devotie) en is vooral populair in het noorden van India.

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Vishal Solanki — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:43:22 +0100

In 1631, Shah Jahan, emperor during the Mugal Empire's period of greatest prosperity, was griefstricken when his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal, died during the birth of their fourteenth child, Gauhara Begum. Construction of the Taj Mahal began in 1632, one year after her death. The court chronicles of Shah Jahan's grief illustrate the love story traditionally held as an inspiration for Taj Mahal.Emperor Shah Jahan himself described the Taj in these words:

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