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  Khajuraho Group of Monuments UNESCO World Heritage Site Location Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh, India Criteria Cultural: i, iii Reference 240 Inscription 1986 (10th  session ) Coordinates Location in Madhya Pradesh state of India Show map of India Show map of Madhya Pradesh Show all most importent links for students and reader  khajuraho temple image gallery khajuraho tourism khajuraho temple upsc khajuraho hotels ancient vulgar sculptures khajuraho dance festival खजुराहो समूह का स्मारक छतरपुर जिले, मध्य प्रदेश, भारत में झांसी के 175 से दक्षिणपूर्व में हिंदू मंदिरों और जैन मंदिरों का एक समूह है। वे यूनेस्को की विश्व धरोहर स्थल हैं। [१] [२] मंदिर अपनी नागर शैली की स्थापत्य शैली और उनकी कामुक मूर्तियों के लिए प्रसिद्ध हैं। [३] ज्यादातर खजुराहो मंदिरों का निर्माण 950 ईस्वी से 1050 ईस्वी के बीच चंदेला राजवंश द्वारा किया गया था। [4] [5] ऐतिहासिक अभिलेखों से पता चलता है कि खजुराहो मंदिर स्थल में 12 वीं शताब्दी तक 85 मंदिर थे, जो 20 वर्ग किलोमीटर में फैला था। इनमें से ...

                                                Tikal: The Mayan City of the Jaguar God A bustlingcity-state which flourished from the year 300 to 850 CE. This is Tikal, also known as Mutul -- theCity of the Jaguar God of the Underworld. Perhaps less known and less celebrated thanPalenque, Teotihuacan, or other ancient cities of central America, Tikal is wonderfully preservedand simply breath-taking, with its towering pyramids emerging from the greenery. Along the way, we are going to find out aboutthe Mayas’ history, complex religion, and the two reasons why we should be thankfulfor them.  History of Tikal  The Maya were a native people of Mexico and Central America who inhabited the lands comprisingmodern-day Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Tabasco, and Chiapas. Their civilization stretched well beyond current-dayMexican borders, southward through ...

Pyatak Prison: The Russian Alcatraz                                                      Pyatak Prison About 460 km north of Moscow, in the Vologdaprovince, a small lake rests among a sprawling woodland. The lake is called Novozero and its middlestands an island called Ognenny Ostrov. Despite its name meaning “Fiery Island”or “Fire Island”, it is surrounded by ice most of the year, connected to the mainlandonly by a narrow bridge. Fire Island is home to one of the most desolateprisons of the Russian penitentiary system. Its official name is Prison No. OE 256/5, but convicts and guards call itsimply “Pyatak” – or “slash five” in Russian. At least until 2009, the high security prison,known as “Russia’s Alcatraz” housed 170 convicts, amongst the most violent criminalsin the Country. Unlike other prisons in the Russian Federation,like the infamou...

                                                                                                                                                    Kowloon Walled City                            Kowloon Walled City: Hong Kong's City of Darkness Imagine, if you will, a city of eternal night. A place so intensely crowded that sunlightnever penetrates its alleyways. Overhead, wires dangle from the ceilings. Neon signs fizz in doorways. All around you, 33,000 people are crammedinto self-built apartments barely 10m square, while overhead great airships...