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Pashupatinath - Holiest Shrines Of The Hindus

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Pashupatinath Temple is located at the eastern part of the Kathmandu valley (NEPAL) on the banks of the holy river Bagmati. Pashupatinath, which literally means ‘the Lord of animals’, is one of the many forms of the Lord. He is the guardian deity, protector of our Country Nepal. Pashupatinath Temple considered as one of the holiest shrines of the Hindus, glorifying Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva or Mahadeva, as he is also known. Shiva.The name Shiva is the Holiest of Holy names Shiva (when used to distinguish lordly status), also known as Siva and written Śiva in the official IAST transliteration. Shiva meaning "One who purifies everyone by the utterance of His name" or the Pure One. He is a form of Ishvara or God in the later Vedic scriptures of Hinduism. Shiva is the supreme God in Shaivism, one of the major branches of Hinduism practiced in Nepal. He is the formless, timeless and spaceless Supreme God. Pilgrims from all over Nepal and India come to Pashupatinath to worship and ...

Email - How It Works

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Email has become one of the primary sources of communication among people in the world today, yet how it works remains a bit of a mystery to many people. In order to shed some light on the subject, let’s follow an email message from the sender to the recipient. Most people use some sort of email client in order to send, receive and organize their email, which is an application such as Outlook, Entourage or Mail. The first step in sending an email is to compose the actual email, which usually opens up a blank email document in the email application. There are two sections to this document, which are known as the header section and the content section. The header section contains information about the email itself, such as the address it is going to, the address it came from, the subject of the email, the application used to create the email and much more. Most of us will only ever deal with providing the recipient address, CC or BCC, and the subject of the email, since most email appli...

The OWL

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Habitant Owls are birds of prey that are especially adapted for hunting at night. Their large eyes enable them to see well under low light conditions. The eyes face forward in a flat, broad-feathered, "facial disk," not found in other birds. In this way, both eyes see the same object at the same time, providing the bird with binocular vision. Binocular vision enables an owl to judge distances between objects and thus increases the bird's ability to maneuver in a crowded environment. Since the eyes are immovably fixed in their sockets, an owl must turn its head to follow moving objects. A long and flexible neck that allows the owl to turn its head more than 3/4 around aids this motion. Food Chain All owls are predators, which means they depend on other animals for food. But very few predators feed on owls. In fact, owls often eat other predators, such as weasels, bats, shrews and insect-eating birds. Therefore, owls hold a position at the top of the food chain. Like man...