HISTORICAL ARTICLES

Hampi (हम्पी)   I n northern Karnataka,  Hampi  is a temple town   was once the capital of the historical Vijayanagara Dynasty. The former capital of the Vijayanagara Empire, Hampi remains an essential religious hub, housing the Virupaksha, Lakshmi Narasimha, Hemakuta Hill, Big Shivlinga and Vithala temples. The architectural ruins of Hampi are a UNESCO World Heritage Site . Rock-climbing enthusiasts will adore Hampi , considered the bouldering capital of India, and the city's  rocky landscape, dotted with ancient temple ruins, makes for a unique climbing experience . There are innumerable boulders around Hampi that are easy to climb. One can get a stunning view of the ruins spread around Hampi by mounting one of the boulders. Located on the bank of the Tungabhadra River, Hampi has quite a number of tourist attractions like Virupaksha Temple, Vithala Temple and Nandi Statue. It is best to visit Hampi during the three day long Hampi festival held around Octo...

  Leaning Tower of Pisa : In the Italian city of Pisa ,The Leaning Tower of Pisa is the freestanding bell tower or campanile of the cathedral . It also know worldwide for its nearly four-degree lean, the result of an unstable foundation. Experts says the famous tower at Pisa will lean for at least another 200 years . In 1990,It may even stay upright well, almost upright forever .A few ill-advised construction projects accelerated the Leaning Tower's invisibly slow fall during the past couple of centuries and it titled 5.5 degrees , it's acutest angle ever . The tower is situated behind the Pisa Cathedral and is the third-oldest structure in the city's Cathedral Square ,after the cathedral and the Pisa Baptistry. The Tower began to learn during construction in the 12th century , due to soft ground which could not properly support the structure's weight , and it worsened through thee completion of construction  in the 14th century ,by 1990, the tilt had reached 5.5 degree...

    Dinosaurs Suffered From Cancer Dinosaurs may have also suffered from cancer — scientists discover fossil with diseased bone. In 76 to 77 millon years ago,Scientists from Canada's Royal Ontario Museum and McMaster University have identified a malignant bone cancer in the fibula of a Centrosaura apertus fossil. The plant eating,single horned dinosaur ,which roamed the Earth and was diagnosed with osteosarcoma,for the first timr everin a dinosaur . The deformed bone was originally thought to represent a healing fracture.However ,a re-evaluation of the bone revealed unmistakable signs of advanced bone cancer ,although scientists say that this particular dinosaur did not die from the cancer . In most cases,paleontologists are at least 66 million years too late to give dinosaurs medical exams .The living animals perished long ,long ago.But every now and then ,fossil hunters uncover a bone with signs of injury or disease what experts call pathologies. And in the case of a particu...

THE WAY OF THE SHOGUN   The Way of the Shogun was hiking into the Kiso Mountains of Japan and it also had the dreamlike beauty of an anime fantasy. In 1810 ,A Japanese guidebook was written included dire warnings about supernatural threats,Solitary wayfarers met on remote trails might really be ghost,or magical animals in human form.     For two centuries the Nakasendo Way was a major pedestrian route that connected a string of villages providing lodging and sustenance for the shoguns, retainers and daimyo, or feudal lords, travelling between Tokyo and Kyoto. The trail and its villages were largely abandoned in the late 1800s as the power of the shoguns faded and as travellers between the two capitals began making the trek by train or automobile. But in the 1960s Tsugamo and several other villages along the route began campaigns of rediscovery. Modern buildings were removed, and those remaining from the Edo period (1600-1868) were restored or reconstructed. Streets w...