The Tamil Nadu government probably thought that if the pillar was projected as a secular site, all religious groups would claim access to it for different rituals during various periods.

Eric Gilbertson receives funding from The American Alpine Club. In the middle of a chilly October night in 2025, my two friends and I suited up at the Cottonwood Creek trailhead and started a trek ...

A traverse is said to be open traverse when the traverse starts at one point and terminates at another point as shown in the figure. Open traverse is also called as unclosed traverse. It is suitable ...

The Theodolite is Bungie's first attempt at making an Energy version of one of the most popular Destiny 2 weapons, The Mountaintop. Ever since the latter's return, the Micro Missile Framed gear piece ...

The vessel sank off the island of Kythera in 1802 while transporting a portion of the priceless antiquities Lord Elgin’s team had plundered from the Parthenon. Credit: Ministry of Culture The ...

Daniel Defoe , in his Tour thro’ the Whole Island of Great Britain (1724-26), was unimpressed by the prehistoric remains. Arriving at the circle of nineteen standing stones at Boscawen-Un in Cornwall, ...

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