Colors used in the Maps. Colors used in the Maps.


Colors used in the Maps.Colors used in the Maps.



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Map coloring is the act of assigning different colors to different features on a map.  Color use is always consistent on a single map. The colors used on maps have a relationship to an object or feature on the ground. blue is almost always the color chosen for water.

The Survey of India used seven standard colors to depict the distributional pattern of land use.

  • Black : For lettering boundaries and railways.
  • Blue : For water bodies.
  • Brown : For contours.
  • Green : For forests.
  • Grey : For hill shading.
  • Red : For buildings and roads.
  • Yeliow : For cultivated area.
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Advaita Vedanta

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അദ്വൈത ദര്ശനം വേദാന്തത്തിന്റെ മൂന്ന് ഉപദർശനങ്ങളിൽ ഒന്നാണ് അദ്വൈത സിദ്ധാന്തം. ദ്വൈതവും വിശിഷ്ടാദ്വൈതവുമാണ് വേദാന്തത്തിന്റെ മറ്റ് രണ്ട് ഉപദർശനങ്ങൾ. അദ്വൈതം എന്നാൽ രണ്ട് അല്ലാത്തത് എന്നാണർത്ഥം. മനുഷ്യനും ഈശ്വരനും ഒന്നാകുന്ന ഭാവം. അദ്വൈതം എന്ന വാക്ക് സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്നത് ആത്മവും ബ്രഹ്മവും ഒന്നാണ് എന്നതാണ്. അതായത് ജീവാത്മായ മനുഷ്യനും പരമാത്മാവായ ഭഗവാനും ഒന്നാണെന്ന സങ...

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Longest or Largest or Highest in India

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Largest Cave : Amarnath (J & K) .
The Biggest River Island : Majuli Bramhaputra river, (Assam).
The Highest Airports : Leh Airport (Ladakh).
The Highest Batttle field and the Longest Glacier : Siachen Glacier.
The Highest Road : Road at Khardungla, (in Leh-Manali Sector).
The Largest Artificial Lake : Govind Sagar ( Bhakhra Nangal.
The Largest Dam : Bhakra Dam, on Sutlej river (Punjab).
The Largest Delta : Sunderbans (W. Bengar).
The Largest Desert : Thar (Rajasthan).
The Largest Fresh Water Lake : Kolleru Lake (Andhra Pradesh).
The Largest Lake : Wular Lake (J & K).
The Largest Museum : Indian Museum, Kolkata.
The Largest Planetarium : Birla Planetorium (Kolkata).
The Largest cave temple : Kailash Temple ( Ellora, Maharastra).
The Largest mosque : Jama Masjid (Delhi.
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Onam

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Onam, the biggest and the most important festival of the state of Kerala is celebrated with joy and enthusiasm all over the state by people of all communities. Onam is an annual Hindu festival with origins in the state of Kerala in India. It falls in the Malayalam calendar month of Chingam, which in Gregorian calendar overlaps with August–September. .

The festival commemorates the Mahabali, Vamana (Vishnu avatar), Kashyapa and Parashurama-related mythologies of Hinduism. Onam carnival continues for ten days, starting from the day of Atham and culminating on Thiruvonam. Atham and Thiruvonam are the most important days for Onam festivities. The day of Atham is decided by the position of stars. Onam festival commences from lunar asterism (a cluster of stars smaller than a constellation) Atham (Hastha) that appears ten days before asterism Onam or Thiruvonam.


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