A 10th century sandstone statue of an Apsara from Madhya Pradesh, India.

The BARC and the Indian government has consistently maintained that the reactors are used for this purpose only: Apsara ( 1956 ; named by the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru when he likened the blue Cerenkov radiation to the beauty of the Apsaras ( Indra's court dancers ), CIRUS ( 1960 ; the " Canada-India Reactor " with assistance from Canada ), the now-defunct ZERLINA ( 1961 ; Zero Energy Reactor for Lattice Investigations and Neutron Assay ), Purnima I ( 1972 ), Purnima II ( 1984 ), Dhruva ( 1985 ), Purnima III ( 1990 ), and Kamini.

Maya Devi Temple in Lumbini, Nepal.

Major Temple cities: Puri, which hosts a major Vaishnava Jagannath temple and Rath Yatra celebration ; Katra, home to the Vaishno Devi temple ; Three comparatively recent temples of fame and huge pilgrimage are Shirdi, home to Sai Baba of Shirdi, Tirumala-Tirupati, home to the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple ; and Sabarimala, where Swami Ayyappan is worshipped.

The Doddagaddavalli Lakshmi Devi (" Goddess of Wealth ") Temple is an exception as it is dedicated to neither Vishnu nor Shiva.

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* Vaishno Devi Temple in Katra Jammu

There is a temple built in Manali, Himachal Pradesh for Ghatotkacha near Hidimba Devi Temple.

Kizhathadiyoor Puthiyakavu Devi Temple, Chembittambalam Kizhathadiyoor Thrukkayil Mahadeva Temple, Murikkumpuzha Devi Temple, Idayattu Bala Ganapathy Temple, Narasimha Swami Temple, Vellappattu Sree Vana Durga Bhagavathy Temple ( the only temple in Kottayam district where Jeevatha ezhunnallathu is performed ), Thattarakathu Bhagavathy Temple, Ooraasala Subrahmanya Swami Temple and Anakkulangara Bhagavathy Temple, Kochidappady Sree Shanmugha swami Temple are the other temples situated within the boundaries of Pala Municipality.

Three sites in Madhya Pradesh have been declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO: the Khajuraho Group of Monuments ( 1986 ) including Devi Jagadambi temple, Rewa, Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi ( 1989 ) and the Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka ( 2003 ).

There are five airports in the state: Devi Ahilyabai Holkar International Airport in Indore ( the busiest ), Raja Bhoj Airport in Bhopal, Jabalpur Airport, Gwalior Airport and Khajuraho Airport.

These universities include Jawaharlal Nehru Agriculture University, Madhya Pradesh Veterinary Sciences University, Madhya Pradesh Medical University, Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Barkatullah University, Devi Ahilya University, Rani Durgavati University, Vikram University, Jiwaji University Gwalior and Dr HariSingh Gaur University ( Sagar University ).

In addition to all universities in Maharashtra, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda ( Gujarat ), Osmania University ( Andhra Pradesh ), Gulbarga university ( Karnataka ), Devi Ahilya University of Indore and Goa University ( Panaji ) all have special departments for higher studies in Marathi linguistics.

President Narayanan returned for reconsideration the advices from the Union cabinet to impose President's rule in a state, in accordance with Article 356, in two instances: one from the Gujral government ( 22 October 1997 ) seeking to dismiss the Kalyan Singh government in Uttar Pradesh, and the other from the Vajpayee government ( 25 September 1998 ) seeking to dismiss the Rabri Devi government in Bihar.

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There is a temple built in Manali, Himachal Pradesh for Ghatotkacha near Hidimba Devi Temple.

Mulayam Singh Yadav was born to Murti Devi and Sughar Singh on 22 November 1939 in the village Saifai of Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh in India.

Vinay Katiyar was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh to Devi Charan Katiyar and Shyam Kali on November 22, 1954 .< ref >

There are many more temples to Shakambari in other parts of India, such as in Nagewadi, Maharashtra ; near Satara ; in Shakambari Devi near Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, and in Sambhar in Rajasthan.

Devi Prasad Tripathi was born in Uttar Pradesh.

Singh was born in Himachal Pradesh, India to Jwala Ram ( father ) and Tandi Devi ( mother ); he is one of seven siblings.

* Phoolan Devi, with Marie-Therese Cuny, and Paul Rambali, The Bandit Queen of India: An Indian Woman's Amazing Journey from Peasant to International Legend Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2006 ISBN 978-1-59228-641-6

* 2005 – A stampede at the Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi in India kills at least 258.

* Mira Nair's 1996 film Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love highlights the profession of courtesans in 16th-century India, featuring Rasa Devi ( Rekha ) and Maya ( Indira Varma )..

* Sita Devi Hospital, a general hospital in Jaipur, India

* Devi Sri Prasad, a film composer of south India

Devi Mahamāyā is also a Kuldevata of the Gowd Saraswat Brahmins and Daivajnas of the western coast of India.

Became the first to penetrate the Nanda Devi Sanctuary in India ( later summited by Tillman ).

In 1976 Unsoeld and his daughter Nanda Devi were on an expedition to climb her namesake mountain Nanda Devi, the second highest peak in India.

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* IDR, IATA code for Devi Ahilyabai Holkar International Airport, Indore, India

Raj Kapoor was born in Peshawar, British India ( present day Pakistan ) to Prithviraj Kapoor and Ramsarni ( Rama ) Devi Kapoor ( née Mehra ).

Satya Parkash Choubey, the son of Bageshwari Dubey and Phulamati Devi, was born at the village of Sahpur in the Siwan district of Bihar, India.

Sannyasini Gauri Mata Puri Devi: Founder of Sri Sri Saradeshwari Ashram, oldest women's convent in the direct lineage of Sri Ramakrishna and Sri Sarada Devi in 1895, kolkatta, India.

* 25 January – A stampede at the Mandher Devi temple in Mandhradevi during a religious pilgrimage in India kills at least 215, mostly women and children.

Rabri Devi ( born 1959 ) served three terms as the Chief Minister, of Bihar, India, as a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal political party, between 1997 and 2005.

* The massive Kandariya Mahadeva Hindu Temple is completed in the Chandela capital of Khajuraho.

Dulhadeo Temple, Khajuraho

* Vamana Temple, Eastern Group of Temples, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh.

Khajuraho has no forts because the Chandel Kings never lived in their cultural capital. The Matangeshwar Shiva temple was Built by King Chanradeo Chandel Dynasty of Rajpoot, the King was devotee of lord Matangeshwar Shiva, there is 8 feet Linga of Lord Shiva in temple ,, The MATANGDEV was the 10th Incarnation of Lord Shiva. The Matangdev was born in Patna / Pataliputra town which is historical city of Bihar state of India, Maheshwary community of Sindh, Gujarat and Maharashtra are the devotee of lord Matangdev which is known as Matangeshwar Shiva and also known as MAHESHWAR SHIVA, Matrunjay Shiva, so that Maheshwary caste is attached with Maheshwar Shiva, Temple is known for its Art Sculpture and statue and is tourist attraction and world famous temples.

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An example of Nagara architecture is the Kandariya Mahadeva Temple, the largest and loftiest temple of the Khajuraho, with its mature planning, designing and dimensions.

Ranipur-Jharial, Orissa, India houses one among the five existing rare monuments of Hypaethral temples dedicated to 64 yoginis in India ( the other four are Chausath Jogini Temple at Hirapur near Bhubaneswar, Khajuraho and Bheraghat near Jabalpur ) and Dudhai near Lalitpur.

It has a diverse culture, and includes the Hindu pilgrimage centers of Char Dham, Haridwar, Mathura, Allahabad and Varanasi, the Buddhist Mahabodhi Temple, the Sikh Golden Temple and the Muslim pilgrimage destination of Ajmer, as well as world heritage sites such as the Valley of flowers, Khajuraho, Bhimbetka Caves, Qutb Minar and the Taj Mahal.

# Nandi Temple, Western Group of Temples, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh

Temple of Visvanatha, Khajuraho, Central India, 10th century

She quit movies after her last appearance in the 2002 film Divine Temple Khajuraho.