For the consecration of the Dham Shri Jagadguru Sankaryacharya Swami Swarupananda Saraswati in the presence of the Chief Minister Shri Pawan Chamling and his wife Smt Tika Maya Chamling did the “ Pran Prastisha ” of the Dham.

The Dham has stay facility for the devotees at “ Yatri Niwas ” which can accommodate more than 90 people at a time.

The Dham has won the National Tourism Awards 2010-11 under the category of “ Most Innovative / Unique Tourism Project ” by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India.

Dham believes that Intel ’ s ability to “ focus and execute ” while maintaining full compatibility of application software with its previous generation microprocessors was the key reason for its success over dozens of these big competitors.

( Ref: Business India 5 – 18 June 1995 ) In 1995, at the age of 45, after spending 16 years at Intel and reaching the top management of the company, Dham had a “ mid -­ life crisis ” and was itching to do something different.

“ One of the biggest lessons I learnt was that it always helps to start defining your product with very early involvement with customers ,” said Dham.

* Dham on cell phones usage and its future: “ There is nothing except maybe Excel spreadsheets that you can ’ t do on a cell phone.

Meanwhile, Dham learnt from dealing with several customers that there was an emerging need for developing chips that could effectively transfer voice over the Internet.

Vinod K. Dham was general manager of the P5 group.

He entered the Dham without Lord Vishnu's permission and saw that the Lord was resting at that time.

According to Hindu mythology, goddess of prosperity and wife of Lord Vishnu, Maha Laxmi also witnessed the whole incident, as she was also present in the Dham at that time.

Hiru Dham Singh was also honored with the title of ‘ Pradhan ’ from the Government of Lhasa.

Located about ten miles from Rajkot, east of Kathiawar, it was called ‘ Vallabhi Dham ’ before it became Valla.

Vinod Dham was born in 1950.

At the University of Cincinnati when NCR needed help, Dham was the only student in his class who had worked longest in semi conductors.

In a Business Week cover story on Intel ’ s new processors, Dham was quoted as the general manager of 586 processor group.

Dham was most pleased about the mindset change.

Dham says he was a keen observer of how Andy Grove built the strategy and the organisation for Intel ’ s success in the microprocessor business.

Even at Intel, Dham took chances, such as his prescient decision to work on processors when he was done with being in R & D. By the time Dham quit Intel, he had already built a tremendous brand for himself.

Having Dham on the board was coup for the small chip maker which has been looking to make a mark in the microprocessor world.

Dham, who had made a career out of microprocessors, was no longer interested in just chips, which form the guts and brains of personal computers.

Dham, with his partner, was extremely hands on in helping these companies in their day-to-day operations.

Badrinath is also one of the four destinations ( with each destination being in different corners of the country ) of the longer Char Dham from which the Chota Char Dham likely draws its name.

Around 1680, a prominent family member Hiroo Dham Singh went to Kailas Mansarovar for pilgrimage.

These two along with Badrinath and Kedarnath form the Chota Char Dham, a holy pilgrimage for the Hindus.

As a young graduate in 1971 Dham worked for Continental Devices India Limited, Delhi, one of India ’ s only private silicon semiconductor start-ups at the time which collaborated with Teledyne Semiconductor in California.

Doing this at front end, Dham said, more than paid for itself by avoiding most revisions in later stages.

Dham could have hewed to a safe course and stayed at Intel for the rest of his career.

Dham convinced the NexGen management to explore what appeared to be a perfect synergy for merging the two companies -­ NexGen had a product but no factories and process technology, AMD had a factory and advanced technology but no product.

With demand for communications-related chips then growing at 20 % per annum, Dham and Silicon Spice's three MIT grad co-founders wanted a piece of the pie.

In a little over two years ( in August, 2000 ), Dham sold Silicon Spice to Broadcom for a whopping U. S. $ 1. 2 billion in an all stock deal.

Having learnt that the opportunities for venture backed startups in India will likely revolve more around services required to meet the needs of India ’ s growing consumer class, Dham subsequently co-founded NEA-IndoUS Ventures a cross border India ­ focused fund in 2006 with New Enterprise Associates ( NEA ).

Dham was profiled at the Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas in 2007, organised by the Ministry of Overseas Affairs of the government of India ; a high recognition for Global Indian Luminaries including Amar Bose, Indra Nooyi, Vinod Khosla, Arun Sarin, Lakshmi Mittal.

Buoyed by " religious tourism " and by the rise of a conservative Hindu population compelled by sites that speak to the existence of an all-India Hindu culture, the Chota Char Dham has become an important destination for pilgrims from throughout South Asia and the diaspora, particularly Bengalis, Marwaris, Oriyas, Marathis, Gujaratis, Delhites and people from Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.

Lakhisarai is a small town and it is famous for its ancient lord Shiva temple ( Ashok Dham ) and Vermilion ( Sindur ) factory.

The town has blessings of many religious mentors, it includes Dargah of Hazrat Nazmudin, Temple of Do-Janti Balaji Dham ( which is famous for its exterior hand made stone bricks construction and in-side Lord Sun painting ), etc.

Salasar Balaji or Salasar Dham in India is a place of religious importance for the devotees of Hanuman.

Dham has over the years been a Board member and an advisor to dozens of private and public companies.

While each of these sites is unique in its own fashion, inclusion in the Char Dham has, over time, caused them be viewed together in popular imagination and in pilgrimage practice.

Important express trains which has stoppage at Nabadwip Dham are15643 UP / 15644 DN Puri-Kamakhya Express15959 UP / 15960 DN Howrah-Tinsukia-Dibrugarh Kamrup Express13141 UP / 13142 DN Sealdah-New Alipurduar / Haldibari Teesta Torsha Express13164 UP / 13165 DN Sealdah-Barauni-Katihar-Saharsha Hatey Bazare Express13145 UP / 13146 DN Sealdah-Radhikapur Radhikapur Express13011 UP / 13012 DN Howrah Maldah Intercity Express13421 UP / 13422 DN Nabadwip Dham-New Frakka Express15721 UP / 15722 DN New Jalpaiguri-Digha Paharia Express12517 UP / 12518 DN Kolkata Guwahati Garib Rath Express.

Dham was profiled among the first and notable Indian American achievers by the Asian Pacific American Program established HomeSpun: Smithsonian Indian American Heritage Project, which will chronicle the story of immigrants from India and their descendants in America

At some point, Badrinath, the last visited and the most important of the four sites in the original Char Dham, also became the cornerstone of a Himalayan pilgrimage circuit, which was dubbed the Chota (" Little ") Char Dham to avoid confusion.