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.

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.

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.

( 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.

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.

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.

Dham explains, “ The Internet protocol was being used mainly for data and delivering voice over the Internet, which was designed primarily for data transfer and was a tricky problem in terms of technology .” Dham redirected the company to build this new chip to support VoIP ( Voice over Internet Protocol ), among the first in the world at the time.

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

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

* The Shree Raseshwari Radha Rani Temple at Radha Madhav Dham in Austin, Texas, USA, established by Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj, is one of the largest Hindu Temple complexes in the Western Hemisphere, and the largest in North America.

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.

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

Dham completed his graduation in Electrical Engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering in 1971 at the age of 21.

Dham played an instrumental role in the launch of K6 – the " Pentium killer " processor at rival AMD.

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.

After spending a year at AMD post-acquisition, Dham joined another startup in April 1998 – Silicon Spice as its President and CEO.

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.

Dham was awarded the NRI Achievement Award at the NRI Global Summit in Oct 2009 by the NRI institute, a New Delhi-based nonprofit.

Originally, the appellation Char Dham referred to a pilgrimage circuit encompassing four important temples — Puri, Rameshwaram, Dwarka, and Badrinath — located roughly at the four cardinal points of the subcontinent.

After the 1962 war between India and China, however, accessibility to the Chota Char Dham improved, as India's short-lived efforts at Himalayan expansionism required massive road building and other infrastructure investments.

The idol was sent to Salasar and was consecrated at the place presently known as Salasar Dham.

Hundreds of Bhils were shot dead at the Mangarh hillock where they were holding a peaceful meeting by the Mewar and Sirohi forces. The place has become sacred and is better known as the Mangarh Dham.

The Shankracharya Swami Swarupanand Saraswati, having been captivated by serene, placid and celestial beauty of Angrabadi rechristened it as Amreshwar Dham.

Tired and drained after the battle, Vishnu proceeded to Vaikuntha Dham to rejuvenate and meditate in padamaasna ( a yoga posture ) with his head supported by the upper end of his taut bow.

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.

On 22 April 2011, Dham was given People Choice Award and Special Jury Award in the category of Science and technology by Times of India Group ’ s ‘ Light of India Awards ’; recognising Indian achievers abroad.

Accessible until recent times only by arduous and lengthy walking trails that repeatedly exceeded 4000 meters, the Chota Char Dham was long dominated by wandering ascetics and other religious professionals, along with a handful of devoted retirees and wealthy patrons who could afford a traveling entourage.

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.

* Shri Balaji Mandir ( Built by Shree Ramchandra Seva Dham Trust )

Some of the villages are Hariharpur, Pindaruch, Devkuli Dham, Paithan Kabai, Baqui pur, Maheshpatti, Kaligaon, Kansi, Pandaol, Panchobh, Rajarouly-Rampur rouly, Balbhadrapur, Gobindpur, Dharar, Koilakh, Karaj, Nehra, Sahora, Kabilpur, Bahadurpur, Anandpur, Shri Rampur, Deokuli, Rambhadrapur, Ughara, Patore, Ghanshyampur ( famous for Higher cadre services ), Mohanpur, Kamtol, Kothram, Dodhiya, Balha, Dheruk, Mahinam, Pohaddi, Sakhwar ( famous for Mandan Mishra ), Tatuar, Antaur, Aundauly ( famous for milk production by surender kumar jha ) Muraitha, Kathra, lahta, Tumaul, Nawada, Ghonghia ( famous for Makhana ), Beloune, Makrampur, Putai, Dadpatti, kasrour, Kurson Nadiyami, Thengha, Basant, better known as Kharka Basant near Jale.