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Thirukkavalampadi or Gopalakrishna Perumal Temple is located in Thirunangur in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.It is dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu.Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE.
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The Times Atlas of World History is a historical atlas first published by Times Books Limited, then a subsidiary of Times Newspapers Ltd and later a branch of Collins Bartholomew, which is a subsidiary of HarperCollins, and which in the latest editions has changed names to become The Times Complete History of the World.
In addition to 108 maps, it contained a registry of state leaders. [1] (Carl Grimberg died in 1941, and posthumous editions of his books in Norway were revised by others.) In 1983, Cappelen issued a new world history series Cappelens verdenshistorie in 21 volumes, again with the historical atlas as a supplement. The 166 maps therein were ...
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Name of the temple Deity Planet Sacred day Photo Location Time; Srivaikuntanathan Permual Temple: Surya: Sun: Sunday: Srivaikuntam: 7 am - 12 pm, 5 - 8 pm Vijayaasana Perumal Temple: Chandra: Moon: Monday: Natham 8 am - 12 pm, 1 - 6 pm Vaithamanidhi Perumal Temple: Angaragan: Mars: Tuesday: Thirukolur 7:30 am - 12 pm, 4.30 - 8 pm ThiruPulingudi ...
The design may have inspired later 'Maps of World History' such as the HistoMap by John B. Sparks, which chronicles four thousand years of world history in a graphic way similar to the enlarging and contracting nation streams presented on Adam's chart. Sparks added the innovation of using a logarithmic scale for the presentation of history.