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Interior view of dakhma Early 20th century drawing of the dakhma on Malabar Hill, Mumbai. A dakhma (Persian: دخمه), also known as a Tower of Silence, is a circular, raised structure built by Zoroastrians for excarnation (that is, the exposure of human corpses to the elements for decomposition), in order to avoid contamination of the soil and other natural elements by the decomposing dead ...
Mumbai ( / mʊmˈbaɪ / ⓘ, Marathi: [ˈmumbəi], ISO: Muṁbaī; formerly known as Bombay[ a]) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore ). [ 20] Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the ...
News media in India is owned by business families and individuals along with numerous investors, in the form of joint stock companies, societies, trusts and firms. [ 1] The Government of India owns news media such as DD News and All India Radio. [ 1] While the news media market (readership and viewership) in India is highly concentrated, the ...
The climate of Mumbai is tropical, with defined wet and dry seasons ( Köppen: Aw / Am ). The mean annual temperature is 27.7 °C or 81.9 °F. Average annual rainfall is 2,213.4 millimetres or 87 inches in Colaba, which represents South Mumbai and 2,502.3 millimetres or 99 inches in Santacruz, which represents central and suburban Mumbai. [ 1]
Website. www .kem .edu. The college building. King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College is one of the foremost medical colleges and hospital in India, located in Mumbai, Maharashtra. [ 1] It was founded in 1926; it is affiliated with Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS). [ 2]
St. Michael's Church is one of the oldest Catholic churches in the Mahim suburb of Mumbai (Bombay), India . The church is situated at the junction of LJ Road and Mahim Causeway and is colloquially referred to as Mahim Church due to its location. [ 2] St Michael's is known for its novenas addressed to our Lady of Perpetual Succour on Wednesdays ...
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. was established by Dilip Shanghvi in 1983 in Vapi, Gujarat, with five psychiatry products and a two-person marketing team. Today it is ranked number one in share of prescriptions with 12 classes of doctors in India and a market leader in Psychiatry, Neurology, Cardiology, Orthopaedics, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Diabetology, Dermatology, Urology, ENT ...
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