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A hillock or knoll is a small hill, [1] usually separated from a larger group of hills such as a range. Hillocks are similar in their distribution and size to small mesas or buttes . This particular formation occurs often in Great Britain and China .
Saripalli is a village in Nellimarla mandal of Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh, India.. Located on the banks of Champavathi River, Saripalli is famous for Dibbi Lingeswara Swami temple, constructed between the seventh and tenth centuries by Kalingas, featuring beautiful sculptures on the temple walls; [1] and Ramalingeswara Swamy temple on a small hillock near adjacent to the village ...
This is a small hillock in the north east of the village. Between a split area of this hillock there are signs of megalithic period settlement. The hillock contains a cavern called Dasimadam where Tamizhi inscriptions dated to 1st century CE [3] is found. The epigraph is in Tamil (except for the title in Prakrit) and reads "Satiyaputo Atiyan ...
Govindgiri Banjara was a social and religious reformer among the tribes of the Rajasthan and Gujarat areas of India. [4]He had run afoul of the local princely state rulers, notably Sunth, Banswara, Idar, and Dungarpur because of his critique of the Indian hierarchy and its exploitation of the adivasi, and the subsequent social disruptions by his followers that his doctrines caused.
The shrine is located on a small hillock north of the town. Friday is the day of weekly market in Mantha, this day is regarded as big day or important day in Mantha. People from small villages around comes to Mantha for their weekly shopping. Place of weekly market is in between Bus stand and Government Rural Hospital(RH).
Port Townsend, Washington. Population: 9,710 Founded: 1851 Nearest city: Seattle (41 miles; 112 miles by road) In the late 19th century, Port Townsend was a boomtown, as people expected the town ...
People who live in small towns and rural areas are happier than everyone else, according to new research out of Canada. ... Researchers found life was significantly more miserable in bigger cities ...
The attractive feature of this village is the presence of hillock called Adukkankal. Since it looks as if large stones are piled up one over the other, it got its name (in Tamil "Adukku" means "pile up" and "kal" means "stone"). Just above the bottom of the hillock, Tamil-Brahmi Jain inscriptions are seen. In the bottom of this hillock, two ...