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The mythological relevance of the place originates with a prophecy in Vishnu Purana (4.24) according to which Shambhala will be the birthplace of Kalki, the next incarnation of Vishnu, who will usher in a new age ; [1] [5] and the prophesied ruling Kingdom of Maitreya, the future Buddha. [6]
Hell (Urban East Norwegian:, Trøndersk:) is a village in the Lånke area of the municipality of Stjørdal in Trøndelag county, Norway.It is located in the western part of the municipality, about 3 kilometres (2 mi) south of the town of Stjørdalshalsen.
Azerbaijan, [a] officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, [b] is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and West Asia. [9] It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south.
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This Country is a British mockumentary sitcom, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Three on 8 February 2017. Created by, written by and starring siblings Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper and directed by Tom George , the series focuses on the day-to-day lives of two cousins living in a small village in the Cotswolds . [ 1 ]
Formerly the Republic of Upper Volta, the country was renamed "Burkina Faso" on 4 August 1984 by then-President Thomas Sankara.The words "Burkina" and "Faso" stem from different languages spoken in the country: "Burkina" comes from Mooré and means "upright", showing how the people are proud of their integrity, while "Faso" comes from the Dioula language (as written in N'Ko: ߝߊ߬ߛߏ߫ faso ...
Qatar, [a] officially the State of Qatar, [b] is a country in West Asia.It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares its sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf.
The country is virtually bisected by a branch of the East African Rift. Eritrea, at the southern end of the Red Sea, is the home of the fork in the rift. The Dahlak Archipelago and its fishing grounds are situated off the sandy and arid coastline. Eritrea may be split into three ecoregions. A hot, arid, coastal plain extend along the country's ...