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The Gingee Fort is a scenic stopover on the Bangalore-Puducherry route occupies three hillocks connected by walls enclosing a total area of 7 square kilometres. The name Gingee probably came from Sengiri, Tamil for Red Hill. Built by the Cholas, the strategic fort passed into the hands of the Hoysalas, the Vijayanagar emperors and thence to the Gingee Nayaks. The Mughals, the Bijapur Sultans and the Marathas also controlled the fort successively and each one strengthened it with modifications and new structures.

Concepts: Mobikom A Multi functional Gadget Concept

This multifunctional device consists of various elements that can be fasten to each other with the help of micro-locks. Joining the blocks together will make tablet, as per a user’s whims and fancies.The back of each element has special markings for the user to assemble the device. The attention-grabbing concept has two elements: dynamic and microphone. So you can assemble a mini cell phone sized 22mm X 44mm X 6mm or a tablet with a maximum size of 1.5m X 2m. The tablet is capable of responding to wireless communications like Wi-Fi




There are apertures on the lateral surfaces in the middle of the fixing tapes, which can be used to craft new forms. Wow! A special adapter is required, which will fuel the touch screen with necessary kinetic and thermal energy for successful operation. The productivity and working of Mobikom increases when more elements are connected to the device. So, enjoy the benefits of a mini cell phone and a full sized tablet with Mobikom.

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A mass of fluffy white clouds crowns the lush hills of the islands of Tahiti.
Tahiti and her 13 sister islands make up the Society Islands, tiny volcano- and coral studded protrusions of land that dot the South Pacific about halfway between Australia and South America.

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Surf frosts the sparkling surface of the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Belize in Central America. Sometimes called the American Mediterranean for its location between two continental landmasses, the 1,063,000-square-mile (2,753,000-square-kilometer) body of water is named after the Carib Indians, the dominant peoples in the region when Europeans arrived in the 15th century.

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Foaming waves lap the shores of Bora-Bora as twin peaks Mount Pahia and Mount Otemanu rise from an extinct volcano on the island. An overseas territory of France, Bora-Bora is in the Leeward group of French Polynesia's Society Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

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Swirling sandbars wend their way across Oregon Inlet, part of Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina's Outer Banks. The Outer Banks-a 200 mile long chain of low, slim barrier islands-arc out from the mainland,protecting the coast and shallow sounds from the battering Atlantic.

1. A pair of rainbows arcs over Belize's Glover Reef in the Caribbean Sea. Boasting an incredibly rich variety of marine life and some of the best diving and snorkeling in the Caribbean, Glover Reef is a national marine reserve and was named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1997.

2. Swirling sandbars wend their way across Oregon Inlet, part of Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina's Outer Banks. The Outer Banks—a 200-mile-long (322-kilometer-long) chain of low, slim barrier islands—arc out from the mainland, protecting the coast and shallow sounds from the battering Atlantic

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A pair of rainbows arcs over Belize's Glover Reef in the Caribbean Sea. Boasting an incredibly rich variety of marine life and some of the best diving and snorkeling in the Caribbean, Glover Reef is a national marine reserve and was named a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1997.

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Located in the western Pacific, Palau is made up of more than 250 islands, such as these forested, sand-ringed gems studding sapphire seas.

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Approximately 60 miles (100 kilometers) from Belize City, the almost perfectly circular Blue Hole is more than 1,000 feet (300 meters) across and some 400 feet (120 meters) deep. The hole is the opening to what was a dry cave system during the Ice Age. When the ice melted and the sea level rose, the caves were flooded, creating what is now a magnet for intrepid divers.

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Lacy breakers lap the coral reef that rings Bora-Bora, an ancient sunken volcano 165 miles (266 kilometers) northwest of Tahiti in French Polynesia's Society Islands. Surrounded by sugar-white beaches, an electric-blue lagoon, and some of the clearest water on the planet, Bora-Bora is home to hundreds of species of tropical fish.

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Main view of lakes in Croatia's Plitvice Lakes National Park in Eurpoe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Over 900,000 visitors flock here every year...

1. 1. Croats claim the Mirogoj Cemetery as the world's most beautiful graveyard. Many famous personalities have been laid to rest here, including poet-nationalist Vladimir Nazor, painter Edo Murtić, violinist Zlatko Baloković and Franjo Tuđman, the first President of Croatia..
      
      Read Varun Ramkumar's Croatia travelogue

   2. A path inside the "world's most beautiful graveyard", which was created in 1876 and designed by architect Hermann Bolle. The cemetery was completed only in 1929.
      
      Read Varun Ramkumar's Croatia travelogue

   3. One of the several lakes in the Plitvice Lakes National Park. The 16 lakes are separated into an upper and lower cluster formed by runoff from the mountains, descending from 2,087 feet to 1,650 feet over a distance of 8 km.

   Main view of lakes in Croatia's Plitvice Lakes National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Over 900,000 visitors flock here every year.
   
   Read Varun Ramkumar's Croatia travelogue

2. Croats claim the Mirogoj Cemetery as the world's most beautiful graveyard. Many famous personalities have been laid to rest here, including poet-nationalist Vladimir Nazor, painter Edo Murtić, violinist Zlatko Baloković and Franjo Tuđman, the first President of Croatia..
   
   Read Varun Ramkumar's Croatia travelogue

3. A path inside the "world's most beautiful graveyard", which was created in 1876 and designed by architect Hermann Bolle. The cemetery was completed only in 1929.
   
   Read Varun Ramkumar's Croatia travelogue

4. One of the several lakes in the Plitvice Lakes National Park. The 16 lakes are separated into an upper and lower cluster formed by runoff from the mountains, descending from 2,087 feet to 1,650 feet over a distance of 8 km.

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A man looks at the Kinuseo Falls in awe. Kinuseo Falls are located in the Northern Rockies in British Columbia.

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 The famous Icefields Parkway in Alberta,Canada.

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Take a breath-taking look at the Gros Morne National Park located in Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada.

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A spellbinding view of the Deer Valley Golf and Estates in Canada's Saskatchewan province.

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The highest point in the city of Toronto promises an adrenaline pumping experience. Whether you’re riding the glass elevator (the floor too!) 1,136 feet up for a view of the city like no other, or you’re adventurous enough to walk out onto the solid glass floor and peek at the ant-like cars below, you’re in for a heart-beating good time.

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Taking those first steps may be scary, especially when you have a rushing river below you, but this is no ordinary sight and definitely one that no tourist should miss. Follow in the footsteps of the millions of visitors who have crossed Capilano Suspension Bridge since 1889. Take the unsteady walk to the other end with the raging Capilano river 136 meters below. Take a heart-stopping cliffside journey on the newly opened Cliffwalk on a series of suspended walkways..

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This handout picture received from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), shows a newly discovered snake at an undisclosed location in Tanzania.  The striking black-and-yellow snake is called Matilda’s horned viper, measures some 60 cms and has horn-like scales above its eyes. The snake was named by Tim Davenport, the scientist who discovered it, after his daughter Matilda.

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A panda eats bamboo in its new enclosure at the Chengdu Giant Panda Field Research Centre near Chengdu.  China released six, young captive pandas into semi-wild enclosures as part of a project aimed at helping the endangered bears adapt to the wild and eventually set them free. 

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Buddhist Monks and devotees gather to enter in a fun fair during the Kalachakra Festival in Bodhgaya. Kalachakra 2012, a festival of teachings and meditations will take place from January 1, 2012 for ten days in the northern Indian state of Bihar and will be attended by Tibetan Spiritual Leader The Dalai Lama..

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Reptile keeper Billy Collett tries to control American alligator 'Big Mumma' before raiding her nest at the Australian Reptile Park near Sydney . The park collects the clutch of eggs in order to artificially incubate them to determine the gender before distributing the hatchings to zoos around Australia.

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A woman works on a snow sculpture to be displayed at "Moroz (Frost) City"' snow festival  in Moscow.  Twenty groups of architects and just as many groups of sculptors will use 1,000 cubic meters of snow and 500 blocks of ice to build the city on the territory of 2,500 square meters...

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A baoli at the Hindu Rao Hospital in Delhi. Hindu Rao was a Maratha nobleman in Delhi. His house, in the same compound, belonged to the British Resident of Delhi Sir Edward Colebrooke. The Resident was sacked on charges of corruption in 1827.

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The baoli or stepwell at Firoz Shah Kotla in Delhi. Stepwells were built mostly in India's arid western region, from Delhi west to Rajasthan, Gujarat and Pakistan. They are embellished with architectural features and are often many levels deep.

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Stepwells In Old Delhi...

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A Kashmiri man walks on a deserted road during a snowfall in Srinagar...