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... festival is a big tourist attraction when elaborate dance dramas are enacted . The festival is dedicated to Guru Padma Sambhava , who brought Buddhism to this region . The word " Gompa " means a solitary place and many gompas such as ...
... festival is a big tourist attraction when elaborate dance dramas are enacted . The festival is dedicated to Guru Padma Sambhava , who brought Buddhism to this region . The word " Gompa " means a solitary place and many gompas such as ...
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... festival is very popular all over India , and it is associated since time immemorial with the harvest - festival , Sankranti , because it is at this time that the breeze is mild and continuous , ideal to propel the kites skyward ...
... festival is very popular all over India , and it is associated since time immemorial with the harvest - festival , Sankranti , because it is at this time that the breeze is mild and continuous , ideal to propel the kites skyward ...
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... festival called ImagineAsia . Theoretically ImagineAsia could have been called Imagine South Asia - a festival of South Asian cinemas . As the very title suggests it should ideally fire the imagination of the western mind about the ...
... festival called ImagineAsia . Theoretically ImagineAsia could have been called Imagine South Asia - a festival of South Asian cinemas . As the very title suggests it should ideally fire the imagination of the western mind about the ...
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