Tuesday July 13, 2010 10:02
When: 7th May to 15th May 2010 Where: Spitalfields Market, 1 Crispin Place, Shoreditch, E1 6DW For the second consecutive year, London Ghost Week will be hosted by Fright Nights in the capital. The event will commence from 7th May and will go on till 15th May 2010. The event is packed with supernatural spectacular [...]
Sunday October 18, 2009 05:23
Mahasthan means a place of sanctity and garh means fort. A Sanskrit text “Vallalcharita” of the 13th century first mentioned the place “Mahasthan”, to mean the same place the same text also mentions two more names – Pundrakshetra, land of the Pundras, and Pundranagara, city of the Pundras. In 1685, an administrative order mentioned the [...]
Wednesday August 26, 2009 03:31
Paharpur is a name of a village under Jamalganj upazila of Naogaon district. Naogaon is a district of greater Rajshahi. It is almost 270 km from Dhaka city. Paharpur, it had taken its name from a high mound, which looked like Pahar or hillock. It is not a natural hill; the big hill is made [...]