Hindu temple (Sanskrit: मन्दिर mandir, प्रासाद prāsāda) is a house of god(s).^[1] It is a space and structure designed to bring human beings and gods together, infused with symbolism to express the ideas and beliefs of Hinduism.^[ A Hindu temple, states George Michell, functions as a place of transcendence, where man may cross over (do tirtha) from the world of illusion to one of knowledge and truth.^[1]

The symbolism and structure of a Hindu temple, states Stella Kramrisch,^[] are rooted in Vedic traditions. A temple incorporates all elements of Hindu cosmos - presenting the good, the evil and the human, as well as the elements of Hindu sense of cyclic time and the essence of life - symbolically presenting dharma,kama, artha, moksa and karma.

The spiritual principles symbolically represented in Hindu temples are given in the ancient Sanskrit texts of India (for example, Vedas, Upanishads), while their structural rules are described in various ancient Sanskrit treatises on architecture (Brhat Samhita, Vastu Sastras)^] The layout, the motifs, the plan and the building process recite ancient rituals, geometric symbolisms, and reflect beliefs and values innate within various schools of Hinduism.^[2] A Hindu temple is a spiritual destination for many Hindus (not all), as well as landmarks around which ancient arts, community celebrations and economy flourished.^[

Hindu temples come in many styles, diverse locations, deploy different construction methods and are adapted to different deities and regional beliefs.^[] Yet, almost all Hindu temples share certain core ideas, symbolism and themes. They are found in South Asia particularly India and Nepal, in southeast Asian countries such as Cambodia, Vietnam and islands of Indonesia and Malaysia^] and countries such as Fiji, Mauritius, Guyana, Suriname, South Africa, Europe and North America with a significant Hindu community.^[The current state and outer appearance of Hindu temples reflect arts, materials and designs as they evolved over several millennia; they also reflect the effect of conflicts between Hinduism and Islam since the 12th century.^[

Indian Railways (reporting mark IR / भा. रे) is an Indian state-owned enterprise, owned and operated by the Government of India through the Ministry of Railways. It is one of the world's largest railway networks comprising 115,000 km (71,000 mi) of track over a route of 65,436 km (40,660 mi) and 7,172 stations.^[4] In 2014-15, IR carried 8.397 billion passengers annually or more than 23 million passengers a day (roughly half of whom were suburban passengers) and 1050.18 million tons of freight in the year.^[3] In 2014–2015 Indian Railways had revenues of ₹1634.50 billion (US$26 billion) which consists of ₹1069.27 billion (US$17 billion) from freight and ₹402.80 billion(US$6.4 billion) from passengers tickets.^[2]

Railways were first introduced to India in the year 1853 from Mumbai to Thane. In 1951 the systems were nationalised as one unit, the Indian Railways, becoming one of the largest networks in the world. IR operates both long distance and suburban rail systems on a multi-gauge network of broad, metre and narrow gauges. It also ownslocomotive and coach production facilities at several places in India and are assigned codes identifying their gauge, kind of power and type of operation. Its operations cover twenty nine states and seven union territories and also provides limited international services to Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Indian Railways is the world's seventh largest commercial or utility employer, by number of employees, with over 1.307 million employees as of last published figures in 2013 . As for rolling stock, IR holds over 239,281 Freight Wagons, 62,924 Passenger Coaches and 9,013 Locomotives (43 steam, 5,345 diesel and 4,568 electric locomotives).^[5] The trains have a 5 digit numbering system and runs 12,617 passenger trains and 7421 freight trains daily.^[6] As of 31 March 2013, 20,884 km (12,977 mi) (31.9%) of the total 65,436 km (40,660 mi) route length was electrified.^[7] Since 1960, almost all electrified sections on IR use 25,000 Volt AC traction through overhead catenary delivery.

Hello friends After a long time back History of india is now going to post on fatehpur sikri.Have you heard About Fatehpur sikri.It is one of theHistorical place in india and in this article i am going to tell you a briefHistory and location of Fatehpur sikri.Now let us start with location

LOCATION:

Fatehpur sikri is located UTTAR PRADESH at 35 km away from agra on the vindhya mountain.FIND EXACT LOCATION

                This is all about location and how to reach to fatehpur sikri.Now i am going to discuss a brief history about fatehpur sikri.

BRIEF HISTORY OF FATEHPUR SIKRI.

     First start with name of this city "fatehpur sikri".Are you know why this city has name fatehpur sikri?There is a small story behind this name this city was known as sikrigrah and built by Maharaja sangram singh who is the last emperor of Rajput Raja.Akbar attacks at this city many times but when he attacks at seventh time Rajput left the city Sikrigrah and because of these sikrigrah was named fatehpur sikri(victory on sikri).So this is a small story that how fatehpur sikriMughal emperor Akbar visited to saint salim who said that the second son of your becomes a great ruler.The saint salim was residing near the fatehpur sikri.In 1569 second son was born in akbar's home and Akbar decided to move his capital from agra to fatehpur sikri in honor of Saint Salim.The second son of Akbar was also known as prince Salim and later he grew up as great mughal emperor jahangir. was named.