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Badrinath temple, sometimes called Badrinarayan temple, is situated along the Alaknanda river, in the hill town of Badrinath in Uttarakhand state in India. It is widely considered to be one of the holiest Hindu temples, and is dedicated to god Vishnu. The temple and town are one of the four Chota Char Dham pilgrimage sites. It is also one of the 108 Divya Desams, holy shrines for Vaishnavites. The temple is open only six months every year (between the end of April and the beginning of November), due to extreme weather conditions in the Himalayan region. Several murtis are worshipped in the temple. The most important is a one meter tall statue of Vishnu as Lord Badrinarayan, made of black Saligram stone. The statue is considered by many Hindus to be one of eight swayam vyakta keshtras, or self-manifested statues of Vishnu.[1] The murti depicts Vishnu sitting in meditative posture, rather than His far more typical reclining pose. In November each year, when the town of Badrinath is closed, the image is moved to nearby Jyotirmath. Devotees take holy dip at natural hot water spring in Badrinath
Badrinath: Devotees took holy dip at a natural hot water spring, located near the revered Hindu shrine in Badrinath. | Hundreds of devotees and pilgrims came from different parts of the country, to ta... (photo: Creative Commons / Raji.srinivas) Zeenews
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A bus carrying Palestinian passengers arrive from the Egyptian side as Egyptian soldiers guard at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on May 22, 2013. Egypt re-opened the border crossing on Wednesday five days after they sealed it of the abduction of seven security personnel. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN Egypt leader claims victory in captives' release
SARAH EL DEEB | Associated Press= CAIRO (AP) — The safe release Wednesday of seven conscripts kidnapped by suspected militants in Sinai brought a victory for Egypt's Islamist president after months ... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The Guardian
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File - In this Tuesday, April 30, 2013 photo, a Lebanese army soldier rides a motorcycle, and passes in front of Syrian flag, in the predominantly Alawite neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon. Ten dead in sectarian clashes in Lebanon's Tripoli
At least 10 people have died and 70 have been wounded in the latest round of sectarian violence in Lebanon's capital, Tripoli. | Four people were killed overnight in fighting between Alawite supp... (photo: AP / Bilal Hussein) BBC News
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People greet Bollywood actor and Samajwadi Party General Secretary Sanjay Dutt, right, during an election campaign rally in Buxar, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. Sanjay Dutt: India Bollywood actor moved to Pune's Yerwada jail
Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt has been moved to Pune's Yerwada jail where he will finish his sentence for firearms offences linked to blasts which killed 257 people in Mumbai in 1993. | The actor ga... (photo: AP / Prashant Ravi) BBC News
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Israeli soldiers work on top of a tank in a position in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, on the border with Syria, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Israel warns Syria of 'consequences' if Golan fire continues
May 21: | The head of Israel's armed forces warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday of "consequences" if fire continues from Syrian territory against Israeli troops in the occupied Golan He... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit) The Siasat Daily
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Suspected members of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, are detained by the military, in Bukavu Barracks in Kano state, Nigeria, Wednesday, March 21, 2012. Nigeria: Islamic extremist inmates to be released
ENUGU, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military said Tuesday that the West African nation would release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country's fight against Islamic extremists — including al... (photo: AP / Salisu Rabiu) San Francisco Chronicle
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