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Original release. Network. BBC Two. Release. 6 January 2017 (2017-01-06) – present. The World's Most Extraordinary Homes is a British documentary miniseries presented by Piers Taylor and Caroline Quentin and is broadcast on BBC Two. [ 1 ] The series was also picked up by Netflix between March 2018 and July 2022. [ 2 ][ 3 ]
India has the sixth-most sites worldwide. The first sites to be listed were the Ajanta Caves, Ellora Caves, Agra Fort, and Taj Mahal, all of which were inscribed in the 1983 session of the World Heritage Committee. The most recent site listed is the Moidams – the Mound-Burial System of the Ahom Dynasty, in 2024. [ 3]
Ancient Indian architecture ranges from the Indian Bronze Age to around 800 CE. By this endpoint Buddhism in India had greatly declined, and Hinduism was predominant, and religious and secular building styles had taken on forms, with great regional variation, which they largely retain even after some forceful changes brought about by the arrival of first Islam, and then Europeans.
Villages in India have features such as courtyards, loggias, terraces and balconies. [125] Calico, chintz, and palampore—of Indian origin—highlight the assimilation of Indian textiles in global interior design. [128] Roshandans, which are skylights-cum-ventilators, are a common feature in Indian homes, especially in North India. [129] [130]
Abdul is a boy in his mid to late teens and a second generation garbage picker. He is the family breadwinner, having taken up the void left when his father's illness left him unable to work. Abdul is accused (along with one of his sisters and his father) of Fatima's death. He is one of the main characters of the book.
Kalighat, the Home of the Pure Heart ( Nirmal Hriday) [1] (formerly Mother Teresa's Kalighat Home for the Dying Destitutes) is a hospice for the sick, destitute and the dying established by St. Mother Teresa [2] [3] in Kalighat, Kolkata, India. Before Mother Teresa sought permission to use it, the building was an old abandoned Hindu temple to ...
Indo-Saracenic architecture (also known as Indo-Gothic, Mughal-Gothic, Neo-Mughal, in the 19th century often Indo-Islamic style [1]) was a revivalist architectural style mostly used by British architects in India in the later 19th century, especially in public and government buildings in the British Raj, and the palaces of rulers of the princely states.
Cedar Hill in Washington, D.C. Cedar Hill, the focal point of the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, served as the residence of the renowned abolitionist, writer, and statesman for 17 ...