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NAVRATRI AND THE NINE GODDESSES

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Navratri is a hindu   festival that spans nine sacred nights(and ten days) and is celebrated twice in a year. The first is Chaitra Navrarti in the beginning of the summer and then Sharada Navratri in the beginning of the winter. The idol of Goddess Durga is worshipped during navratri.Despite the basic story being the same -"Good winning over the evil". It is observed for different reasons and celebrated differently in various parts of the Indian cultural sphere. 1.Maa Shailputri   A woman who's free as Air,Adaptive as Water; Fierce as Fire,Compassionate and Nurturance as Earth, and Serene as Space. Goddess Shailputri is an absolute form of Mother Nature.She is the embodiment of patience and devotion. She is also Goddess Parvati who is revered as the consort of Lord Shiva in this form.Also known as Sati,Bhawani and Hemavati, the Goddess is the daughter of Himalaya.   Affiliation : Shakti,Parvati   Colour: Orange     2.Maa Brahmacharini  

Stock Market

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Everything you need to know !!! The stock market has fascinated people for over a century now. Stocks are even seen by many as the quickest way to get rich. However, there are indeed very few investors who see the stock market and stocks in the right perspective. To most, these are just tickers of prices going up and down. If your ticker goes up, you make money. If it goes down, you lose. That's both the start and the end of the story. But the thoughtful investor is more discerning than that. He looks at stocks not just as quotes going up and down, but as real, live businesses in action. Go one step further and one realize that stocks can be one of the most fabulous asset classes to invest in. They are a vehicle and mechanism that provides ordinary individual investors with some amazing advantages and opportunities. Advantages that are unparalleled by any other asset class. What is the Stock Market? The stock market refers to public markets that exist for issu

10 Deadly Epidemics Of The History

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Humans have been battling pandemics since before our species had even evolved into its modern form. For some viral diseases, vaccines and antiviral drugs have allowed us to keep infections from spreading widely, and have helped sick people recover.We've been able to eradicate some diseases but some left us clueless killing millions of people. But we're a long way from winning the fight against them.Here are some of the greatest epidemics that took millions of life. Except these epidemics there have been various virus outbreaks like Ebola,Hantavirus,Rotavirus,Marburg Virus along with the most recent novel covid-19 but here are the epidemics which were more severe and which shook the very foundation of the human existence. Here are the 10 worst killers, based on the likelihood that a person will die if they are infected with one of them, the sheer numbers of people they have killed. Antonine Plague (165 AD) Death Toll -  5 million Cause - Not known Scholars suspect it