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Indian President has 3 official residences?!

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How many of us know that Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi is not the only official residence of the President of India? YES .....there are two other official residences(office cum residence) for the Indian President. One in Shimla and the other in Hyderabad.   T he Retreat Building (Shimla) R ashtrapati Nilayam (Hyderabad)             They are considered as official retreat residence of the President . The President of India conducts office at least once a year in these two residences.             During winter, the President visits the Retreat Building and stays there for at least two weeks to conduct official business.             Similarly, during summer, the President visits Rashtrapati Nilayam .             These two locations, one being in north and the other in south of India exemplifies the unity of our nation and also the unity of diversified cultures.                   _______________________

New record : World's tallest Lord Murugan statue in India

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            We all know that the Batu caves in Malaysia was holding the tallest Murugan statue in the world.              This Pathumalai Murugan statue in Malaysia is of 140 feet in height.              But now the 146 feet height statue of Lord Murugan at Puthiragoundampalayam near Vazhapadi in Salem district of Tamil Nadu, India has created a new record claiming to have the tallest Lord Murugan statue in the world.              The interesting part is that this statue was constructed by Thiruvarur Thiyagarajan , the same sculptor who constructed the Malaysia Murugan statue in 2006.                                                  _______________

25th January 2023 - Interesting days

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    NATIONAL VOTER'S DAY                                Today(25 January 2023), Election Commission of India is celebrating it's 13th National Voter's Day (NVD). THEME : "Nothing Like Voting, I Vote for Sure"             Government of India decided to celebrate January 25 every year as National Voter's Day in order to encourage more voters to actively participate in the elections and political process.             NVD is celebrated across the nation since 2011 to mark the foundation day of the Election Commission of India, i.e., 25th January 1950.            The main objective of celebrating this day is to create electoral awareness amongst citizens and encourage them to take part in the electoral process.                                           -------------------------------------- NATIONAL IRISH COFFEE DAY                     Irish Coffee is a Cocktail drink.            National Irish Coffee Day falls annually on  January 25th and its celebrated worldwi