The Tirumala temples nestles amidst the peaks of the seven hills of Tirumala. The temple can be approached from Tirupati by a 15 km road. It is a pleasant drive for people who admire the tropical greenery on these hills. Many pilgrims even today take a path by foot making an 11 km trek to the temple. For the devotees, the deity Venkateshwara symbolizes goodness; with his conch he creates the cosmic sound that destroys ignorance and with his disc he destroys evil. Venkateshwara is considered to be the most powerful Hindu deity, he is believed to be the ful ...

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Tirupathi, Tirupathi - Tirumala—The abode of Lord Venkateswara, Tirupathi - History, Tirupathi - The Tirumala Temple, Tirupathi - The festivals, Tirupathi - The world's largest solar cooker

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Álfheim - About the region and its folk. The Ynglinga saga, when relating the events of the reign of King Gudröd (Guðröðr) the Hunter relates: Álfheim, at that time, was the name of the land between the Raumelfr ['Raum Elf river', the modern Glomma river] and the Gautelfr ['Gaut Elf river', the modern Göta älv]. The words "at that time" indicates the name for the region was archaic or obsolete by the 13th century. The element elfr is a common word for 'river' and ...

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Álfheim, Álfheim - The Elven abode, Álfheim - In Old Norse texts, Álfheim - In English text, Álfheim - Used by J. R. R. Tolkien, Álfheim - The region in Scandinavia, Álfheim - About the region and its folk, Álfheim - Traditions of Álf the Old, Álfheim - Later kings of Álfheim, Álfheim - Variant spellings

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South African nationality law - Citizenship of the UK & Colonies. On 2 September 1949, most British subjects from South Africa acquired South African citizenship. Those who did not become South African generally became citizens of the UK & Colonies provided that they had no connections with any other Commonwealth country or Ireland. Such persons would only have acquired British citizenship in 1983 if they had acquired a right of abode in the UK at the time. Otherwise they would have become ...

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South African nationality law, South African nationality law - Citizenship by Birth in South Africa, South African nationality law - South African Citizenship by Descent, South African nationality law - Naturalisation as a South African citizen, South African nationality law - Loss of Citizenship - Naturalised South Africans, South African nationality law - Dual nationality, South African nationality law - British Nationality and South Africa, South African nationality law - Citizenship of the UK & Colonies, South African nationality law - South African Citizens - 1949 to 1962, South African nationality law - Right of Abode in the United Kingdom, South African nationality law - Commonwealth Citizenship

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Politics of Hong Kong - Right of Abode. Main article: Right of abode issue, Hong Kong On 29 January 1999, the Court of Final Appeal, the highest judicial authority in Hong Kong interpreted several Articles of the Basic Law, in such a way that the Government estimated would allow 1.6 million Mainland China immigrants to enter Hong Kong within ten years. This caused ...

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Citizenship can be acquired through naturalisation if the following conditions are met: Valid residence permit or Certificate of Exemption; One year’s ordinary residence in South Africa prior to the application for naturalisation; Four years of physical (actual) residence in South Africa during the eight years before the application for naturalisation. (This excludes the year of ordinary residence); In the case of an applicant for naturalisation being married in a spousal relationship with a South Af ...

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South African nationality law, South African nationality law - Citizenship by Birth in South Africa, South African nationality law - South African Citizenship by Descent, South African nationality law - Naturalisation as a South African citizen, South African nationality law - Loss of Citizenship - Naturalised South Africans, South African nationality law - Dual nationality, South African nationality law - British Nationality and South Africa, South African nationality law - Citizenship of the UK & Colonies, South African nationality law - South African Citizens - 1949 to 1962, South African nationality law - Right of Abode in the United Kingdom, South African nationality law - Commonwealth Citizenship

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The South Asians of Hong Kong include different subgroups owing to their diverse geographic, linguistic, and religious origins. South Asians in Hong Kong - Nepalese. Nepalese people in Hong Kong are mainly ex-British Army Gurkhas who, on leading army service decided to remain in Hong Kong. Due to the Brigade of Gurkhas being based in Hong Kong during the 1970s up until the handover, many Gurkhas gained the length of time of residency to remain in Hong Kong as permanent residents. Thus there is a particularly high Nepalese population in Shek Kong, Yuen Long Dist ...

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South Asians in Hong Kong, South Asians in Hong Kong - History, South Asians in Hong Kong - Nationality and right of abode, South Asians in Hong Kong - Demographics, South Asians in Hong Kong - Nepalese, South Asians in Hong Kong - Sindhis, South Asians in Hong Kong - Sikhs, South Asians in Hong Kong - Jains, South Asians in Hong Kong - Parsis, South Asians in Hong Kong - Tamils, South Asians in Hong Kong - South Asian Jews, South Asians in Hong Kong - Others, South Asians in Hong Kong - Languages

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The Republic of South Africa has recently changed its official position with regards to dual nationality. Prior to 2004, South Africa in principle did not recognise the multiple citizenship of its nationals unless the citizen applied for an exemption or permission letter under a 1995 law permitting South African citizens to travel using foreign passports. Many white South Africans have claims to another citizenship, especially the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, or Greece (see: Demographics of South Africa). The country's small Jewish com ...

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South African nationality law, South African nationality law - Citizenship by Birth in South Africa, South African nationality law - South African Citizenship by Descent, South African nationality law - Naturalisation as a South African citizen, South African nationality law - Loss of Citizenship - Naturalised South Africans, South African nationality law - Dual nationality, South African nationality law - British Nationality and South Africa, South African nationality law - Citizenship of the UK & Colonies, South African nationality law - South African Citizens - 1949 to 1962, South African nationality law - Right of Abode in the United Kingdom, South African nationality law - Commonwealth Citizenship

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Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The government is economically very liberal and is rather democratic but with limited suffrage for special elections. The head of government (the Chief Executive of Hong Kong) is not elected directly but through an electoral college which is partially appointed with the rest elected in special elections with limited suffrage. The Basic Law comprises the constitution, which was approved in Marc ...

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Politics of Hong Kong, Politics of Hong Kong - Overview, Politics of Hong Kong - Government structure, Politics of Hong Kong - Executive branch, Politics of Hong Kong - Legislative branch, Politics of Hong Kong - Judicial branch, Politics of Hong Kong - Major political issues in recent years, Politics of Hong Kong - Right of Abode, Politics of Hong Kong - Basic Law Article 23, Politics of Hong Kong - Universal suffrage, Politics of Hong Kong - The 1 July Protests, Politics of Hong Kong - Resignation of Tung Chee-hwa and interpretation of Basic Law, Politics of Hong Kong - Political Reform Package, Politics of Hong Kong - Nationality and citizenship, Politics of Hong Kong - Chinese nationality, Politics of Hong Kong - British nationality, Politics of Hong Kong - Political parties and leaders, Politics of Hong Kong - Political pressure groups and leaders

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Politics of Hong Kong - Executive branch. Donald Tsang was formally sworn in and installed into the office of Chief Executive on June 24, having been elected 16 June and appointed by the Central People's Government on 21 June. Tung Chee-Hwa, Hong Kong's first Chief Executive, assumed office formally on July 1, 1997, following his election by the 400-member Election Committee which was in turn generated by the Preparatory Committee of the HKSAR. The process had been so designed such that Chief Executive can ...

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Politics of Hong Kong, Politics of Hong Kong - Overview, Politics of Hong Kong - Government structure, Politics of Hong Kong - Executive branch, Politics of Hong Kong - Legislative branch, Politics of Hong Kong - Judicial branch, Politics of Hong Kong - Major political issues in recent years, Politics of Hong Kong - Right of Abode, Politics of Hong Kong - Basic Law Article 23, Politics of Hong Kong - Universal suffrage, Politics of Hong Kong - The 1 July Protests, Politics of Hong Kong - Resignation of Tung Chee-hwa and interpretation of Basic Law, Politics of Hong Kong - Political Reform Package, Politics of Hong Kong - Nationality and citizenship, Politics of Hong Kong - Chinese nationality, Politics of Hong Kong - British nationality, Politics of Hong Kong - Political parties and leaders, Politics of Hong Kong - Political pressure groups and leaders

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Politics of Hong Kong - Chinese nationality. Before and after the handover, the PRC recognises the ethnic Chinese people in Hong Kong as its citizens. The PRC issues Home Return Permits for them to enter the mainland China. Most residents of Hong Kong are PRC citizens, by virtue of the PRC Memorandum to the Sino-British Joint Declaration. Hong Kong issues the HKSAR passport through its Immigration Department to all PRC citizens who are permanent residents of Hong Kong (permanen ...

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Politics of Hong Kong, Politics of Hong Kong - Overview, Politics of Hong Kong - Government structure, Politics of Hong Kong - Executive branch, Politics of Hong Kong - Legislative branch, Politics of Hong Kong - Judicial branch, Politics of Hong Kong - Major political issues in recent years, Politics of Hong Kong - Right of Abode, Politics of Hong Kong - Basic Law Article 23, Politics of Hong Kong - Universal suffrage, Politics of Hong Kong - The 1 July Protests, Politics of Hong Kong - Resignation of Tung Chee-hwa and interpretation of Basic Law, Politics of Hong Kong - Political Reform Package, Politics of Hong Kong - Nationality and citizenship, Politics of Hong Kong - Chinese nationality, Politics of Hong Kong - British nationality, Politics of Hong Kong - Political parties and leaders, Politics of Hong Kong - Political pressure groups and leaders

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The three main political parties are as follows. Each holds a significant portion of LegCo. Twelve members are registered as affiliated with the DAB, ten with the Liberal Party, and nine with the Democratic Party. There are also many unofficial party members: politicians who are members of political parties but have not registered such status in their election applications. There are two major blocs: the democratic camp and the pro-Beijing camp. Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) (Ma Lik, chairman) Democratic Party (Lee Wing Tat, ...

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Politics of Hong Kong, Politics of Hong Kong - Overview, Politics of Hong Kong - Government structure, Politics of Hong Kong - Executive branch, Politics of Hong Kong - Legislative branch, Politics of Hong Kong - Judicial branch, Politics of Hong Kong - Major political issues in recent years, Politics of Hong Kong - Right of Abode, Politics of Hong Kong - Basic Law Article 23, Politics of Hong Kong - Universal suffrage, Politics of Hong Kong - The 1 July Protests, Politics of Hong Kong - Resignation of Tung Chee-hwa and interpretation of Basic Law, Politics of Hong Kong - Political Reform Package, Politics of Hong Kong - Nationality and citizenship, Politics of Hong Kong - Chinese nationality, Politics of Hong Kong - British nationality, Politics of Hong Kong - Political parties and leaders, Politics of Hong Kong - Political pressure groups and leaders

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The pre-incarnational events are all those that occurred prior to the earthly incarnation of Mayon. Ayyavazhi mythology - The first six Yugas. The first Yuga ("aeon" or "era") was called Neetiya Yuga. During this time, divine, human and all other virtues flourished without hindrance. The human race lived united as a family, without distinctions of caste, and were not subjected to uliyams (pronounced oozhiyam, and meaning slavery or severe labour). They did not fear demons, and there wa ...

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Ayyavazhi mythology, Ayyavazhi mythology - Pre-incarnational events, Ayyavazhi mythology - The first six Yugas, Ayyavazhi mythology - The Santror, Ayyavazhi mythology - Kalineesan Kali Yuga and Kalimayai, Ayyavazhi mythology - Thirumal in Thiruvananthapuram, Ayyavazhi mythology - Incarnational events, Ayyavazhi mythology - Preparing for incarnation, Ayyavazhi mythology - Mayon — on the identity of his people, Ayyavazhi mythology - Final admonition through Thiruvasakam, Ayyavazhi mythology - Deciding to incarnate as Vaikundar, Ayyavazhi mythology - The incarnation, Ayyavazhi mythology - Post-incarnational events, Ayyavazhi mythology - Vaikundar's emergence out of the sea, Ayyavazhi mythology - Vaikundar's journey to Detchanam, Ayyavazhi mythology - Tavam, Ayyavazhi mythology - Burning of the demons, Ayyavazhi mythology - Seizing the power of magic witchcraft sorcery trickery etc., Ayyavazhi mythology - Exhortations, Ayyavazhi mythology - Vaikundar's trial, Ayyavazhi mythology - Thuvayal Thavasu, Ayyavazhi mythology - Marriage with the Seven Virgins, Ayyavazhi mythology - Festivals and celebrations, Ayyavazhi mythology - Vaikundar as the Reigning King, Ayyavazhi mythology - Marriage with the Deities, Ayyavazhi mythology - Ascending to Vaikundam the abode of Thirumal, Ayyavazhi mythology - Dharma Yukam [The final victory]

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Pre-incarnational events

Incarnational events include preparations for incarnation, the event of incarnation, and the proclamations and instructions given to the newly incarnated god. Since Mayon's incarnation, as Ayya Vaikundar, is the foremost power, this is considered to be the most important part in Akilattirattu Ammanai. Below is an elaboration of these events. Ayyavazhi mythology - Preparing for incarnation. Seeing the degraded status of the Santror, the celestial gods made a plea to Mayon as follows: “Our young brothers, ...

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Ayyavazhi mythology, Ayyavazhi mythology - Pre-incarnational events, Ayyavazhi mythology - The first six Yugas, Ayyavazhi mythology - The Santror, Ayyavazhi mythology - Kalineesan Kali Yuga and Kalimayai, Ayyavazhi mythology - Thirumal in Thiruvananthapuram, Ayyavazhi mythology - Incarnational events, Ayyavazhi mythology - Preparing for incarnation, Ayyavazhi mythology - Mayon — on the identity of his people, Ayyavazhi mythology - Final admonition through Thiruvasakam, Ayyavazhi mythology - Deciding to incarnate as Vaikundar, Ayyavazhi mythology - The incarnation, Ayyavazhi mythology - Post-incarnational events, Ayyavazhi mythology - Vaikundar's emergence out of the sea, Ayyavazhi mythology - Vaikundar's journey to Detchanam, Ayyavazhi mythology - Tavam, Ayyavazhi mythology - Burning of the demons, Ayyavazhi mythology - Seizing the power of magic witchcraft sorcery trickery etc., Ayyavazhi mythology - Exhortations, Ayyavazhi mythology - Vaikundar's trial, Ayyavazhi mythology - Thuvayal Thavasu, Ayyavazhi mythology - Marriage with the Seven Virgins, Ayyavazhi mythology - Festivals and celebrations, Ayyavazhi mythology - Vaikundar as the Reigning King, Ayyavazhi mythology - Marriage with the Deities, Ayyavazhi mythology - Ascending to Vaikundam the abode of Thirumal, Ayyavazhi mythology - Dharma Yukam [The final victory]

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The various episodes, that are portrayed to be occurring after the event of incarnation, are called here as post-incarnational events. Given below is an elaboration of them. Image:Emergence of Vaikundar .jpg Ayyavazhi mythology - Vaikundar's emergence out of the sea. Vaikundar crossed over to the land from the sea and showing a bodily appearance to the mother of Muthukutty, told her: "Woman, you had been my mother before the year 1008 (AD 1833). Now, I have been born as Vaikundar, the child o ...

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Ayyavazhi mythology, Ayyavazhi mythology - Pre-incarnational events, Ayyavazhi mythology - The first six Yugas, Ayyavazhi mythology - The Santror, Ayyavazhi mythology - Kalineesan Kali Yuga and Kalimayai, Ayyavazhi mythology - Thirumal in Thiruvananthapuram, Ayyavazhi mythology - Incarnational events, Ayyavazhi mythology - Preparing for incarnation, Ayyavazhi mythology - Mayon — on the identity of his people, Ayyavazhi mythology - Final admonition through Thiruvasakam, Ayyavazhi mythology - Deciding to incarnate as Vaikundar, Ayyavazhi mythology - The incarnation, Ayyavazhi mythology - Post-incarnational events, Ayyavazhi mythology - Vaikundar's emergence out of the sea, Ayyavazhi mythology - Vaikundar's journey to Detchanam, Ayyavazhi mythology - Tavam, Ayyavazhi mythology - Burning of the demons, Ayyavazhi mythology - Seizing the power of magic witchcraft sorcery trickery etc., Ayyavazhi mythology - Exhortations, Ayyavazhi mythology - Vaikundar's trial, Ayyavazhi mythology - Thuvayal Thavasu, Ayyavazhi mythology - Marriage with the Seven Virgins, Ayyavazhi mythology - Festivals and celebrations, Ayyavazhi mythology - Vaikundar as the Reigning King, Ayyavazhi mythology - Marriage with the Deities, Ayyavazhi mythology - Ascending to Vaikundam the abode of Thirumal, Ayyavazhi mythology - Dharma Yukam [The final victory]

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Age structure: 0-14 years: 18% (male 676,756; female 602,434) 15-64 years: 71% (male 2,520,473; female 2,563,355) 65 years and over: 11% (male 342,942; female 410,342) (2000 est.) Average age: 34 Population growth rate: 1.35% (2000 est.) Birth rate: 11.29 births/1,000 population (2000 est.) Death rate: 5.93 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.) Net migration rate: 8.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.) Sex ratio:< ...

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Demographics of Hong Kong, Demographics of Hong Kong - Population, Demographics of Hong Kong - Ethnicities, Demographics of Hong Kong - Vietnamese, Demographics of Hong Kong - Religions, Demographics of Hong Kong - Languages, Demographics of Hong Kong - Education

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Demographics of Hong Kong - Vietnamese. Main article: Vietnamese people in Hong Kong The Vietnam War led to Vietnamese people fleeing to countries in Southeast Asia and around the South China Sea. Then, in 1979, Vietnam was at war with China and many ethnic Chinese living in Vietnam who felt that the government's policies directly targeted them became boat people themselves. On the open seas, the boat people had to confront forces of nature and elude pirates. The plight of the boat peop ...

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Religion plays an important role in the culture of Hong Kong. Religious freedom is one of the fundamental rights enjoyed by Hong Kong residents. It is protected by the Basic Law and the relevant legislation. There are a large variety of religious groups in the Hong Kong, including Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism and Judaism. All of these groups have a considerable number of adherents. Apart from offerin ...

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Demographics of Hong Kong, Demographics of Hong Kong - Population, Demographics of Hong Kong - Ethnicities, Demographics of Hong Kong - Vietnamese, Demographics of Hong Kong - Religions, Demographics of Hong Kong - Languages, Demographics of Hong Kong - Education

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Both Chinese and English are official languages. Most Hong Kongers speak Cantonese, specifically the dialect originated from the areas around present-day Guangzhou. There are also speakers of other Chinese spoken variants like Toisanese, Teochiu and Hakka. Although Cantonese is widely spoken in Hong Kong, Mandarin is the official spoken Chinese variant throughout China. The number of Mandarin learners in Hong Kong had not been large before the handover of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1997. Some ...

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Demographics of Hong Kong, Demographics of Hong Kong - Population, Demographics of Hong Kong - Ethnicities, Demographics of Hong Kong - Vietnamese, Demographics of Hong Kong - Religions, Demographics of Hong Kong - Languages, Demographics of Hong Kong - Education

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Education in Hong Kong has a similar system to that of the United Kingdom, in particular the English education system, as Hong Kong was colonised by the British from 1841 to 1997. Following the introduction of the comprehensive school system in the 1960's in the UK, children in Hong Kong transformed from the old education system of entering a 'first' school (4 years) followed by a 'secondary-middle' school (4 years), then a 'secondary-high' school (3 + 2 years) to the 'new' education system of primary school (6 years) followed by secondary s ...

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Demographics of Hong Kong, Demographics of Hong Kong - Population, Demographics of Hong Kong - Ethnicities, Demographics of Hong Kong - Vietnamese, Demographics of Hong Kong - Religions, Demographics of Hong Kong - Languages, Demographics of Hong Kong - Education

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Abode [5]

• To dream that you can't find your abode, you will completely lose faith in the integrity of others.
• If you have no abode in your dreams, you will be unfortunate in your affairs, and lose by speculation.
• To change your abode, signifies hurried tidings and that hasty journeys will be made by you.
• For a young woman to dream that she has left her abode, is significant of slander and falsehoods being perpetrated against her.
• [5] See Meaning of Dreams about Home.

Source: 10 000 Dream Interpretations, by Gustavus Hindman Miller

(See also: Dream Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Abode, Dreams - Meaning of Dream about Abode, Dream Interpretation Abode)

anagami (anaagaamii): Nonreturner. A person who has abandoned the five lower fetters that bind the mind to the cycle of rebirth (see samyojana), and who after death will appear in one of the Brahma worlds called the Pure Abodes, there to attain nibbana, never again to return to this world.

 (See also: Anagami, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)