Mary Kom

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Mary Kom rewrites history by winning World Boxing Championship Chungneijang Mary Kom Hmangte, better known as Mary Kom, won the Gold Medal in the World Boxing Championship on 24 November. She defeated Hanna Okhota from Ukraine in the final match in 48kg flyweight class category. Mary Kom has rewritten history with this win by clinching her 6th World title. 35-year-old Mary Kom has become the first ever boxer to win six AIBA Women's Boxing Championship titles. She has previously won world championship gold medals in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2010. The Manipuri boxer is now the joint most successful boxer (Men and Women) in the history of World Championships, tied with Cuban legend Felix Savon. Savon had won six gold medals and a silver medal at the World Championships during his illustrious boxing career.  Source (Incredible India)
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Ranakpur Jain Temple

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Some Amazingly Beautiful Photos of Marble Art from inside Ranakpur Jain Template, (Rajasthan)







This temple was built in 1437- 1457

Ranakpur Adinatha Jain Temple located in Pali (Rajasthan) 90 KM away from Udaipur.

Over 1444 marble pillars, carved in exquisite detail, support the temple. The pillars are all differently carved and no two pillars are the same. It is also said that it is impossible to count the pillars. Also all the
statues face one or the other statue. There is one beautiful carving made out of a single marble rock where there 108 heads of snakes and numerous tails. One cannot find the end of the tails. The image faces all four cardinal directions. In the axis of the main entrance, on the western side, is the largest image.

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