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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Varanasi"”.
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Walking the faithscapes of Varanasi, India: Pilgrimage of the Panchkroshi Yatra
… etc. Circular pilgrimage like the Panchkroshi in Varanasi, India, ends at the same point it started, thus forming an endless loop. The Panchkroshi Pilgrimage is about circumambulating around the holy territory, along a 25-mile long route, protected by 108 shrines of Hindu gods and goddesses. There …
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Design and construction of rigs for studying surface condensation and creating anodized metal oxide surfaces
… and superhydrophobic surface research by the Varanasi group in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering.
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Aghoreshwar Bhagawan Ram and the Aghor Tradition
… Ji, a well-established saint of the holy city of Varanasi in north India, initiated many changes into the erstwhile Aghor tradition of ascetics in India. This tradition is regarded as an ancient system of spiritual or mystical knowledge by its practitioners and at least some of the practices …
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The role of spatial configurations in urban dynamics : an analytical model for urban design and development
The thesis explores the role of spatial configurations on the development of city form and the influence of these configurations on specific economic variables which govern the development of cities. It is argued that there are pervasive interconnections that seem to link the nature of society and …
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Orange In a Mango Tree
<p>Rajveer is born with alexithymia, a rare disorder in a remote Indian village. Because of his disorder, he can neither experience the full range of emotions nor understand the subtext of a conversation. By the time he is diagnosed with his disorder, on account of strong behavioral conditionings …
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Vibration damping using low-wave-speed media with applications to precision machines
Vibration and noise are an ever-present problem in the majority of mechanical systems, from consumer products to precision manufacturing systems. But most approaches for vibration suppression are expensive and invasive, so only a small subset of the techniques developed in research labs are widely …
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On the design of a precision machine for closed-loop performance
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2002.
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The Spatialization of Knowledge and Power at the Astronomical Observatories of Sawai Jai Singh II, c. 1721-1743 CE
This dissertation is about the production of astronomical knowledge in northern India during the eighteenth century and the specific architectural elements and landscape configurations that affected the mobility and utility of that knowledge. Centered on a group of five astronomical observatories …