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Dear Readers,
   
  Finally by looking at the link just memorize the National Anthem. 
   
  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/EpicIndia.jpg
   
   
  "Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka Jayehe
Bharata bhagya vidhata;
Punjaba Sindhu Gujarata Maratha,
Dravida Utkala Banga,
Vindhya, Himachala, Jamuna, Ganga,
Ucchhala Jaladhitaranga;
Taba Shubha Naame Jaage
Taba Shubha Ashish Maage
Gaye taba jaya gaatha.
Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka Jayahe
Bharata bhagya vidhata;
Jaya he Jaye he
Jaya Jaya Jaya Jaya he"
   
            Not only that but to support my argument on INDIA I use the following 2 
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    सौराष्ट्रे सोमनाथं च श्रीशैले मल्लिकार्जुनम् ।
  उज्जयिन्यां महाकालमोकांरममलेश्वरम् ।
  परल्यां वैद्यनाथं च डाकिन्यां भीमशंकरम् ।
  सेतुबंधे तु रामेशं नागेशं दारूकावने ।
  वाराणस्यां तु विश्वेशं त्रयंम्बकं गौतमीतटे ।
  हिमालये तु केदारं घुश्मेशं च शिवालये ।
  ऐतानि ज्योतिर्लिंगानि सायं प्रातः पठेन्नरः ।
  सप्तजन्मकृतं पापं स्मरणेन विनश्यति । - Dwadasa Jyotirlinga Stotra by Adi Shankaracharya
  (The twelve Jyotirlingas are-
    
   Somnath at Prabhas Patan, Saurashtra, Gujarat.   
   Sri Mallikarjun in Srisailam, near Kurnool,Andhra Pradesh, on the banks of river Krishna.Adi Sankaracharya composed his Sivanandalahiri here.   
   Mahakaleshwar in Ujjain(Avanti) ,Madhya Pradesh.   
   Omkareshwar in Omkareshwar, Madhya Pradesh, this jyotirlinga is situated on an island in the course of the river Narmada.   
   Vaidyanath temple at Deogarh,Santal Parganas area of Bihar.   
   Bhimashankar in Dakini and located in the Sahyadri hills,near Pune, Maharashtra.   
   Ramalingeswarar in Setubandanam , Tamilnadu.This is situated on vast temple island of Rameswaram.It is the southernmost of the 12 Jyotirlinga shrines of India.   
   Nageshwar in Darukavanam, near Dwarka in Gujarat.But many strongly consider Nagesh as stated above.   
   Vishwanath in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.   
   Tryambakeswar Jyotirlinga shrine is intimately linked with the origin of the river Godavari near Nasik, Maharashtra. 
    
   Kedareswar in Kedarnath in Himalayas,Uttarakhand.   
   Ghrishneshwar in Devasrovar,near Ellora,Aurangabad, Maharashtra.)

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  The Shakti Peethas (places of strength) are places of worship consecrated to the goddess 'Shakti', the female principal of Hinduism and the main deity of the Shakta sect. They are sprinkled throughout the Indian subcontinent [1].
  This goddess is often associated both with Gowrī/Parvati, the goddess of marital felicity and longevity, and with Durga, goddess of strength and valour.
             

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  [edit] Legend  According to legend, at some time in the Satya Yuga, Daksha performed a yagna (named Vrihaspati) with a desire of taking revenge on Lord Shiva. Daksha was angry because his daughter Sati had married the 'yogi' God Shiva against his wishes. Daksha invited all the deities to the yagna except for Shiva and Sati. The fact that she was not invited did not deter Sati from attending the yagna. She had expressed her desire to attend to Shiva who had tried his best to dissuade her from going. Shiva eventually allowed her to go escorted by his ganas (followers).
  But Sati, being an uninvited guest, was not given any respect. Furthermore, Daksha insulted Shiva. Sati was unable to bear her father's insults toward her husband, so she committed suicide by jumping into the pyre.
  Enraged at the insult and the injury, Shiva destroyed Daksha's sacrifice, cut off Daksha's head, and replaced it with that of a goat as he restored him to life. Still crazed with grief, he picked up the remains of Sati's body, and danced the dance of destruction through the Universe. The other gods intervened to stop this dance, and the Vishnu's disk, or Sudarshana Chakra, cut through the corpse of Sati. The various parts of the body fell at several spots all through the Indian subcontinent and formed sites which are known as Shakti Peethas today.
  At all Shakti Peethas, the Goddess Shakti is accompanied by Lord Bhairava (a manifestation of Lord Shiva).
  
  [edit] Historical notes  According to the manuscript old manuscript Mahapithapurana (circa 1690-1720 CE), there are 51 such places. Among them, 23 are located in the Bengal region. 14 of these are located in what is now West Bengal, India, while 7 are in what is now Bangladesh.
  Preserving the mortal relics of famous and respected individuals was a common practice in ancient India - seen in the Buddhist stupas which preserve the relics of Gautama Buddha. It is believed by some that these 51 peethas preserve the remains of some ancient female sage from whom the legend of Kali could have emerged and then merged with the Purusha- Prakriti (Shiva Shakti) model of Hindu thought.
  
  [edit] Locations  The modern cities or towns that correspond to these 51 locations can be a matter of dispute, but there are a few that are totally unambiguous - for example, Kalighat in Kolkata/Calcutta and Kamakhya in Assam. According to the Pithanirnaya Tantra the 51 peethas are scattered all over India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Tibet and Pakistan. The Shivacharita besides listing 51 maha-peethas, speaks about 26 more upa-peethas. The Bengali almanac, Vishuddha Siddhanta Panjika too describes the 51 peethas including the present modified addresses. A few of the several accepted listings are given below.[2]. One of the few in South India, Srisailam in Andhra Pradesh became the site for a 2nd century temple. [3]
  In the listings:
    
   "Shakti" refers to the Goddess woshipped (invaribly, in this case, a manifestation of Dakshayani/Parvati/Durga);   
   "Bhairava" refers to her consort, a manifestation of Shiva;   
   "Organ or Ornament" refers to the body part or piece of jewellery that fell to earth, at the location on which the respective temple is built. 
  
  [edit] The 51 Shakti Peethas          Sr. No.  Place  Organ or Ornament  Shakti  Bhairava    1  Sri Lanka, in Nainativu, Jaffna  Anklets  Indrakshi / Nagapooshani / Bhuvaneswari  Rakshaseshwar    2  Sharkrare, a little distance from Sukkur Station from Karachi, Pakistan  Eyes  Mahishmardini  Krodhish    3  Sugandha, about 20 km from Barisal, Bangladesh at Shikarpur on banks of Sondh river  Nose  Sunanda  Trayambak    4  Amarnath in Kashmir, India from Srinagar through Pahalgam 94 km by Bus, Chandanwari 16 km by walk  Throat  Mahamaya  Trisandhyeshwar    5  Jwalamukhi, Kangra, India from Pathankot alight at Jwalamukhi Road Station from there 20 km  Tongue  Siddhida (Ambika)  Unmatta Bhairav    6  Jalandhar, India from Jalandhar Cantonment Station to Devi Talab  Left Breast  Tripurmalini  Bhishan    7  Ambaji, at Anart, Gujarat, India  Heart  Ambaji      8  Nepal, near Pashupatinath Temple at Gujyeshwari Temple  Both Knees  Mahashira  Kapali    9  Manas, under Tibet at the
 feet of Mount Kailash in Lake Mansarovar, a piece of Stone  Right Hand  Dakshayani  Amar    10  Biraja in Utkal present Orissa, India  Navel  Vimla  Jagannath    11  Gandaki from Pokhara, Nepal about 125 km on the banks of Gandaki river where Muktinath temple is situated  Temple  Gandaki Chandi  Chakrapani    12  Bahula, on the banks of Ajay river, at Ketugram 8 km from Katua, Burdwan, West Bengal, India  Left Arm  Goddess Bahula  Bhiruk    13  Ujaani, 16 km from Guskura Station under Burdwan district of West Bengal, India  Right Wrist  Mangal Chandika  Kapilambar    14  Udaipur, Tripura, at the top of the hills known as Tripura Sundari temple near Radhakishorepur village, a little distance away from Udaipur town of Tripura, India  Right Leg  Tripura Sundari  Tripuresh    15  Chatral or Chôţţogram at the top of Chandranath hills near Sitakunda station of Chittagong district, Bangladesh  Right Arm  Bhawani  Chandrashekhar    16  Trisrota, at Salbari village under
 Boda division of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, India  Left Leg  Bhraamari  Ambar    17  Kamgiri, Kamakhya, at the Neelachal hills near Guwahati, capital of Assam, India  Genital Organ  Kamakhya  Umanand    18  Jugaadya at Khirgram under Burdwan district, West Bengal, India  Great Toe (Right)  Jugaadya  Ksheer Khandak    19  Kalipeeth, (Kalighat, Kolkata), India  Right Toe  Kalika  Nakuleesh    20  Prayag near Sangam at Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India  Finger (Hand)  Lalita  Bhava    21  Jayanti at Kalajore Bourbhog village of Khasi hills under Jayantia Parganas of Sylhet district, Bangladesh  Left Thigh  Jayanti  Kramadishwar    22  Kireet at Kireetkona village, 3 km from Lalbag Court Road station under district Murshidabad, West Bengal, India  Crown  Vimla  Sanwart    23  Varanasi at Manikarnika Ghat on banks of Ganga at Kashi, Uttar Pradesh, India  Earring  Vishalakshi & Manikarni  Kalbhairav    24  Kanyashram, Kanyakumari the Bhadrakali temple within the precincts
 of Kumari temple, Tamil Nadu, India  Back  Sarvani  Nimish    25  Present day Kurukshetra town or Thanesar ancient Sthaneshwar, at Haryana, India  Ankle Bone  Savitri  Sthanu    26  Manibandh, at Gayatri hills near Pushkar 11 km towards north-west from Ajmer, Rajasthan, India  Two Bracelets  Gayatri  Sarvanand    27  Shri Shail, at Jainpur village towards north-east 3 km from Sylhet town, Bangladesh  Neck  Mahalaxmi  Sambaranand    28  Kankalitala, on the banks of Kopai river 10 km towards north-east from Bolpur station of district Birbhum, Devi locally known as KankaleshwariWest Bengal, India  Bone  Devgarbha  Ruru    29  Kalmadhav on the banks of Shon river in a cave over hills near to Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, India  Buttock (Left)  Kali  Asitang    30  Shondesh, at the source point of Narmada river in Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, India  Buttock (Right)  Narmada  Bhadrasen    31  Ramgiri, at Chitrakuta on the Jhansi Manikpur Railway line in Uttar Pradesh, India  Right
 Breast  Shivani  Chanda    32  Vrindavan, near new bus stand on Bhuteshwar road within Bhuteshwar Mahadev Temple, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India  Ringlets of Hair  Uma  Bhutesh    33  Shuchi, in a Shiva temple at Shuchitirtham 11 km on Kanyakumari Trivandrum road, Tamil Nadu, India  Teeth (Upper Jaw)  Narayani  Sanhar    34  Panchsagar place not known  Teeth (Lower Jaw)  Varahi  Maharudra    35  Kartoyatat, at Bhawanipur village 28 km distance from interior Serpur. Alight at Bagura station under district Bagura, Bangladesh  Left Anklet (Ornament)  Arpana  Vaman    36  Shri Parvat, near Ladak, Kashmir, India. Another belief: at Srisailam in Shriparvat hills under Karnool district, Andhra Pradesh, India  Right Anklet (Ornament)  Shrisundari  Sundaranand    37  Vibhash, at Tamluk under district Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India  Left Ankle  Kapalini (Bhimarupa)  Sarvanand    38  Prabhas, 4 km distance from Veraval station near Somnath temple in Junagadh district of
 Gujarat, India  Stomach  Chandrabhaga  Vakratund    39  Bhairavparvat, at Bhairav hills on the banks of Shipra river a little distance from Ujjaini town, Madhya Pradesh, India  Upper Lips  Avanti  Lambkarna    40  Jansthan, at Godavari river valley near Nasik, Maharasthra, India  Chin (Two Parts)  Bhramari  Vikritaksh    41  Sarvashail or Godavaritir, at Kotilingeswar temple on the banks of Godavari river near Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh, India  Cheeks  Rakini or Vishweshwari  Vatsnabh or Dandpani    42  Birat, near Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India  Left Feet Fingers  Ambika  Amriteshwar    43  Ratnavali, on the banks of Ratnakar river at Khanakul-Krishnanagar, district Hooghly, West Bengal, India  Right Shoulder  Kumari  Shiva    44  Mithila, near Janakpur Railway station on the boarder of India-Nepal  Left Shoulder  Uma  Mahodar    45  Nalhati,Known as "Nalateshwari Temple" from Nalhati station of Birbhum district by Rickshaw, West Bengal, India  Tubular Bones of the Feet 
 Kalika Devi  Yogesh    46  Karnat place not known  Both Ears  Jayadurga  Abhiru    47  Vakreshwar, on the banks of Paaphara river, 24 km distance from Siuri Town, district Birbhum,7km from Dubrajpur Rly. Station West Bengal, India  Portion between the eyebrows  Mahishmardini  Vakranath    48  Yashor, at Ishwaripur, district Khulna, Bangladesh  Hands & Feet  Yashoreshwari  Chanda    49  Attahas [Village:Dakshindihi,Dt:Burdwan]].From Katwa Rly. Station by bus to "NIROL"(Approx 40Minutes).From there by Van rickshaw around 20 minutes to Attahas, West Bengal, India  Lips  Phullara  Vishvesh    50  SAINTHIA. Locally Known as "Nandikeshwari" temple.Earlier Nandipur/Now in Sainthia Town. only 1.5 km from Railway Station under a Banyan tree within a boundary wall , district Birbhum, West Bengal, India  Necklace  Nandini  Nandikeshwar    51  Hingula (Or Hinglaj), southern Baluchistan a few hours North-east of Gawadar and about 125 km towards North-west from Karachi, Pakistan 
 Bramharandhra (Part of the head)  Kottari  Bhimlochan
    
   Fullara in Birbhum district is also considered to be a shakti peetha.[
   
  Regards,
  Dhatri.
   

       
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