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Public Holidays in India also known as Government Holidays colloquially, consist of a variety of cultural, nationalistic, and religious holidays that are legislated in India at the union or state levels. Being a culturally diverse country, there are many festivals celebrated in various regions across the country.
In eastern India and Bangladesh, plumeria is traditionally considered as a variety of the champak flower, the golok chapa, meaning the champaka that resides in the heavenly home of Sri Krishna, a Hindu god at the highest realm of heaven. In Sri Lanka it is known as "Araliya" or "Temple Flower".
P. alba is often cultivated as an ornamental plant. In Cambodia pagodas especially choose this shrub, with the flowers used in ritual offerings to the deities, they are sometimes used to make necklaces which decorate coffins. [4]
In its native India and Southeast Asia, champaca is logged for its valuable timber. [5] It has a finely textured, dark brown and olive-colored wood, which is used in furniture making, construction, and cabinetry.
Bougainvillea, Behbahan.Many of the small white flowers, in various stages of development, may be seen among the larger bracts. Bougainvillea (/ ˌ b uː ɡ ən ˈ v ɪ l i. ə / BOO-gən-VIL-ee-ə, US also / ˌ b oʊ-/ BOH-) is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes, and trees belonging to the four o' clock family, Nyctaginaceae.
The sea trade from the southern end of the Kamboja–Dvārakā Route to the west is documented in Greek, Buddhist and Jain records: The 1st-century CE Greek work The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea [citation needed] mentions several seaports on the west coast of India, from Barbarikon at the mouth of the Indus to Bharakuccha, Sopara, Kalyan and ...
Dvārakā–Kamboja route, a route in ancient India, from the Kamboja territory to the city of Dvaraka; Kambu Swayambhuva, progenitor of the Kambojas in Indian mythology; Upamanyu Kamboja or Upamanyu, a sage of Hinduism Aupamanyava Kamboja, his son; Kamboja-Pala Dynasty of Bengal (c. 10th-11th centuries) Rajyapala Kamboja, the founder of the ...
Diospyros buxifolia is a tree in the family Ebenaceae.It grows up to 30 metres (100 ft) tall. Inflorescences bear up to five flowers. The fruits are ellipsoid, up to 1.6 cm (1 in) long.