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The Hope diamond is known to be the largest blue diamond in the world. It weighs 45.52 carats (9.104 g; 0.3211 oz). It was removed  from a sculpted statue of a Goddes from an ancient temple of Bharat by some foreigner.The stolen diamond from Bharat was taken to France. Finally, King Louis XIV of France bought it from a French traveller in 1668, before re-cutting it and surrounding it with other diamonds.     It was stolen in 1792 and re-cut with the largest section of the diamond appearing under the name 'The Hope' in an 1839 gem catalogue from the Hope banking family. The diamond then went through many owners.Then, in 1949 New York gems merchant Harry Winston purchased it. After owning for 9 years he donated it in 1958 to the Smithsonian Museum in the United States, for exhibition,where one can see it at present.

Interesting facts about Tropic of Cancer (Kerk Rekha)   in Bharat ○The latitude approximately  23°27′ N of  the terrestrial equator is called tropic of cancer. ○It passes through 8 states in Bharat. ○It divides Bharat into almost 2 parts.  ○It is the only latitude which passes through Bharat.

The Dal Lake in Srinagar is famous for its sorrounding heavenly landscape and 'shikaras'.But do you know it has a unique "Floating Post Office".Though Bharat has world's largest network of Post offices of more than 1.5 lakhs yet it is first of its kind. The post office works on a large floating 'shikara'.It has a unique philately museum & a shop that sells postage stamps,pictures & books on Kashmir.The post office also provides tourists to call and email their friends all across the world. Another unique feature of this post office is that the letters which are posted from here carry a special design with pictures of scintillating landscapes of the Dal Lake and other Srinagar attractions.People love to post letters to their home & friends to be kept as souvenir.The museum in the post office showcases its history and several fascinating postage stamps.

The grand wall of Kumbhalgarh fort which covers the boundary of the entire fortress is considered to be the longest wall in the world right after 'The Great Wall of China'. It is famous as 'The Great Wall of India'. The wall stretches over a distance of 36 km. It is 15 m wide which is wide enough for eight horses to walk abreast. The Kumbhalgarh Fort wall is constructed by using the stone bricks and passes through the valleys of the Aravali ranges and ends at the top of the Aravali hill.  Under the reign of Mewar kings in Rajasthan, the majestic Kumbhalgarh fort and the Great Wall was built by Rana Kumbha in the 15th century between AD 1443 and 1458 under the direction of Mandan who was a very renowned architect of that time. Inside the Great Wall many magnificient architecture of Rajputana style is located like Badal Mahal (Palace of Cloud), a famous Shiva Temple etc. The Fort is birth place of the Legendary Rajput King Maharana Prat

ब्रह्म कमल or Brahma Kamal is rare divine celestial flower native to the high altitudes of Himalayas in Uttarakhand of Bharat. ब्रह्म कमल or Brahma Kamal in celestial realm emerges from the navel of Lord Vishnu. On this divine flower Lord Brahma sits and creates. It was given to Lord Shiva to bring Lord Ganesha back to his life. By the elixir of the  ब्रह्म कमल or Brahma Kamal, he placed elephant's head on Ganesha's body. Then the seeds of the flower fall on the land around Himalayas from mountain Kailasa (Shiva's abode) and it started growing thereafter on Himalayas. The flowers blooms once in a year between July to August and only for one night.  Anyone who sees it blooming, gets his wish fulfilled. It has many rare medicinal properties and a person who has a knowledge of mysterious traditional Ayurveda (ancient Vedic medicine system) can use it to prepare Elixir.