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 | | A Tibetan Buddhist "cham" dancer masked as a makara. | | | Makara and elephant are linked in a Indian (Hindu) tale in the Bhagvata Purana: Once Gajendera, king of the elephants, was bathing with his herd. | | | The earrings of Vishnu and some other deities are in the form of a pair of makaras. |
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http://www.khandro.net/mysterious_makaras1.htm
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| | Makar Sankrant Makara literally means |
| | Makara sanskranti is observed by bathing in the river followed by feasting on fine foods and sweetmeats. | | | Makara literally means 'Capricorn' and Sankranti is the day when the sun passes from one sign of the zodiac to the next. | | | Makara sankranti is one of the most important bathing days in the Hindu calendar. |
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http://www.punditravi.com/makar_sankrantil.htm
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| | Makara Ketu |
| | The banner of Makara or fish-banner; a name of the god Kama because his banner bore a representation of Makara, the zodiacal Capricorn. | | | Because of the sign of Makara (Capricornus) on his banner, he is also called " Makara Ketu". | | | Makara Ketu: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary on Makara Ketu |
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http://www.experiencefestival.com/makara_ketu
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| | Sarasvati hieroglyphs |
| | The being is a makara, a mythical animal, which features in both hindu and buddha traditions, | | | He notes that the face of makara was not perhaps originally associated with kirtimukha (glory head). | | | Makara means "blessed." Since many East European people accepted Christianity from the Greeks, many of these peoples have Makara in the root of their last names: Makarios (Greeks), the |
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http://spaces.msn.com/sarasvati97/PersonalSpace.aspx?...&_c=blogpart
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| | Coomaraswamy - Yaksa |
| | Krsannau is a gandharva; he is an archer who protects the treasure of heaven at the center of the world. | | | In relation to Kamadeva, the makara’s mouth symbolizes the gate of death and birth, and passing through it annihilates time. | | | As such, the makara is related to the gandharva beings who guard the gate of paradise, within which the soma elixir of immortality can be had (if one is spiritually prepared). |
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http://alignment2012.com/coom-yaksa.html
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| | Makara Shankranti |
| | The sun, symbolising wisdom, divine knowledge and spiritual light, which receded from you when you revelled in the darkness of ignorance, delusion and sensuality, now joyously turns on its northward course and moves towards you to shed its light and warmth in greater abundance, and to infuse into you more life and energy. | | | It is the season chosen by the Guru for bestowing his Grace on the disciple. | | | Realise this and be free here and now on this holy Pongal or Makara Shankranti day. |
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http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/religions/makara_siva.htm
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| | Makara is "now the most sacred and mysterious of the signs of the Zodiac." (Secret Doctrine, II, p. | | | It is variously described: as a fish, a shark, a dolphin, or a crocodile; however, in the legends it is depicted as having the head and forelegs of an antelope and the body and tail of a fish-very similar to Capricornus, and like it, allocated to the tenth sign of the Zodiac. | | | WG Makara, in the Hindu zodiac the tenth sign, Capricornus, said to have been the eighth sign under the old system; a fabulous sea-monster sometimes confounded with the crocodile. |
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http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/ctg/mai-man.htm
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| | Makara Sankranti |
| | The Sun enters the Makara raasi (the zodiac sign of Capricorn - the goat), on Sankranti day, signifying the onset of Uttarayana Punyakalam. | | | On this day, it is said that Sun passes from one Zodiac sign to another. | | | The followers of Madhwacharya's view of Makara Sankranti |
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http://www.salagram.net/parishad110.htm
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| | Makarasankranti |
| | Makara refers to the Makara rashi which is the sign of the zodiac corresponding to Capricorn. | | | Sankranti means “to cross into.” Makara Sankranti is therefore the day that the sun moves into the sign of the zodiac known as Capricorn. | | | For this reason the Hindu calendar is a lunar calendar. |
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http://www.sanskrit.org/www/Astronomy/MakaraSankranti.html
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| | The script for The Makara Sisters |
| | Thunder surrounded Kondole and rained on him, and rained on him, and rained on him until Kondole was gone. | | | These sisters were Achilpa that the ancestors called the Makara sisters. | | | The Makara sisters led the berai-berai to a valley where they danced for the boys. |
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http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/crayon/300/makarascript.html
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| | Makara Sankranti |
| | Every month the Sun moves from one zodiac constellation to another and the day on which Sun changes the constellation is called Sankranti. | | | One month preceding Makara Sankranti is known as Dhanurmasamu. | | | On Bhogi day in the early morning a bon fire is lit up with waste, before the traditional special bath. |
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http://www.vepachedu.org/snkranti.htm
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| | CALL-OF-THE-SEA.COM: Sea Myths: The Makara |
| | Its most common form is that of an antelope-fish, and as such it is the tenth sign of the Indian Zodiac, being thus identical with the goat-fish Capricorn which is the tenth sign of our Zodiac. | | | It's the most curious thing I ever saw in all my life!") Sometimes, especially when used as the lintel of doorways in Javanese temples, there is no lower lip at all and the "Glory Face" is scarcely even a face. | | | Their head, and the barely suggested front claws are those of the dragon; the snout that curls back over the wide-open mouth can only be described as that of an elephant. |
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http://www.call-of-the-sea.com/myths/makara.htm
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| | The Makara are seven sisters who became the constellation Pleiades. | | | Article "Makara" created on 17 January 2000; last modified on 17 January 2000 (Revision 1). |
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http://www.pantheon.org/articles/m/makara2.html
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| | Kosovo Before 1989 - What Really Happened. |
| | Petar Makara: That movement had nothing to do with oppression; no rights were taken away. | | | Petar Makara: And you see we wanted this brotherhood and unity - we passionately wanted it. | | | Tika Jankovic: That was the level of their destructiveness. |
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http://emperors-clothes.com/interviews/tika.htm
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| | David Farrar: Makara Wind Farm |
| | I live in Makara, and am neither for nor against (caveat - I can't see them either). | | | Wind is one of the cleanest greenest forms of electricity, and I'd love to see more of them. | | | How about if we stop people building their ugly houses in Makara and wrecking our view of the countryside - you let 'em start putting up houses, next thing it's roads, fences, sheds, power lines, before you know it the view's shot. |
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http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/archives/012814.html
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| | SACRED SPACE<BR>Makara Sankranti, Pongal Celebrations- The Times of India |
| | We should gradually begin to grow in purity, wisdom, and knowledge, even as the sun does from this day. | | | The sun signifies knowledge, spiritual light and wisdom. | | | Makara Sankranti signifies that we should turn away from the darkness of delusion in which we live, and begin to joyously let the light within us shine brighter and brighter. |
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/423289.cms
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| | Webindia123.com - Festivals-Makara Sankranti |
| | The festival starts with bathing in the ponds or rivers and offering water to the Sun God (Surya) and giving alms to the poor. | | | In the north, during makara sankranti it is considered particularly auspicious to bathe at the confluence of the rivers Ganga and Jamuna in Allahabad, known as Prayag and also in Ganga Sagar where the Ganga river confluences with the Bay of Bengal. | | | In Tamil nadu, Makara Sankranti is celebrated as Pongal and in Punjab as Lohri. |
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http://www.webindia123.com/festival/jan/makara.htm
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| | General Timeline |
| | Shashtah proposes triangle trade scheme to Shaharadesh; the king rejects the proposal, but Kashon agrees to bankroll the project; Shashtah and Kashon perform the Battle Dance and receive the War Goddess's blessing; Garesh, Bahktarah and Katrell mate with Tphah; Katrell refuses to mate with Makara | | | Pali's caravan attacked; only Quatar, Peri and Kyla survive; Quatar and Peri hit by age magic | | | Kashon's century in Camp; Xia's century on leave |
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http://www.dragonlordsnet.com/timegen.htm
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| | Tirupperai Makara Nedunkuzhaikkaadan Temple - Divya Desam |
| | Varuna, is believed to have worshipped Vishnu with an abhishekam on the full moon day in the month of Pankuni, to absolve himself of the sin of having insulted his Guru. | | | Nammalwar has sung of Tirupperai in a decad of 11 verses. | | | Legend has it that Bhudevi took the form of Lakshmi (Sreebherai) and bathed in the Tamrabarani river on a full moon day in the Tamil month of Pankuni, where she discovered two fish shaped ear rings, which she offered to Vishnu and hence the name Makara Nedunkuzhaikkaadan. |
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http://www.templenet.com/Tamilnadu/df097.html
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| | Suijin, Water Divinity of Japan, Shinto Origin, Patron of Fishermen, Fertility, Motherhood |
| | Koyasu-sama (aka Konohana Sakkuya Hime), the Shinto Goddess of Mt. Fuji and easy childbirth (easy delivery), is revered throughout Japan at the many shrines dedicated to her (the Sengen Shrines; also read Asama). | | | For photos of the Buddhist Deva, including Suiten, please visit the 12 Deva Page (this site), or the Kyoto National Museum web site. | | | Makara = Sea-monster with crocodile body and other fanciful parts. |
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http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/suijin.html
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| | : kamakoti.org |
| | He was the son of Trailinga Sivayya, He attained mukti at Kanchi on first day of Makara of the, cyclic year Sarvadhari (28 AD), | | | Sri Kaivalyanandayogendra Saraswati : Before Sanyasa, he was known as Manganna and a native of Tirupati in Andhra. |
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http://www.kamakoti.org/peeth/origin.html
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| | Star Fleet (X-Bomber) Homepage - Origins |
| | Eventually X-tracers blow up Caliban's creation and the King relents, firing Hagen's laser cannon at Makara's ship, which retreats. | | | No-one on earth knows what F-01 is, but Lamia fears it may be her. | | | X-Bomber lands on Callinean (M13) and finds Professor Hagen has been there since his disappearance, secretly constructing a laser cannon to protect its peace loving people from the Alliance, though their King has vowed never to use it. |
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http://www.sfxb.co.uk/origins/mangamax4.html
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| | Myrth Museium - Cartes de Visite |
| | Blue thought Makara might also enjoy the lovely backscratcher, carved from the ancient Blackwood. | | | Makara certainly catches the spirit of wildness, as she lightly flies along with Blue, barely touching the Longtail's mane. | | | Makara brings a ceremonial wall hanging as a gift and Queen Goose welcomes the famous and beautiful Makara, rolling out the red carpet and presenting her with a new necklace. |
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http://www.nawr.com/myrth/cartes10.htm
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| | Makara advances to PIAA final - PittsburghLIVE.com |
| | It secured his place in the century club. | | | Makara lost in the 103-pound state finals as a freshman and finished fourth at 112 last season. | | | Makara escaped 10 seconds later and scored his own takedown to lead 3-2 entering the second period. |
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http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/sports/highschool/s_60465.html
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| | Pongal Festival on Makara Sankranti |
| | This holy day marks the commencement of the Sun's northern course in the Heavens, known as the Uttaraayana patha. | | | Interestingly, this is the only festival in Hindu/Indian calendar that follows a solar calendar and is celebrated on the fourteenth of January every year (all other Hindu festivals are computed using the lunar calendar). | | | This turn in the Sun's course takes place at the point of time when it enters the sign of Makara or Capricorn. |
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http://www.salagram.net/parishad143.html
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| | Makara's Profile - tribe.net |
| | I love to dance especially to the superb sounds of Al Samoud live!! | | | I have been watching belly dancers my entire life and she is definitely one of the best I’ve seen and most fun to watch. | | | I just recently met Makara at this past Great Western War. |
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http://people.tribe.net/makara?_click_path=Application[tribe].Person[7c0bba3a-7be5-41cd-99e1-58ba172f01aa]
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| | Makara Peak : Questions |
| | What's mountain biking got to do with conservation? | | | About 200 hectares - three times the size of Mt Victoria. | | | The Makara Peak Supporters group includes people who can help with the messy details. |
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http://www.mountainbike.co.nz/places/makarapeak/questions.html
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| | Articles by and Interview with Petar Makara |
| | by Dan Chukurov, Petar Makara and Jared Israel | | | Jared Israel interviews Petar Makara and Tika Jankovic about the real relationship between Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo. | | | * Petar Makara and Jared Israel were the US co-producers of the movie, "Judgment!" |
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http://emperor.vwh.net/makara.htm
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| | Festivals in Kerala - Aattukal Pongala |
| | Makara Sankranti as a festival is modestly celebrated in the all other parts of Orissa excepting the districts of Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar and Sundargarh, where it is observed as the most important festival of the year. | | | "Makara Sankranti" is the first day of the month of 'Magha'. | | | People in general have early purificatory bath and visit temples. |
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http://www.indiantravelportal.com/orissa/festivals/makara-sankranti.html
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| | PIAA Class AA Wrestling: Burrell's Makara overcomes rough tactics, wins 125 title 2nd year in row |
| | But Makara withstood several attempts to tilt him on his back. | | | Makara claimed his second consecutive PIAA title with a 3-0 decision in the afternoon final against Zac Sheldon of Wyalusing. | | | "I went numb for a second, but I knew what he was trying to do," said Makara who finished his four-year career with a 140-19 record. |
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http://www.post-gazette.com/highschoolsports/20030309aawrestle0309p5.asp
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| | The Naga and Makara |
| | Varuna, therefore, may be closely associated with the Brahmanic notion of the universe as an illusion represented by Mara, and the Buddhist notion that man is bound to the world of illusion by sensory attachment. | | | The Naga and Makara live in paradises beneath the rivers, lakes and seas. | | | In Vedic mythology Varuna controlled not only the waters, but also controlled the means that produced the cosmos. |
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http://www.chiangmai1.com/chiang_mai/sub/naga_and_makara.shtml
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| | Makara Walking Track |
| | The high cliffs and spectacular views that are features of Makara have for centuries provided the people of the area with good vantage points for the defence of their land. | | | The beach is at the end of Makara Road which runs from the south end of Karori Road. | | | A Ngati Ira pa site lies on the promontory at the western end of Fisherman's Bay, and gun emplacements at the top of the cliffs mark the position of Fort Opau, which was garrisoned by 100 soldiers during World War II. |
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http://www.doc.govt.nz/Explore/002~Tracks-and-Walks/By-Region/008~Wellington/Makara-Walking-Track/index.asp
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| | Makara captures second title - PittsburghLIVE.com |
| | He got up slightly shaken after being slammed with 51 seconds left in the second period, but he escaped seven seconds later for a 3-0 lead. | | | Makara, who finished with a career record of 140-19, denied Sheldon from tying him up. | | | "It's hard to believe I have one, and now I have two," Makara said. |
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http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/sports/steelerslive/tribune-review/s_122621.html
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| | Makara |
| | As each makara begins with the letter "M", they are often simply referred to as the Five M: | | | The reading that mudra means cereal wafer is the one most commonly encountered, yet just as with maithuna (5), there are different ideas of what this 4th makara may stand for. | | | David Gordon White for example reminds us that the term mudra is also used for the woman partaking in the ritual and that mudra can also refer, as "great seal" to the "mouth of the yogini", i.e. |
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http://www.yoniversum.nl/dakini/makara.html
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| | Star Fleet (X-Bomber) Homepage - Character Information - Commander Makara |
| | Earth would have been no exception if that'd been her primary mission, but it wasn't. | | | Unfortunately even it can't save Makara's sanity when she allows Dai-X to rescue Lamia having finally captured her. | | | Having failed to defeat X-Bomber on Callinean, she refuses to return to base and is killed in the next episode when Dai-X launches a direct assault on her cruiser. |
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http://www.sfxb.co.uk/actors/makara.html
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| | The Huntington Archive - Projects |
| | [Contains: Makara designs from the earliest examples in South Asia (Maurya period) to examples found in 14th-15th century paintings in Nepal and Tibetan art.] |
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http://huntingtonarchive.osu.edu/projects.htm
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| | Star Fleet (X-Bomber) Homepage - Episode Guide |
| | Kyle doesn't understand why she's withdrawn her attack. | | | Makara believes her claim despite Orion's caution and Makara's ship moves at hyperspeed towards the Moon. | | | Lamia interrupts Benn and Kyle's final transmission and broadcasts to Makara directly, telling her she's the F-01 before Shiro can intervene. |
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http://www.sfxb.co.uk/episodes/stftepisodes3.html
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| | Scoop: Makara Guardians Appeal Wind Farm Ruling |
| | Makara Guardians Inc, represents some 85% of the families in the Makara Valley, 10km from the Wellington CBD and consists of around 160 members. | | | Membership is restricted to residents or owners of land in Makara who support the objectives of the Society and who are aged over 18. | | | Over 800 submitters including several environment groups opposed the development; the number of submitters who spoke against the proposal at the hearings heavily outweighed those who spoke in support. |
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http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0602/S00005.htm
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| | makara media |
| | Makara Media has also branched into book publishing with the launch in December 2005 of Bali Blues, the second novel from Indonesia-based Canadian author, Jeremy Allan. | | | The flagship publication of Makara Media is Bali’s only home living and décor magazine, Bali Style. | | | Makara Media’s corporate philosophy is to offer high-quality and personalized service. |
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http://www.mediamakara.com
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| | Sailing Vessel Makara |
| | The goal of this website is to inspire others to join in the wonderful world of cruising. | | | We invite you to join with us in our adventure as we journey through the process of building and later sailing Makara. | | | After all what is the point of an adventure if you don’t share it? |
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http://www.svmakara.com
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| | Makara Chinese Cresteds Home |
| | I am very proud that Makara has 70+ champions to our credit as well as numerous Makara kids who have ranked in the top ten in the country over many years. | | | I strive to obtain an elegant, stylish, flashy Chinese Crested that is not only pretty to look at, but also possesses the beautiful reach and drive and ground covering movement often seen in Sighthounds. | | | You will see Makara dogs in the pedigrees of many websites you research. |
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http://www.geocities.com/makarachinesecrested
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| | Makara Vista Ranch |
| | Pinzgauer cattle are without a doubt the best answer to any questions about raising or selling cattle anyone will ever find. | | | For those concerned about eating healthier more natural beef, you’ve found your answer. | | | Makara Vista Pinzgauers not only offers you the very best breed of beef, but the added assurance it’s raised without use of chemicals, stimulants, implants, and animal or grain by-products like corn gluten and other things used by many stockman. |
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http://www.naturalbasics.com
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| | Radio New Zealand - Consent given for Makara windfarm |
| | Meridian Energy says it is delighted it has been given the go-ahead to build the wind farm. | | | Meridian Energy's Project West Wind will see 70 turbines built close to Wellington on the south west coast near Makara, providing electricity for 110,000 homes. | | | The Commissioners found that that the project was environmentally responsible and despite the concerns of local residents, they said Makara was the right place for the project. |
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http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/bulletins/radionz/200512212017/3a900bb
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| | Makara |
| | Cousins still (Makara, Rithy, Deano, and his brother Vantana) | | | Deano, Vantana, Makara, and Rithy (what exactly was going on there?) | | | Makara's birthday (w/ Sarath, Sophal, Saveoun, and Chheang) |
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http://www.wsu.edu/~felixm/makara.html
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| | Volunteer of America - (Makara House) |
| | Volunteers of America - (Makara House) provides emergency shelter care and residential treatment for ten male/female adolescent youth, ages 11-17. | | | Makara House primarily serves youth with severe emotional and/or behavioral disorders or multiple foster care placements. | | | Makara attempts to serve adolescents in an accepting, family-like environment. |
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http://brgov.com/dept/ocd/shelters/shelter18.htm
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| | Makara Peak : Tracks |
| | A strong rider will be able to ride up it - the corners are the hardest bits, but the Supporters started building berms on them in 2001. | | | Ends with a steep little bulldozed track that leads out through private land to the southern end of South Karori Road. | | | Starts from Makara Peak (the transmission tower) and heads south on old 4WD tracks then single track to the southern end of the park. |
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http://www.mountainbike.co.nz/places/makarapeak/tracks.html
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| | Glossary of Indian Art |
| | A goddess, the personified river Ganges, riding on a makara. | | | He holds a lasso and rides a makara. |
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http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/india/glossary1.html
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