This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Khadija Gbla grew up in Sierra Leone. As a young girl, she was subjected to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). As a woman, she lives with the consequences of FGM everyday. She is determined that this form of abuse against young girls will end, and she wants to end it in her lifetime.
Khadija Gbla was born in Sierra Leone. Her family sought refuge in Australia in 2001 after enduring a thirteen-year civil war within her homeland.
Khadija strives to combine her African and Australian heritage and values in order to advocate acceptance and equality within the community. Khadija’s passion for her community and for giving young people a voice in our community continues to motivate her involvement in diverse community projects. Khadija has represented Australia in the international arena at the Harvard National Model United Nations, Commonwealth Youth Forum and Australian and Africa Dialogue.
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Those who attend school in the mountain village of Kumpur, walk across the mountains of the highest situated country on earth. Nearly half of Nepals lies more than 4 000 Meters above sea level. Today its normal that the kids go to school in the valley, but just 50 years ago the village was completely self sufficient. Only if there was a lack of salt would someone twice a year hard off to refill the stock. Today the children go to the city almost on a daily basis and are immediately forced to cross the dangerous river. A village in distress is left behind. The village community Kumpur is spread across 18 farms on the Dhap Mountain. Their families live in a very remote area.
These families have lived on their land now for thousands of years herding their life-sustaining cattle without electricity, running water or contact to the outside world. Although they constantly ask themselves if the promise of an education justifies the danger of the path involved, they send their children day after day to school.
The most common trek from Lukla to Everest Base Camp follows the busy route up the valleys of the Dudh Koshi and Imja Khola rivers. The «three passes» route we took diverts up the Bhote Koshi valley, then heads across the grain of the ridges over three passes to take in the views. These views include four 8000m peaks: Everest, Lhotse, Makalu and Cho Oyu. Between the first two passes are the five Gokyo lakes, and between the second two is Everest Base Camp. At the end was Kathmandu, including Durbar Square. It was booked through KE Adventure Travel.
Our first stop on our preaching tour in Russia this year was Yekaterinburg in the Urals. As everywhere is Russia we found hundreds and hundreds of devotees eager to chant, dance, hear Krsna conscious philosophy and relish prasadam. It’s the universal process given by Lord Caitanya 500 years ago and delivered around the world by our beloved Srila Prabhupada. Sri Prabhupada came to Russia in the early 1970’s and planted a seed that has sprouted into a veritible tree of devotion with so many wonderful devotees as it’s fruits and flowers. All glories to His Divine Grace!
This video about Badrinath Dham is a complete package of serene beauty which one witnesses while being for the pilgrimage. While surfing through complete video, one can feel the architectural aesthetics and rich culture associated with Badrinath. Legend has it that Lord Vishnu meditated here for thousands of years, thus, turning the place into one of the holiest temples of the country. Badrinath is also one among the Panch Badris – other four includes Yogadhyan Badri, Bhavishya Badri, Bridha Badri or Old Badri and Adi Badri. The destination also finds its place in the famous 4 pilgrimage sites (Char Dham). For your convenience, we have listed contact details of few hotels below:-
1. Kuber Tourist Lodge(9458900369, 9457438411)
2. Raj Rajeshwari Guest House(7579423934, 9897881173)
3. Himgiri Guest House(9412120398)
4. Him Shikhar Guest House(9456157336)
5. Hotel Snow Crest(9980100123)
6. Bharat Guest House(9411129240, 9557984323)
7. Manisha Tourist Guest House(9458382393)
8. Kanchan Roop Guest House(9412120337, 9412956129)
At Club Defender Of Nature, we make persistent efforts to render accurate and interesting information about different off-beat trekking destinations and sacred places from across the country. It is one of the utmost aim of the club to revive the importance of various hidden jewels (here places) in our country and highlight the authenticity of those places to the viewers in the simplest possible way. Club Defender Of Nature will continue to explore more destinations like these in the future. Please subscribe our channel for instant updates on our upcoming videos and also check out our previous posts on trekking in Uttarakhand! You may feel free to provide your valuable feedback in the comments section and also post your queries.
For Char-Dham yatra online registration, follow the given link:- onlinechardhamyatra.in/
Why the Sound Of Whispers Come From Mount Kailash At Night
In Hinduism Lord Shiva is believed to be seated on Mount Kailash’s house. The mountain is full of supernatural powers. That’s why until now nobody has climbed this mountain. Apart from that, this mountain is synonymous with many other mysteries, to which no one has an answer.
Anyone who tried to climb Mount Kailash had died, and the Chinese government banned mountaineering because of these death-related accidents.
The Russian doctor had planned to scale its peak to reveal the mystery of Mount Kailash. There were also several geologists interested in that. The team spent months near Mount Kailash. He also revealed other things that have been a mystery to date and nobody knew about them. Mount Kailash is, according to that squad, a man-made pyramid. He also said there are a lot of supernatural events too.
In his novel, Dr Muldashif has written that mysterious sounds come from Mount Kailash’s silent manger at night. Some people still seem to live there today.
Besides that, the Tibetan Gurus often think there are many supernatural forces. It’s also said there is a mysterious state around Mount Kailash called Shambala. Where Siddha and ascetic people still live today.
The pyramid-shaped Mount Meru is, contrary to common theories, the product of the possessed technological abilities of some supernatural superhuman beings.
According to the Buddhist and Hindu scriptures, ancient monasteries and caves exist around Mount Meru in which the holy sages live in their material and subtle bodies. Just a few lucky ones will see those caves.
Thousands of pilgrims reach Tibet each year for pilgrimage to the Holy Mount Kailash. Some make it to the region and quite a few manage to finish by circumambulating the healed edge. As for scaling the summit, some adventurous mountaineers have attempted, but with no success, to do so.
Trekking all the way up to the summit of Mount Kailash is considered a prohibited act by Hindus for fear of transgressing the holiness of the mountain and upsetting the spiritual forces that reside there. A monk called Milarepa once traveled far enough to reach the peak of Mount Meru according to a Tibetan legend. When he came back he warned everyone not to bother the God sleeping high up in the top.
There are two magnificent lakes at the foot of Mount Kailash, namely Mansarovar and Rakshas Tal.
Mount Kailash is thought to be the Axis Mundi or celestial pole, earth center, earth pillar, world core, world flower. It is the moment heaven meets earth. Google Maps vouch for the fact’s validity.
Don’t be surprised if, after returning from your Mount Meru tour, you find your nails or hair grown by many millimetres. Tourists and pilgrims have discovered that the air from this ancient peak speeds up the ageing cycle!
Once a party of Siberian climbers arrived ahead of a certain stage and aged by a few decades at once. Shockingly, one year later all of the trespassers died of old age!
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Monsoon India s god of life is a fascinating chronicle of how the wild animals of India cope with the hardship of summer and how the arrival of the monsoon transforms their lives and the land they live in. The monsoon is a great benefactor that replenishes water and rejuvenates the land. But sometimes it can also overwhelm with its abundance, unleashing floods that cause death and destruction. In India s far north east, the rare great Indian rhinoceros lives on a flood plain that swings between the extremes of too little water… and too much. Lying to the south of the great Brahmaputra river, the rhino s home is literally reshaped by the force of every monsoon. As the summer advances, and the waterholes shrink, the normally solitary rhinos are forced together into tiny wallows to escape the heat. The days drag on with little respite and tempers flare as the great beasts jostle for space. When the summer monsoon finally arrives after weeks of anticipation, it makes its first landfall not in the north east, but at the tip of southern India. In the fire-ravaged forests of south India elephants squeal and trumpet when the first thunder showers pelt down. As the waves of dark cloud sweep further inland, they release most of their load over the rainforest-covered slopes of the Western Ghats mountains, drenching the forest floor and awakening all manner of life. Travancore tortoises emerge from hiding and the males battle it out for mating rights. Brightly coloured giant centipedes prowl the forest floor in search of food, and up in the canopy lion-tailed macaques enjoy the special fruits of the monsoon. On the misty, windswept mountain tops, the Nilgiri tahr, a species of rare wild goat, prepare for their annual rut. When the females come into heat they are chased relentlessly by the males, until the last female in the herd has mated. The monsoon does not arrive everywhere in India at once. While the monsoon rains lash south-west India, north India continues to reel under a heat wave. Temperatures in Rajasthan soar above 120 F. The heat drives the animals to rapidly shrinking water holes. Rhesus macaques dive headlong into the water and tigers soak in forest pools. But not everyone can afford to play or relax. Despite the crippling heat a tigress with two large cubs is constantly on the hunt for food. The dry, open forest makes concealment difficult and stalking almost impossible, but along the shores of an enchanting lake, where prey animals gather to feed and drink, there is plenty of food to be had. The tigress must use all her cunning if her cubs are to survive. Distant thunder and a smell of rain drives courting peacocks into a frenzy, and under cover of darkness, the monsoon arrives in Rajasthan. Deep underground, a large female python sits tightly coiled around her clutch of eggs. She laid them sixty days ago to hatch with the monsoon. Now, with the arrival of the rains, her young will have no trouble fending for themselves.
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Madagascar, is the Worlds 5th biggest island and shelters a unique fauna, endangered for most part. This film offers unique insights into the most beautiful regions of this ecological treasure,and captures wildlife at its best, meeting with the Indri, Greater bamboo lemur.
50 years after the first Indian climbed Mount Everest, 30 soldiers of the Indian Army decide to climb the highest peak in the world. However, their plans go awry after a series of devastating Earthquakes hit Nepal on the 25th April, 2015. 22 climbers are trapped in the avalanche in the deadly Khumbu Glacier and the remaining members, caught at the Everest Base Camp. Survival is key. Will they manage to make it alive? Film by Aamir Peerzada
