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| <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN"> | |
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| <title>Kashmiri Overseas Association (KOA)</title> | |
| </head> | |
| <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> | |
| <p align="center"><img src="koa_new.gif"><br> | |
| <br> | |
| <img src="main_img.gif"> <br> | |
| <p align="center"><a href="camp99-main.html"><img | |
| src="camp99.gif" border="0" width="201" height="58"></a></p> | |
| <div align="center"><center> | |
| <table border="0"> | |
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| <td> </td> | |
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| <tr> | |
| <td align="center"><a href="appeal.html"><img | |
| src="appeal/appeal.gif" border="0"></a> <a | |
| href="announcements.html"><img src="announ/annou.gif" | |
| border="0"></a> <a href="sponsor.html"><img | |
| src="sponsor/sponsor.gif" border="0"></a><br> | |
| <a href="KPchat"><img src="KPchat/chat.gif" border="0"></a> | |
| <a href="KPmail"><img src="KPmail/mail.gif" border="0"></a> | |
| <a href="KPlinks"><img src="KPlinks/link.gif" border="0"></a> | |
| <a href="Tributes"><img src="Tributes/tribute.gif" | |
| border="0"></a> <br> | |
| <a href="guest_book.html"><img src="gbook.gif" border="0"></a> | |
| <a href="Matrimonial"><img src="Matrimonial/mater.gif" | |
| border="0"></a> <a href="Gatherings"><img | |
| src="Gatherings/gatherings.gif" border="0"></a> </td> | |
| </tr> | |
| </table> | |
| </center></div> | |
| <p align="center">The KOA is grateful to all those who have | |
| provided information and the pictures for this website. <br> | |
| </p> | |
| <p align="center"><!--webbot bot="HTMLMarkup" startspan --><FORM method="get" action="http://www.hotbot.com/"><INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="_v" VALUE="2"><TABLE><TR><TD><A HREF="http://www.hotbot.com/"><IMG SRC="http://static.wired.com/help.hotbot/images/btn_ext_slogo.gif" width=105 height=34 alt="HotBot" border=0></A> </TD> <TD align=center valign=middle> Search <SELECT NAME="domain"> <OPTION VALUE="www.koausa.org" selected> Kashmiri Overseas Association <OPTION VALUE="www.kashmir-information.com" selected> Kashmir Information Network <!-- ^^^^ Your site or domain name here! --> <!-- e.g. "www.companyname.com" should replace --> <!-- both instances of "www.hotwired.com" above. --> <!-- Use only the domain name, and not any subdirectories: --> <!-- i.e. DON'T USE "www.companyname.com/members/mypage.asp" --> <!-- rather, just use "www.companyname.com" --> <!-- ^^^^ A list of sites here! --> <!-- you should replace all the database domain names --> <!-- with domains of your choosing, --> <!-- like www.espn.com, www.abcnews.com etc. --> <!-- and change the title "Database industry" to --> <!-- "Bob's Favorite News Sites", for example --> <!-- Be sure to include the "www" prefix if your URL needs it! --> <OPTION value="">the Web </SELECT> for<BR> <INPUT type=text NAME="MT" SIZE=25 VALUE="" MAXLENGTH=100> </TD> <TD> <INPUT type=image src="http://static.wired.com/help.hotbot/images/btn_ext_search.gif" name="act.search" value="Submit Search" width=78 height=29 border=0> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="RD" VALUE="DM"> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="OPs" VALUE="R"> </FORM><!--webbot | |
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| </p> | |
| <p align="center"><img src="hr-grad-color.gif"> </p> | |
| <p align="center"><img src="titleC.gif"> </p> | |
| <p>Nature has lavishly endowed Kashmir with certain distinctive | |
| favours which hardly find a parallel in any alpine land of the | |
| world. Set in the womb of the Himalayas and gifted with beautiful | |
| and inspiring natural scenery, it emerged as a highly advanced | |
| seat of learning from very early times, taking its place along | |
| with the famous Universities of Taksasila and Nalanda. Ramparts | |
| of high mountains and seclusion of the land helped her top | |
| reserve the life and conditions of early times which it is rather | |
| difficult to resuscitate in regard to other such mountainous | |
| regions. To the poets like Bilhana and others it was <i>Sardadesh</i>, | |
| the land of goddess <i>Sarda</i>; and it was even believed that | |
| goddess Saraswati actually lived here and hence the Sardapitha | |
| was also known as Sripeetha for conferring <i>sarvajna</i> | |
| degrees. The cultural heritage of Kashmir is, therefore, very | |
| rich and derives its inspiration and strength both from her | |
| natural environs and the rich literature and literary traditions | |
| alike. <br> | |
| <font color="#00FF00" size="2"><i>Reproduced from</i>: <b>Tantricism | |
| in Kashmir</b> by Acharya Dina Nath Shastri, <i>Koshur Samachar</i>, | |
| July 1996</font></p> | |
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| ar[1] = "to this website." | |
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| <h2><font color="#FF0000" size="2">Person to Contact:</font></h2> | |
| <p><a href="mailto:wanchoo@koausa.org"><font color="#000FFF" | |
| size="3"><img src="emailed.gif" align="left" hspace="0"></font></a><ahref="mailto:wanchoo@koausa.org"><font | |
| color="#000FFF" size="3">Lalit Wanchoo<br> | |
| President, Kashmiri Overseas Association (KOA)<br> | |
| 4302 Rockport Lane<br> | |
| Bowie, MD 20720 - USA<br> | |
| <br> | |
| <br> | |
| <br> | |
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