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Map Guru is your gateway to discovering the world through maps. 🌍 Explore geography, fascinating places, location-based facts, travel insights, and the stories hidden within our world. Follow the map, discover something new, and see the world differently.
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@mapguru06.bsky.socialLord Krishna Janmashtami around the world! ✨ 🇬🇧 UK: 70-acre Bhaktivedanta Manor gifted by Beatle George Harrison! 🇺🇸 USA: Palace-style temple in Utah! 🇿🇦 SA: Lotus-shaped Durban temple! 🇮🇳 Mayapur: World's largest Vedic temple! Which landmark surprised you most? Follow MapGuru! 🗺️
Show PostThink Raksha Bandhan is the same everywhere? 🧵 Regional twists across India: 🌊 MH/Goa: Narali Purnima (coconuts to Varuna) 🌾 UP/MP: Kajari Purnima (barley planting) 🐮 Odisha: Gamha Purnima (honors cattle) 🧵 South: Avani Avittam 👑 RJ: Lumba Rakhis for Bhabhis How do you celebrate? Follow MapGuru!
Show PostA freight train from Russia straight into India? Deputy PM Marat Khusnullin proposed a massive land-rail route through Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan, & Pakistan to bypass sea chokepoints! Catch: 3 different track widths mean reloading every container! ⚠️ Genius or impossible? Follow Map Guru! 🗺️
Show PostLiving in a country that is 95% sand vs 94% jungle?! 🏜️🌳 Extreme lands on Earth: 🇨🇦 Canada: Holds 60%+ of all freshwater lakes! 🧊 Greenland: 80% buried under ice! 🏜️ Saudi Arabia: ~95% desert sand! 🇸🇷 Suriname: 93%+ dense rainforest! Which extreme landscape would you visit first? Follow Map Guru! 🗺️
Show PostIn 1947, filling a tank cost <₹10 (petrol was 27p/L)! ⛽ How prices grew under PMs: 🔹 Nehru: ~27p to 70p 🔹 Indira: ₹1 to ₹8 (oil crisis) 🔹 Vajpayee: Crossed ₹20 to ₹33 🔹 Manmohan: ₹35 to ₹70+ 🔹 Modi: ₹100+ What did petrol cost when you got your 1st vehicle? Comment below! 🚗
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