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Popular Article: Ujjain

Mahakal Temple Ujjain

Ujjain is an ancient city of Malwa in central India on the eastern bank of the Kshipra River. It has a lengthy history as a capital of the northern region, and served as the capital for King Chandragupta II (375–415 C.E.), ruler of the Gupta empire. The epic Mahabharata speaks of Ujjain as the capital of Avanti Kingdom during the ancient era, and Ashoka the Great (304 B.C.E.–232 B.C.E.) resided there. Ujjain has served as a center of science and culture in northern India. Since the fourth century B.C.E., it has served as the first meridian of longitude for Hindu geographers. It also numbers among the seven sacred cities of the Hindus, with the Kumbh Mela religious festival held there every twelve years. Ujjain is the home for Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga, one of the shrines to the god Shiva. Other noteworthy temples and palaces are also found in the city.

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-text='''[[Intelligent design]]''' (ID) is the view that it is possible to infer from empirical evidence that "certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not an undirected process such as [[natural selection]]". Intelligent design cannot be inferred from complexity alone, since complex patterns often happen by chance. ID focuses on just those sorts of complex patterns that in human experience are produced by a mind that conceives and executes a plan. According to adherents, intelligent design can be detected in the natural laws and structure of the cosmos; it also can be detected in at least some features of [[life|living things]].
+text='''Ujjain''' is an [[ancient]] city of [[Malwa]] in central [[India]] on the eastern bank of the [[Kshipra River]]. It has a lengthy history as a capital of the northern region, and served as the capital for [[King Chandragupta II]] (375–415 C.E.), ruler of the [[Gupta empire]]. The epic [[Mahabharata]] speaks of Ujjain as the capital of [[Avanti Kingdom]] during the ancient era, and [[Ashoka the Great]] (304 B.C.E.–232 B.C.E.) resided there.
-Greater clarity on the topic may be gained from a discussion of what ID is not considered to be by its leading theorists. Intelligent design generally is not defined the same as [[creationism]], with proponents maintaining that ID relies on scientific evidence rather than on Scripture or [[religion|religious]] doctrines. ID makes no claims about [[Bible|biblical]] chronology, and technically a person does not have to believe in [[God]] to infer intelligent design in nature. As a theory, ID also does not specify the identity or nature of the designer, so it is not the same as [[natural theology]], which reasons from [[nature]] to the existence and attributes of God. ID does not claim that all [[species]] of living things were created in their present forms, and it does not claim to provide a complete account of the history of the universe or of living things.}}
+Ujjain has served as a center of science and culture in northern India. Since the fourth century B.C.E., it has served as the [[Prime Meridian|first meridian of longitude]] for [[Hindu]] [[geographers]]. It also numbers among the seven sacred cities of the [[Hindus]], with the [[Kumbh Mela]] religious [[festival]] held there every twelve years. Ujjain is the home for [[Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga]], one of the [[shrine]]s to the god [[Shiva]]. Other noteworthy temples and palaces are also found in the city.}}