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bhavan

/ ˈbʌvən /

noun

  1. (in India) a large house or building

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Soon he got permission to light up one of the city's most famous addresses - Raj Bhavan, the governor's mansion, once the residence of the British viceroy.

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Ahead of the talks, Prince Mohammed was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Presidential Palace in New Delhi.

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Mukherjee's teacher at Santiniketan was one of India's greatest artists, Nandalal Bose, who headed Kala Bhavan, the art school.

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Almost as famous as his mentors were Mukherjee's students at Kala Bhavan.

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Perhaps the most famous, the Lives of Medieval Saints on the walls of Cheena Bhavan - a Sino-Indian cultural studies centre - is almost eight feet tall and sprawled across a magnificent 80 feet.

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