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7 unusual facts about DERA


Asuka-dera

Following the transfer of the capital from Asuka to Heijō-kyō (now Nara city), the buildings of Asuka-dera were also removed from the original site in Asuka to Nara in 718 CE, and developed into a huge temple under the name of Gangō-ji.

C. Thomas Elliott

A conference centre at DERA Malvern (by 2007 QinetiQ) was named 'The Tom Elliott Centre' in his honour when opened by the Princess Royal in 2007.

Kaidupur

There are the famous Dera that are scantily clad for religious purposes and believe in the philosophy of self detachment.

Kurama-dera

The Defender Lord came from Venus 6.5 million years ago and is eternally 16 years old due to chemical differences in the atmospheres of the two planets.

Mii-dera

Within the Kondo and Hondo (the Main Hall and Buddha Hall) of Mii-dera, there are at least six statues of the Buddha, sacred personal possessions of various Emperors, including Emperor Tenji, which are hidden away and shown only on rare, special occasions, as well as one large statue of the Miroku, or Maitreya, Buddha in the center of the Hall.

Samebito

Meanwhile, Tōtarō has been seeking a bride, and eventually falls in love with a beautiful woman he sees at a female pilgrimage at Mii-dera.

Shoin-zukuri

Other representative examples of early shoin style, also called shuden, include two guest halls at Mii-dera.


.224 Boz

In early 1999 .224 BOZ was fired in modified 10mm MP5 and 10mm Glock taking part in a head to head trial at DERA Fort Halstead (UK Defence Testing Establishment) against the NATO CRISAT specification target of layered titanium and Kevlar armour.

Ahmadpur East Tehsil

The Dera Nawab Sahib railway station is located in Ahmadpur East city on Pakistan Railways main line.

Bande Nawaz

Gandapur living in the area of layyah(Punjab Pakistan), Daamaan (Dera Ismail Khan) are descendants of Storee(ustarana), and brothers of Ustrana and HummaR.

Bhai Fauja Singh

After the formation of Pakistan they moved to the village of Gazneepur, which is 6 miles on the Gurdaspur Dera Baba Nanak road.

Bhurgari

Bhurgri tribe can be traced from Choti Zareen the ancestral town of the Balochi Aliani clan, the well-known Leghari and other Balochi tribes are located in the Dera Ghazi Khan District of Southern Punjab, Pakistan.

BROACH warhead

Development of BROACH began in 1991 when Team BROACH consisted of British Aerospace RO Defence, Thomson-Thorn Missile Electronics and DERA.

Bruce Eriksen

Bruce Eriksen (March 22, 1928 – March 16, 1997) was an artist, social activist and founder of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Residents Association (DERA).

Buddhism in Japan

These schools centered around the ancient capitals of Asuka and Nara, where great temples such as the Asuka-dera and Tōdai-ji were erected respectively.

Centre for Quantum Computation

A chance meeting on the ski slopes of the Alps with John Rarity, a scientist at DERA (the UK’s military research organisation), led to a collaboration in which Ekert’s scheme was tested experimentally in the early 90's.

Chandigarh capital region

Dera Bassi - Lalru is another belt with mostly medium industry, this place has many spinning mills including the Nahar group.

Dera Baba Nanak

The Bedis, descendants of Guru Nanak Dev built a new town and named it Dera Baba Nanak after their great ancestor.

Dera Dildar

Established in 1832 by the Dildar Zai sub-clan of Mazari Family, the beautiful and tiny town of Dera Dildaar was Previously known as Thalion.

Dera Ismail Khan cricket team

Dera Ismail Khan is a former first-class cricket team in Pakistan from the town of Dera Ismail Khan in the south of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Genpei War

In June, Kiyomori moved the seat of imperial power to Fukuhara (modern day Kobe), in the hope of promoting trade with Song Dynasty China, and on the fifteenth of that month, Prince Mochihito fled Kyoto to take refuge in Mii-dera.

Gurinder Singh

The headquarters of the society, called Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, are located beside the river Beas near the town of Beas, Punjab, in northern India, and have been a center for satsang since 1891.

Kurai

Band Kurai, a town in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Kurai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a town in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Michael Mainelli

While co-founding Z/Yen, Professor Mainelli served as Corporate Development Director of Europe's largest R&D organisation (then the UK Ministry of Defence's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, DERA, now largely QinetiQ and DSTL, the Defence Science & Technology Laboratory) leading to two privatisations.

Radha Soami Satsang Beas

It had its origins when the saint Bābā Jaimal Singh settled in 1891 near the town of Beās at an isolated rural site, which later came to be called Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, on the west bank of the Beās River in the Punjab region of British India.

Una district

The famous places of Una are Chintpurni or Chhinnamastika Dhaam,Bhadurkali Mata Mandir,Guga Jahar Peer in Village Bhadurkali, Dera Baba Barbhag Singh, Dera Baba Rudru,Baba moni temple of Ghanari, Joggi Panga, Dharamshala Mahanta, Dhunsar Mahadev Temple Talmehra, Pir Nigaha - Madanpur Basoli, Shivbari Temple Gagret, Sidh Baba Balak nath temple Dmamiya in Ispur and Mini Secretariat.


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