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A leap year consists of 366 days, as opposed to a common year, which has 365 days. During Leap Years, we add a Leap Day, an extra – or intercalary – day on February 29. Nearly every 4 years is a Leap Year in our modern Gregorian Calendar. When is the next Leap Day? Traditions and Superstitions on Leap Day Leap Day Trivia World Events during the Leap Year 2012 Why do we need Leap Years? Leap Years are needed to keep our calendar in alignment with the Earth's revolutions around the sun. It takes the Earth approximately 365.242199 days – or 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 46 seconds (a tropical year) – to circle once around the Sun. Tropical year Note: The illustration is not to scale. However, the Gregorian calendar has only 365 days in a year, so if we didn't add a day on February 29 nearly every 4 years, we would lose almost six hours off our calendar every year. After only 100 years, our calendar would be off by approximately 24 days! H...

shambhavi vastrad: DANDELI SYKES POINT : Sykes Point is near Ambikanagar near Dandeli is famous for its fabulous view of the valley of the river Kali inside the Dandeli Reserved For...

Sykes Point is near Ambikanagar near Dandeli is famous for its fabulous view of the valley of the river Kali inside the Dandeli Reserved Forest. There is a temple near by on top of a small hill. This temple is inside a cave, This place is called "kavaLa caves". This place offers a great part of the untouched part of the forests of the Western Ghats. Being a wildlife reserve opportunities for trekking are less. Sykes Point is a scenic spot known for its awe inspiring valley view from where one can see miles and miles of Kali river flowing in the deep emerald valley. This is a vista point where river Kali flows throws a narrow valley. The vista point suddenly drops into the river, and hence offers amazing view of the river for a long distance. Tourists, who are flocking this part of the State in recent years, consider their journey incomplete without visiting this place. Sykes Point is located on the edge of a steep hill of Western Ghats, 23 km from Dandeli. Nagzari Power H...