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In Jaina tradition, Gommateshvara or Bahubali is the son of Adinatha, the first Tirthankara.The mahamastabhisheka or head anointment of Bahubali is performed every 12 years. On this occasion, devotees pour offerings including milk, flowers, and jewels over the head of the colossal image. The colossal image of Gommateshvara (57-feet tall) is situated at Shravana Belagola. The name Shravana Belagola derives from shramana, which means ‘ascetic’ in Sanskrit, and bela-kola which means ‘white tank’ in Kannada.  Shravana Belagola is in the Channarayapatna taluk of Hassan district in Karnataka. The town lies between two rocky hills known as Chandragiri or Chikkabetta and Vindhyagiri or Indragiri (also known as Doddabetta). 

The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, is the first intergovernmental agreement, prepared under the auspices of the United Nations, to cover all dimensions of international migration in a holistic and comprehensive manner.  It was adopted at an intergovernmental conference on migration in Marrakesh, Morocco on 10 December 2018.  The first International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) took place at the United Nations headquarters in New York on 17-20 May 2022 to review the progress made at the local, national, regional and global levels in implementing the Global Compact.  The Global Compact is grounded in international human rights law and reaffirms States’ commitment to respecting, protecting, and fulfilling all human rights for all migrants.  The Global Compact rests on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and each of the nine core international human rights law instruments, and contains a Guiding Principle on human rights: “The Global ...