Functions of Different Cell Organelles
Functions of Different Cell Organelles.
Summary of Functions of Different Cell Organelles
| SI. No. | Geographical Epithets | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bengal's Sorrow | Damodar River |
| 2. | Blue Mountains | Nilgiri Hills |
| 3. | Britain of the South | New Zealand |
| 4. | City of the Golden Gate | San Francisco (USA) |
| 5. | City of Dreaming Spires | Oxford (UK) |
| 6. | City of Magnificent Distance | Washington, DC, USA |
| 7. | City of Sky - Scrapers | New York |
| 8. | City of Seven Hills | Rome |
| 9. | City of Palaces | Kolkata |
| 10. | China's Sorrow | Huang - Ho |
| 11. | Cockpit of Europe | Belgium |
| 12. | Dark Continent | Africa |
| Confusianism | |
|---|---|
| Founder | King Fu Tsu, better known as Confucius (551 - 479 BC) born in the State of Lu in China |
| Founded In | 500 BC |
| Followed In | China, Taiwan, South Korea, Nauru and Vietnam |
| Sacred Text | The Analects |
| Sacred Places | Peking (Beijing) in China |
| Place Of Worship | No Church or temple |
| Christianity | |
| Founder | Jesus Christ (5 BC to 30 AD) born in Judea, also called Jesus of Nazareth |
| Founded In | 2005 years ago |
| Followed In | Spread all over the world |
| Sacred Text | Holy Bible consisting of the Old Testament (before Christ) and the New Testament (during and after Christ) |
| Sacred Places | Jerusalem where Christ lived and preached |
| Place Of Worship | Church |
| Important Sects | Catholics and Protestants |
| Hinduism | |
| Founder | Of divine origin |
| Founded In | 1500 BC |
| Followed In | Concentrated in India and Nepal and also found in Bhutan, Fiji, Gyuana, Indonesia, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, Bali |
| Sacred Text | The Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita and the epics of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana |
| Place Of Worship | Temple |
| Founder | Prophet Mohammed (570 - 632 AD) born in Mecca (Saudi Arabia) |
| Founded In | 622 AD |
| Followed In | West coast of Africa which includes Tanzania, Southern part of Russia and China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia. Also parts of North Africa |
| Sacred Text | Quran (words of God), Hadis (collection of Prophet's sayings) |
| Sacred Places | Makkah (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia |
| Place Of Worship | Masjid (mosque) |
| Important Sect | Sunnis and Shias |
| Judaism (Religion of the Hebrews) | |
| Founder | Moses, bom in Egypt |
| Founded In | 1300 BC |
| Followed In | World wide; mainly in Israel and United States |
| Sacred Text | Hals, found particularly in the five book of the Bible; commentary on Torah known as Talmud and Midrash |
| Sacred Places | Jerusalem |
| Place Of Worship | Synagogue |
| Shintoism | |
| Founder | Began with Japanese culture and developed out of tradition and ancestor worship |
| Founded In | Antiquity |
| Followed In | Japan |
| Sacred Text | No specific text |
| Sacred Places | Central Shrine of Ise (central Japan) and the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo |
| Sikhism | |
| Founder | Guru Nanak (1469 - 1539) |
| Founded In | 1500 AD |
| Followed In | India |
| Sacred Text | Guru Granth Saheb |
| Sacred Places | The Golden Temple of Amritsar |
| Place Of Worship | Gurdwara |
| Taoism | |
| Founder | Lao-tse, a Chinese philosopher |
| Founded In | 6th century BC |
| Followed In | China, Taiwan, Nauru, Brunei, Singapore and Vietman |
| Sacred Text | Tao-te-Ching |
| Zoroastrianism (Parsi Religion) | |
| Founder | Zoroaster, Born in Medea (modern Iran) about 660 BC |
| Founded In | Around 500 BC |
| Followed In | Iran and north-west India. The Zoroastrians who fled to India during the eighth century are the ancestors of the present Parsi Community in India |
| Sacred Text | Zend Avesta |
| Place Of Worship | Fire temple |
