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The fascinating story of the Kohinoor (Koh-i-Noor) diamond
Amazing facts about India Of all the diamonds in the world, the story of the Kohinoor diamond is by far the most famous. A Golconda classified diamond, whose origins are lost in the midst of time, Kohinoor today occupies the pride of place on the British ... -
Why Raksha Bandhana is a celebration of a woman’s strength
Amazing facts about India Just before the Kurukshetra battle, Kunti tied a Raksha Bandhan on her grandson, Abhimanyu’s wrist. Shachi, the wife of Indra, tied a rakhi on her husband before he undertook the battle against the asura King Mahabali. When Lord ... -
Popular Art of Living Bhajans
“The word bhajan is very precious. Bhaj means to share. Sharing all that the Divine is. It is not necessary to know the words or meaning to any song. Singing helps to bring serenity. Singing is simply merging into the sounds, floating on its waves with a ... -
Spiritual Mantras & Chants
Mantras are impulses or rhythms of the consciousness. They create vibrations in the spirit. Their effects, influence, method and mode of working are all a mystery. In Sanskrit, it is said, Manana trayate iti mantra. Mantra is that which saves you from rep ... -
How India’s past prowess can help the current agricultural crisis
Amazing facts about India. We are finally becoming eco-conscious and eco-edgy. Tips on water conservation are trendy, small eco-friendly gestures become gratifying while we doff our hats to anyone who seems eco-intelligent. If only. If only we went deep ... -
The story of a plant called cotton & a pioneer named India
Amazing facts about India. Millennia ago, the beautiful ladies in Rome were besotted by a certain fabric that reached them from across the seas. Soft to touch, light, and graceful on wearing, the fabric inspired a few drapes and fashion styles among the R ... -
Little known facts about Krishna
Amazing facts about India. * What is the connection between a pillar built by a Greek ambassador and Krishna? * Did the Yamuna truly part for Vasudev and the infant Krishna? * Did the legendary city of Dwarka exist? The holy book Srimad-Bhagavad describ ... -
Swastika: The 5,000-year-old History of Swastika an Indian symbol
Amazing facts about India. In 1921, Robert Baden Powell founded the Boy Scouts movement. And he used a specific symbol to denote gratitude to those who helped the Boy Scouts and thus became part of their brotherhood. And that was the swastika symbol. Rob ... -
When one of the oldest scriptures in the world spoke of gravity
Amazing facts about India. Sir Issac Newton, the English astronomer, mathematician and physicist, is widely hailed as the person who formulated the laws of gravitation and motion. The story goes that he came up with the concept of gravity under an apple t ...
