History

Horses in South India

Today’s Leftist Historians tend to move away from the discussions of Origins and chronology of Archaeological artifacts(The Penguin History of Early India, RT,2002). Reason for distancing from such debates is, the more the discussions go deeper, the more they are forced to refute their own models. Fr. Br., had to eat an unceremonious humble pie, More >

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Vatican “Converting” Vigrin Mary into a Hindu Goddess ?

Today 27jul2008, in the Deccan Chronicle i found a rather interesting article on Virgin Mary in a Sari. According to a news article in aol.in, Vatican has taken the “initiative” … to “Indianize” the Bible … by “projecting Virgin Mary in a Sari. And the Indianized Version of Bible also has quotes from the Mahabharata More >

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Qutub Minar – Delhi

Finally last Sunday I got a chance to visit the Minar …
I used to see it while going from Delhi to Gurgaon …from buses, Ladu sarai bus stand ….
and then I was there….
We reached around 11 am and it was awfully hot …took tickets and went inside ….
I personally liked the place more than More >

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GURUVAYUR STHALA PURANAM BY P R RADHAKRISHNAN

GURUVAYUR : STHALA PURANAM

Guruvayur is called BHOO LOKA VAIKUNDHAM. Do you know why ? It is the place where the Krishnanjana Shila idol of Lord which ,He Himself worshipped is installed. .
I am giving hereunder the Sthala Purana of this place.

It is believed by all Hindus that Guruvayur More >

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HINDUISM THROUGH HISTORY (PART – 2)

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Section – A: History of Acceptance and Assimilation in India
The Indian mind is broadly defined by the philosophy of acceptance and assimilation. This has been happening for many a millennium. Indian history often begins with the Sarasvati-Sindhu civilization.
Although this concentrates only on More >

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DID YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM I DIDN’T

‘Jana Gana Mana’ – Just a thought for the National Anthem! How well do you know about it?

I have always wondered who is the ‘adhinayak’ and ‘bharat bhagya vidhata’, whose praise we are singing… I thought might be Motherland India! Our current National Anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ is sung throughout the country.

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HISTORY RECORDS STORY OF VICTORY CUM GLORY

When mind gets enervated
By hope it is renovated
When fear is amputated
Soul is emancipated

Goal makes life splendid
Goalless life is insipid
History records one who really did
To make History soon please bid

Towards achievement travel
Do something very novel
The World must marvel
And preserve your name well

Concentrate on the work undertaken
Deviation may try to weaken
By the World you More >

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The Creation of every Epic has been because of a Woman.

ndia’s Ramayana and Mahabharata, Greece’s Illiad, Egypt’s Cleopatra have all been created because of a woman. If Ravan wouldnt have kidnapped Sita would there have a war. Even the reason why he kidnapped her was because of the insult of Ravan’s sister who was a woman. In the Illad the war of Troy happened because More >

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Annapoorna Devi

Shiva and Parvati often played Dice in their conjugal abode on Mount Kailasa. Once to make the game more exciting and interesting, Shiva asked Parvati to bet her Jewels and he betted his trident. If he won, he would get Parvati’s jewels. If Parvati won, she would get Shiva’s trident. But More >

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The Indus Valley Civilization

The Indus Valley Civilization, or the Harappan Culture, formed the earliest urban civilization on the Indian sub-continent, and one of the earliest in the world. Its unique urban characteristics ensure it a place in the annals of world architecture. However, before discussing these, it is worthwhile to briefly examine the history of its discovery.
Archaeologists More >

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