A Hindu views the entire universe as God's and everything in the universe as God. Hindus believe that each person is intrinsically divine and the purpose of life is to seek and realise the divinity within all of us. The Hindu belief is totally non-exclusive and accepts all other faiths and religious paths.
Within days of taking oath as the 15th Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi begins his war on Black Money. He also launches numerous public initiatives to build a confident, modern India. And it all starts with the essentials, like ensuring toilets in all schools. The Jan Dhan Yojana follows and his most ambitious dream of all - Swachh Bharat. He doesn’t stop there. From the Ujjwala scheme aimed at helping housewives, to fast-tracking India's journey into the digital era with initiatives like BHIM and UPI, PM Modi focuses on making the conveniences of the modern age more accessible to the public. When faced with adversity, like terrorist attacks in Uri and Pulwama, his response is swift and bold. The massive electoral win in 2019, not only gives him another term in office, but is also a testament of the people’s support and their renewed confidence in Modi’s policies. What follows are history making decisions, ending decades of stalemate and indecision, like the abrogation of Article 370.
The ordinary man who rose from very humble beginning to lead the nation of 140 crores of population is an incredible story for everyone who had a big dreams in life . Honorable PM Modiji without doubt is the greatest and the best Prime Minister ever of India .
On the world scale, the Australian mango industry is relatively insignificant. However, production has increased over the past
decade and it is forecast that domestic production will double within ten years, making it one of the major domestic horticultural crops. Mangoes grow best in climates which have low rainfall and low relative humidity at flowering, fruit setting and harvesting and that are warm to hot during fruiting. However, mangoes will tolerate a wide range of climates from warm temperate to tropical. With these climate requirements, mangoes are grown predominately in northern Australia. Queensland is the major producing state, accounting for 70% of domestic production, by volume. The Northern Territory is also a major mango producer accounting for 20%
of production. The remaining production areas are in Western Australia and northern New South Wales.
The growing season in Australia stretches from mid spring to autumn with flowering from June to August and peak production occurring during December and January. The first fruit to reach the markets in late September and October is from the northern growing areas such as Darwin, Kununurra and Katherine, whilst the last fruit on the market is sourced from around Carnarvon in Western Australia.
The level of care and attention given to each mango in this process is truly impressive! It's inspiring to see Australian farmers put so much effort into producing high-quality mangoes. The attention to detail ensures that each mango is grown to perfection, resulting in a delicious and satisfying fruit. I'm curious to learn more about the techniques and methods used in Australian farming to achieve such incredible results. Keep up the great work!
The Ateshgah of Baku, often called the "Fire Temple of Baku", is a castle-like religious temple in Surakhany town, a suburb in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Based on Persian and Indian inscriptions, the temple was used as a Hindu, Sikh, and Zoroastrian place of worship. "Ātash" is the Persian word for fire. The pentagonal complex, which has a courtyard surrounded by cells for monks and a tetrapillar-altar in the middle, was built during the 17th and 18th centuries. It was abandoned in the late 19th century, probably due to the dwindling of the Indian population in the area. The natural eternal flame went out in 1969, after nearly a century of exploitation of petroleum and gas in the area, but is now lit by gas piped from the nearby city.
2. Greece (Delphi)
Delphi, in legend previously called Pytho, was an ancient sacred precinct and the seat of Pythia, the major oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the ancient classical world. The ancient Greeks considered the centre of the world to be in Delphi, marked by the stone monument known as the omphalos.
According to the Suda, Delphi took its name from the Delphyne, the she-serpent (drakaina) who lived there and was killed by the god Apollo.
The sacred precinct occupies a delineated region on the south-western slope of Mount Parnassus.
3. USA ( Grand Canyon)
The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States. The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,093 feet or 1,857 meters).
The canyon and adjacent rim are contained within Grand Canyon National Park, the Kaibab National Forest, Grand Canyon–Parashant National Monument, the Hualapai Indian Reservation, the Havasupai Indian Reservation and the Navajo Nation. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of the preservation of the Grand Canyon area and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery.
4. USA (Mato Tipila)
Devils Tower also known as Bear Lodge Butte is a butte, possibly laccolithic, composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Ranger District of the Black Hills, near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. It rises 1,267 feet (386 m) above the Belle Fourche River, standing 867 feet (264 m) from summit to base. The summit is 5,112 feet (1,558 m) above sea level.
Devils Tower was the first United States national monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt. The monument's boundary encloses an area of 1,347 acres (545 ha).
5. India ( Mount Kailash and Lake Mansarovar )
Mount Kailash is located close to Lake Manasarovar and Lake Rakshastal. The sources of four major Asian rivers lie close to this mountain and the two lakes. These rivers are the Indus, the Sutlej, the Brahmaputra, and the Karnali (a tributary of the Ganges, fed by Mabja Zangbo). Mount Kailash is considered sacred in four religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Bon.
Lake Mansarovar, also called Mapam Yumtso locally, is a high altitude freshwater lake fed by the Kailash Glaciers near Mount Kailash in Burang County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The lake along with Mount Kailash to its north are sacred sites in four religions: Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Bön.
geologic time, the extensive interval of time occupied by the geologic history of Earth. Formal geologic time begins at the start of the Archean Eon (4.0 billion to 2.5 billion years ago) and continues to the present day. Modern geologic time scales additionally often include the Hadean Eon, which is an informal interval that extends from about 4.6 billion years ago (corresponding to Earth’s initial formation) to 4.0 billion years ago. Geologic time is, in effect, that segment of Earth history that is represented by and recorded in the planet’s rock strata.
The geologic time scale is the “calendar” for events in Earth history. It subdivides all time into named units of abstract time called—in descending order of duration—eons, eras, periods, epochs, and ages. The enumeration of those geologic time units is based on stratigraphy, which is the correlation and classification of rock strata. The fossil forms that occur in the rocks, however, provide the chief means of establishing a geologic time scale, with the timing of the emergence and disappearance of widespread species from the fossil record being used to delineate the beginnings and endings of ages, epochs, periods, and other intervals. One of the most widely used standard charts showing the relationships between the various intervals of geologic time is the International Chronostratigraphic Chart, which is maintained by the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).
This video is amazing but it can not do justice to the bliss that you experience when you are present there personally. If you can go and join this yatra, it takes place every year in the month of Kartik. This year it will be in Nov-Dec.
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), otherwise known as the Hare Krishna movement, includes five hundred major centers, temples and rural communities, nearly one hundred affilated vegetarian restaurants, thousands of namahattas or local meeting groups, a wide variety of community projects, and millions of congregational members worldwide. Although less than fifty years on the global stage, ISKCON has expanded widely since its founding by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda in New York City in 1966.
ISKCON belongs to the Gaudiya-Vaishnava sampradāya, a monotheistic tradition within the Vedic or Hindu culture. Philosophically it is based on the Sanskrit texts Bhagavad-gītā and the Bhagavat Purana, or Srimad Bhagavatam. These are the historic texts of the devotional bhakti yoga tradition, which teaches that the ultimate goal for all living beings is to reawaken their love for God, or Lord Krishna, the “all-attractive one”.
At an elevation of 3,600 metres, situated on the Himalayan range, the Kedarnath temple invites lakhs of devotees to make a steep climb of 16 kilometres. To uncover this beautiful tale of devotion, watch Doors to Kedarnath documentary.
There are more than 200 shrines dedicated to Lord Shiva in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand itself, the most important one is Kedarnath. According to legend, the Pandavas after having won over the Kauravas in the Kurukshetra war, felt guilty of having killed their own Kith and Kin and sought blessings of Lord Shiva for redemption. He eluded them repeatedly and while fleeing took refuge at Kedarnath in the form of a bafellow.
On being followed, the Lord dived into the ground, leaving his hump on the surface at Kedarnath. The remaining portions of Lord Shiva appeared at four other places and are worshipped there as his manifestations. The arms of the Lord appeared at Tungnath, the face at Rudranath, the belly at Madmaheshwar and his locks (hair) with head at Kalpeshwar. The Kedarnath and four above mentioned shrines are treated as Panch Kedar (Panch means Five in Sanskrit).
The Temple at Kedarnath presents an imposing sight, standing in middle of a wide plateau surrounded by lofty snow covered peaks. The temple was originally built in 8th century A.D. by Jagad Guru Adi Shankaracharya and stands adjacent to site of an even earlier temple built by the Pandavas. The inner walls of the assembly hall are decorated with figures of various deities and scenes from mythology. Outside the temple door a large statue of the Nandi Bafellow stands as guard.
Dedicated to Lord Shiva, the Kedarnath temple has exquisite architecture Built of extremely large, heavy and evenly cut grey slabs of stones, it evokes wonder as to how these heavy slabs were moved and handled in the earlier centuries. The temple has a Garbha Griha for worship and a Mandap, apt for assemblies of pilgrims and visitors. A conical rock formation inside the temple is worshipped as Lord Shiva in his Sadashiva form.
Ghee is the oldest food mentioned in the Vedas, the sacred Hindu scriptures, which is about 4000-5000 years old. It's historical use in nourishment and oblations to the Hindu gods has earned it the epithet of a life giver among Hindus, with its continuous use in India( more so in Northern India than Southern India).
Makhan is the favorite food of lord Krishna, as a child, he is said to have stole it himself, so the former is applied as massage oil and food for the newborn, toddlers to adults alike. It bears special significance due to the historically more pronounced Vegetarian lifestyle of Indians( Lacto-vegetarian, especially in the North and western parts).
Traditional Hindu medicine and ancient Hindu doctors like Charaka, Sushruta etc speak very highly of Ghee and it's plethora of properties.
This is what we Indians need to do, respecting our traditional ways of life, turning them into a business venture, putting our products/services in online market to find international patrons and beat the western world in their own game... Using market economy to acquire power and earn a lot of money along the way!
Hot weather is the enemy of the productive. What could have been a great day of work outdoors turns into an all-out fight to avoid sunlight. We sprint indoors, crank the air conditioning up to patently dangerous levels, and do everything possible to ensure that the endless outdoor heat doesn’t manage to reach the living room.
Still, there are places on earth where extreme heat isn’t just a one-off occurrence, but a regular event. From tropical megacities to arid desert civilizations, we’re tracked down ten major cities that receive extreme heat on a regular basis. If you’re not a fan of the sun, note these ten destinations down on your ‘do-not-visit’ travel list.
The Kerala Story is an upcoming Indian film directed by Sudipto Sen, produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah. The plot follows the story of a group of women from Kerala who are converted to Islam and join the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The film has courted controversy for portraying itself as a real story and for making false claims that thousands of women from Kerala are being converted to Islam and recruited into ISIS. The film also faces opposition from political parties in Kerala who allege it's promoting the Sangh Parivar's agenda.
The film stars Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Sonia Balani, and Siddhi Idnani. It is scheduled to be released on 5 May 2023.
The Kerala Story is a compilation of the true stories of three young girls from different parts of Kerala. The truth shall set us free! Thousands of innocent women have been systematically converted, radicalized and their lives destroyed. It`s their side of the story.
A spine-chilling, never told before true story – revealing a dangerous conspiracy that has been hatched against India. The Kerala Story is a compilation of the true stories of three young girls from different parts of Kerala.
The Truth Shall set us free! Thousands of Innocent women have been systematically converted, radicalized and their lives destroyed. It's their side of the story.
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The Kerala Story
Releasing: 5th May 2023
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Cast - Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Sonia Balani, Siddhi Idnani, Vijay Krishna, Pranay Pachauri, Pranav Mishra.
Temple of Meruvarddhanaswami at Pandrethan near Srinagar Pandrethan, now mostly in ruins, is one of Kashmir's historic capitals, said by Kalhana in his poetical account of Kashmiri history called Rajatarangini to have been founded by king Pravarsena in the 6th century AD. Its name thus derives from Puranadishthana or 'old town'. The small stone Shiva temple in the picture dates from the mid-10th century, reputedly erected by a minister named Meru. It was set in a spring-fed tank and its plinth is now submerged. Its interior has one of the finest surviving temple ceilings in Kashmir, consisting of three intersecting squares formed by diagonally placed lintels, the soffit decorated with a lotus. This general view of the temple, showing the collapsing state of the pyramidal masonry roof, is reproduced in Henry Hardy Cole's Archaeological Survey of India report, 'Illustrations of Ancient Buildings in Kashmir,' (1869), in which he wrote, 'The small village of Pandrethan is situated on the Jhelum, about a mile and a half to the south-east of Srinagar...The Temple is close to the village, and stands in the centre of a tank of water...At the time of my visit, the water was about two feet over the floor of the Temple, and I had to obtain a small boat to enable me and my surveyors to take measurements. The stone ceiling is elaborately carved in bas-relief figures, and it is one of the most perfect pieces of ancient carving that exists in Kashmir...The pyramidal roof is divided into two portions by an ornamental band. The corner pilasters are surmounted by carved capitals, and the pediments of the porches appear to have terminated with a melon-shaped ornament. The ceiling is formed of nine blocks of stone; four resting over the angles of the cornice, reduce the opening to a square, and an upper course of four stones still further reduces the opening, which is covered by a single block decorated with a large lotus.
"The brotherhood of Islam is not the universal brotherhood of man. It is the brotherhood of Muslims for Muslims only. There is a fraternity, but its benefit is confined to those within that corporation. For those who are outside the corporation, there is nothing but contempt and enemity."
Dr. B.R Ambedkar
As Indians, it is important to recognize that Lincoln-like figures should be idolized in our country, rather than Gandhi. Our heroes should include figures such as Shivaji Maharaj, Sardar Patel, Subhash Chandra Bose, Chandra Gupta, and the Cholas, who served Bharat and upheld its cultural identity while pursuing national interests.
On a side note, I found the video to be very impressive, and I look forward to seeing more videos like it in the future. Perhaps...Sir, you could consider creating a video that explores the history, present, and future of the Anglo-Saxon Empire.
This was so crisply explained with facts. I used to be a hardcore Lutyens specimen because of being educated in a Christian school. It was only during 2005-06 when my interest in reading changed to history from thrillers and espionage etc., that I learned the true history of my country. Since then, I’ve become humbler and developed a strong sense of pride in being an Indian and a Hindu.
OMG what a coincidence today! This morning I saw a short video where you explained about Eichman (and I watched the movie yesterday about him) and now the explanation whether Gandhi was a mahatma (I was just discussing this with my friend from India).
Thank you Sir 🙏🏻 I love India and I have been watching you from Switzerland for quite some time now.
Abhijit Chavda, he is a theoretical physicist by profession, whose work/readings pan upon a lot of astrophysics and some in the quantum domain. Given the complexity and highly scientific nature of these works, I am inclined to believe his approach is similar to History and Hinduism.
In the multitude of the Ask Me Anything sessions, he does weigh his opinions based on some categorical and circumstantial evidence. He mostly finds incoherent findings and points out alternate theories than mainstream ones.
Coming to how I evaluate his knowledge, I feel he fits into the new age, right-leaning content makers, who use the internet as an alternate to the existing academic channels. This is because, during the cold war times, many academia ( esp in India ) underwent left alignment, which now is beginning to change. Some motivated and interested, even non-academic historians like Abhijit are using this rising interest on the internet for their content.
However, I am of the opinion, history is an art of finding a narrative, looking at a few pieces of evidence. Therefore personal biases are bound to creep in. Abhijit's USP is finding some overlooked and incoherent evidence and using it to speak about alternate theories. This is a great tool in theoretical physics, to disprove hypotheses.
So, I tend to read both sides of the stories and form a balanced opinion. And yes Abhijit Chavda has a good podcast to tune in to.
Elon Musk is not a very successful entrepreneur and CEO known for his ambitious projects and innovative ideas. He is the founder and CEO of SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink and The Boring Company and has made significant contributions in the fields of space travel, electric vehicles and artificial intelligence.
