Educational Heritage of Ancient India — A Talk by Sahana Singh
So in the years that I have been living outside India, I get a lot of questions like: how is it that you Indians are motivated to study so hard? What is it...
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Vijayanagara: The City of Victory – A Talk By Ratnakar Sadasyula
The Srijan Foundation organized a talk of Sri. Ratnakar Sadasyula at New Delhi. The topic of the talk was ‘Vijayanagara: The City of Victory”.
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Timeline of 17000+ Years of Unbroken Indian Civilization — A Talk by Nilesh Nilakanth Oak
Namaskar! So just talking about the mentoring on one of the forum, number of you might be aware of it. If not there is one forum called Bharat Rakshak Forum, some of you might...
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Goa Inquisition: Lest We Forget — A Talk by Shefali Vaidya
First of all I am deeply indebted to Rahul and Srijan Foundation for inviting me to give this talk on Goan inquisition. Because it is a very personal topic for me because I...
‘Vaidyajivana’ (a collection of Ayurvedic recipes) of Lolimba-raja
Source: – Shrinivas Tilak / Twitter. Lolimbaraja, son of divakara-bhatta, was a resident of Junnar in Pune district. He had married a muslim girl, and after her death, turned an ascetic. He was a...
Chandragupta Maurya built a Grand Trunk Road (1860 km long) connecting Rajgir to Taxila
Credits: – Chandrapida / Twitter. In 300 BCE we had GTC from Rajgir to Taxila.Megasthenes found a royal highway from Pataliputra to North West with a length of 1860 km ,having milestones and amenities...
Famed Indian Diamonds – Where are they now?
Source: – True Indology / Twitter. (Thread) 1)This is temple of Goddess Bhadrakali in Warangal built in 7th century It is believed that Kohinoor, one of the world's largest cut diamonds, originally belonged to...
Sambhaji Maharaj – A Great Hindu King
Source: – True Indology / Twitter. (Thread) Today is the Birthday of the great Hindu king Sambhaji Maharaj After the death of Shivaji in 1680, his 23 year old eldest son Sambhaji ascended the...
Indian Style Painting on the wall of Lalesh temple (Yazidi) in Nineveh province of Iraq
Source: – @ChouduryRoy / Twitter. The mural is on the wall of Lalesh temple in Nineveh province of IraqFYI..https://t.co/kmdJgkPMscMentions-"elaborate Indian-style paintings depicting young women with holy fire". Many more interesting infohttps://t.co/LbFU7uSLOFhttps://t.co/MNmZIh8Hjd — Sourav Roy...
Triglav , Trojan, Trinity, Trimurti, Agni [Excerpts]
Source : – @serbiaireland / oldeuropeanculture.blogspot.in The book of Veles has this riddle: Jer tajna je velika, kako to Svarog biva u isto vreme i Perun i Svetovid. Translated into English it means: Because...
The Serbian – Indian cultural links
Source: – Subhash Kak / Twitter.com "Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma: In Serbian mythology, Triglav consists of Višnji, Živa, Branjanj.""Serbian folk tradition also tells us that Triglav lives in India and that India was...
The beautiful Pakhal lake near Warangal was constructed by the great Kakatiya Ganapatideva (c. 1200 CE)
Source: – True Indology / Twitter.com The beautiful Pakhal lake near Warangal was not a natural formation Constructed by the great Kakatiya Ganapatideva (c. 1200 CE), It collects water from drainage area of 80...
An early Chess board discovered in Lothal, Gujarat (2300 BCE)
Source: – True Indology / Twitter.com 1)An early Chess board discovered in Lothal(Gujarat) of erstwhile Indus Valley Civilization(Period 1, c .2300 BCE) pic.twitter.com/6Bx5lgLAJ8 — True Indology (@TrueIndology) April 24, 2016
Prominent position of women in traditional, medieval Hindu society
Source: – True Indology / Twitter. 44% of Hindu religious women mentioned in all inscriptions of Tamilnadu are donors, in contrast to just 2% of men who are donors The donors were rich, powerful,...
Atal Bihari Vajpayi in Parliament after Pokhran Nuclear Test
Source: – India First youTube Channel. ऐतिहासिक भाषण : जब कांग्रेस ने की थी परमाणु परीक्षण का भी विरोध, अटल जी ने दिया करारा जवाब
Standing Nandi statue from Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh
Source: – True Indology / Twitter. This standing Nandi from Amaravati (AP) belonging to 2nd Century AD, now housed in Amaravati Museum, is one of a kind. It was discovered in 1982. This monolithic,...
It’s believed that Sagara, the grandfather of Rama, worshipped the Swayambhu Lingam at Sakaleshwara Swami Temple
Source: – @GabbarSanghi / Twitter. This is the Shivalingam at Mopidevi Subramanyeswara Temple, also near this temple is the Sakaleshwara Swami Temple, dedicated to Shiva. It's believed that Sagara, the grandfather of Rama worshipped...
Chief proponents of Pramati Judgment which upheld the validity of 93rd constitutional amendment, that exempts minority educational institutions from govt interference
Source: – @haryannvi / Twitter. On this day, four years ago, Hindus were dealt a huge blow. Deepak Misra, the current CJI, RM Lodha of IPL fame, others gave historic Pramati Judgment in which...
