The vastness of the Bharath, the land rich in heritage and cultural diversity
If we explore the features of the sphinx, as well as some of the associated structures, it becomes very difficult to accept the oft-repeated premise that it has been shaped by natural forces. Rather, the entire site looks like a gigantic, rock-cut, architectural complex.
In Indian art and sculpture, the sphinx is known as purusha-mriga (meaning ‘man-beast’ in Sanskrit
According to Behl, many words in the Japanese language are from Sanskrit.
This legend may have been known to the civilizations of Mesoamerica as well, for in the Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City, I saw a carving of a turtle supporting a pillar on its back, looking breathtakingly similar to the depiction of Vishnu as a turtle supporting Mount Meru.
This year, though, on a parched plot of land in Gujarat’s Kutch that was a part of the erstwhile Sindh province and at the very spot on the banks of Kori where river Sindhu is believed to have once ended its journey, Sindhis got their own sacred spot, their holy of holies, the Jhulelal Tirthdham.
Going by their apparent mastery of the discipline, it seems that the Olmec culture was seeded by yogis! The figurines have been found in large numbers, which suggests that they may have served as visual aids for their yoga regimen.
Pagodas are a dominant and attractive feature of the cultural landscape of China. These towering, multi-tiered structures generally have an odd number of tiers (between 3 and 15) signifying the many levels of heaven inhabited by the Buddhas.
In a previous article titled “Hercules and Balarama: The Symbolic and Historical Connections” I had
Some scholars have suggested that the Hercules mentioned by Megasthenes is the Indian deity Krishna, who is widely worshipped across India. The parallels are quite remarkable, indeed. Krishna was born in Mathura, which is located on the banks of the Yamuna River, and he also belonged to the Shurasena tribe, a branch of the Yadu dynasty.
Both Vishnu and Ananta-Sesha and are eternally present through the periodic cosmic cycles of creation and destruction.
In Egyptian, Amun is written as Ymn, which has been reconstructed by Egyptologists to “Yamanu”, and sometimes also spelled as “Yamun”. “Yamanu” or “Yamun” is very closely related to the sacred river “Yamuna” in India, which is intimately tied up with the childhood of Krishna, who grew up on the banks of the river Yamuna.
