News, articles and Essays on Sanatana Dharma, Hinduism and Indian way of life.
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.
In this episode of Rag Rag Mein Ganga, Rajeev Khandelwal will take you to the majestic city of Prayagraj. See him explore the connection of this city with the beautiful Ganges and the enchanting Kumbh.
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.
A recent excavation by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) at Sanauli has unearthed these artifacts belonging to the Copper Hoard Culture and the Ochre Coloured Pottery (OCP) Culture, the ASI Institute of Archaeology Director S.K. Manjul told IANS on Tuesday.
“I am Amon-Ra…The waters of the Nile sprout from my sandals.” This immediately reminded me of the Creator God Vishnu in Hinduism. In the typical depiction of Vishnu in Hindu iconography, the sacred river Ganges is shown emerging from the toe of the Vishnu, while in Egypt, we find a very similar imagery associated with Amun.
The most chaotic of them all is Kedarnath, which is why measures are being taken so that travellers don’t have to stand in a long queue in the monsoons and cold. A token system is being implemeted, wherein only one thousand pilgrims will be able to stay at night at one time in Kedarnath. For that, 36 photometric registration centres have also been set up.
Petra, the ‘rose red city, half as old as time’, located in modern day Jordan,
It was her ground-breaking research on the importance of mother’s milk that prompted baby food companies in the UK to first start carrying this message. Now most companies in the world do it.
In this episode of Rag Rag Mein Ganga, you get to see the colors & flavours of the Kanpur city, situated on the banks of the Mighty Ganges. See Rajeev Khandelwal explore the city which is called as the Manchester of India, and its various nuances.
