Ancient Hindu philosophers have paid the greatest tribute to puppeteers by likening the God (Almighty) to a puppeteer and considering the entire universe to a puppet stage. Srimad Bhagavata, the great epic says that with three strings-Satt, Raj and Tama, God manipulates each object …
India has a rich architectural heritage that may be the oldest in the world. The roots of Indian architecture can be traced to the archaeological remains of the submerged city of Dwarka, in the Gulf of Cambay near Gujrat. The …
Indian Cuisine: most sensational cuisines in the world. Traditional Indian food is made with the refined use of spices and herbs. Every religion, region and caste has left its influence on Indian food. Food items vary from north to south; East to west; …
Nagarjuna (c. 150—c. 250) : Indian Buddhist philosopher: Principle of Non-Violence. He was an Indian Buddhist philosopher known as the Second Buddha. He modified Brahmanical Buddhist approaches to practice and fundamental philosophy. His name translates as ‘Great Serpent’. Nagarjuna …
Brahmagupta: Ancient Indian astronomer and mathematician. Brahmagupta lived in India between 598 and 668 AD. Brahmagupta was born in 598 CE in Bhinmal city in the state of Rajasthan of northwest India. He was an Indian mathematician and astronomer. He first …
Dr Janaki Ammal, pioneering botanist, cytogeneticist and passionate plant scientist who sweetened our sugarcane varieties served as the head of the Botanical Survey of India in the 1950s. Born in 1897 in Thalasseri, Kerala, India, she was the 10th child …
An Indian American Woman in Space: Kalpana Chawla Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian woman to go into space. She was born in Karnal Haryana, India , on 17 March 1962 Chawla completed her earlier schooling at Tagore Baal Niketan …
Sculpture Art is probably one of the oldest art forms that continue to exist and we have evidence of that from the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation (c.3300-1300 BCE). The human and animal figurines as well as the religious sculptures of …
Patanjali Patanjali was a sage in India who is known as the father of modern yoga. Yoga is a method joining the individual self with the Divine and there are over 300 million yoga practitioners worldwide. Yoga was passed on …
Emperor Ashoka the Great was the emperor of India’s Maurya Dynasty from 268 to 232 BCE He was the third ruler of the Indian Mauryan Empire, the largest ever in the Indian subcontinent and one of the world’s largest empires …