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Bhagwan Adi Shankaracharya (Adi Shankara) walked the earth at a time when Hindu Dharma was being challenged by Jain, Buddhist faiths, and other avedic (non-Vedic) faiths totaling 72. He is credited with having reformed and revived Hindu Dharma. He propagated Advaita Vedanta (non-dualistic philosophy). He also unified Bharat by spreading his Vedic teachings across the length and breadth of Bharatvarsh.

In Dakshina Kannada’s Bantwal taluk, a historian has erected a museum in the memory of a 16th-century warrior queen. The man behind the museum, called Tulu Baduku Museum, is Prof. Thukaram Poojary and his subject is Rani Abbakka Chowta of Ullal.

Born in the village of Chondi in Jamkhed, Ahmednagar, Maharani Ahilyabai or as she was fondly referred to Rajmata Ahilyabai Holkar was the Holkar Queen of the Malwa kingdom. Her father, Mankoji Rao Shinde, was the Patil (chief) of the village. Despite women’s education being a far cry in the village, her father homeschooled her to read and write.

One thing that the Bengal political violence has exposed is the inability of the Bharatiya state to protect its own citizens, even in times of political stability. In times of political instability, insurgency or even religious conflict, the Bharatiya state’s inability to protect its citizens is well-documented. This certainly does not mean that the Republic of Bharat cannot protect itself and its integrity from external threats. The armed forces are well trained but won’t act against Bharatiya citizens and even if deployed, do not come into picture until most of the damage is done.

हमेशा से इस देश मे अलगाव की बात करने वालों को Z सुरक्षा दी जाती रही, देश के रक्षको को घायल करते पत्थरबाज़ों को सराहा जाता रहा, दुर्दांत दहशतगर्दों के लिए आधी रात अदालतें लगती रहीं, बौद्धों का क़त्ल कर के दूसरे देश से आये कातिलों को बसाया जाता रहा। मगर केवल एक नाम से इतनी चिढ़ बनाये रहे कि 75 वर्ष से उसको ही नफरत का प्रतीक घोषित किये रहे। वो नाम जो भारत के विभाजन से दुखी था, वो नाम जो हमेशा अखण्ड भारत का सपना देखता रहा, यहां तक कि मृत्यु के बाद भी।।। ये बात हो रही है नाथूराम गोडसे की जिनका जन्म आज ही के दिन मतलब 19 मई सन 2010 में हुआ था।

Which Hindu wouldn’t have heard the name of Gita Press Gorakhpur? Which Hindu household wouldn’t have at least one publication from it – Gita, Mahabharata, Upanishadas, or at least the Hanuman Chalisa booklet – from over 2,000 sacred granthas published by it in over 20 languages? 'Gita Press' - This name in itself is its complete introduction. This institution is the very image of the divine resolve which worked as the motivating force for its establishment.

Birsa Munda was an Indian tribal freedom fighter, religious leader and folk hero belonging to the Munda tribe of the Chhotanagpur Plateau area. In the 19th century, Birsa Munda started a tribal religious Millenarian Movement in the Bengal Presidency (Present-day Jharkhand).

भगवान विष्णु ने गीता में कहा है कि जब जब धर्म की हानि होती है, तब वह अवतार लेते हैं। एवं धरती की समय समय पर रक्षा के लिए विभिन्न अवतार लेते रहे हैं। जब जब भी मानवता ने कातर होकर रक्षा के लिए पुकार लगाई है, तब तब भगवान श्री विष्णु ने उनकी पुकार सुनी है, और उन्होंने स्वयं आकर दुष्टों का नाश किया है। जब त्रेतायुग में पृथ्वी उन क्षत्रियों के अत्याचारों से त्रस्त हो रही थी, जो अपने धन, जन एवं यौवन से उन्मुक्त बने हुए थे।

“In religion, India is the only millionaire – the one land that all men desire to see, and having seen once, by even a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for all the shows of all the rest of the globe combined.”- Mark Twain. Bharat is the land of mystique. We undeniably have the most diversified indigenous culture and people belonging to multiple ethnicities. It would hence, be an overstatement to speak about the rich history that we possess, and the legacy that we are carrying of our forefathers.

Shri Jagannath temple administration took to social media to clarify its stance on the proposed sale of 35,000 acres of temple land after the news went viral. Putting out a series of tweets in this regard, the temple administration said that reports of temple land being sold are untrue and motivated.