Education Section - 9 May 2024

FACTS ABOUT BHARAT
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The World’s First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The shikhara of the temple is made from a single 80-tonne piece of granite. This magnificent temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola.

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GARBHAGRIHA

Literally the word means “womb chamber”, from the Sanskrit words garbha for womb and griha for house. Only ‘priests’ ( pujari) are allowed to be there.

The inner sanctum in a temple (especially a Hindu temple), typically having one doorway and no windows, containing an image of the god to whom the temple is dedicated.

Darkness in the garbhagriha is the symbolic representation of the cosmic darkness that envelops the world at the end of a cycle of creation

LEARN Sanskrit
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‘ Atithi Devo Bhavah ’ is also integral. It means ‘ The guest is equivalent to God ’.

आज का पंचांग

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दिन – गुरुवार
संम्वत् – २०८१
युगाब्द – ५१२६
मास – वैशाख
पक्ष – शुक्ल
तिथि – प्रतिपदा ६:२०,तक। द्वितीया क्षय।
नक्षत्र – कृतिका
योग – शोभन
करण – बव बालव कौलव
सूर्योदय – ५:३४ सूर्यास्त – ६:५८
राहु काल १:३० से ३:०० बजे तक अपराह्न काल।
।। सुभाषित।।
असतां संगपंकेन यन्मनो मलिनीक्र्तम् ।
तन्मेऽद्य निर्मलीभूतं साधुसंबंधवारिणा ॥