InFacts about India-11 November 2021

🇮🇳 FACTS ABOUT INDIA🇮🇳
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The Gujarat was known as ‘Anarchant’ (Land in West) during Mahabharat period. Before 6th century this region was known as Surat, Saurashtra and Kathiawad, Later on it was known as ‘Gujjar Pradesh’ (Land of Gurjar). From the word ‘Gurjar Pradesh’ Gurjaratra The name Gujarat has come from Gurjarata. The Gujjars’ empire was known from 6th to 12th centuries as Gurjarata or Gujjar-land. Gurjar is a community.

Later in the 18th century, Gujarat came under control of the Maratha Empire who dominated the politics of India. Gujarat was formed by splitting Bombay state in 1960 on linguistic lines.

Gujarat is bordered by Rajasthan to the northeast, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu to the south, Maharashtra to the southeast, Madhya Pradesh to the east, and the Arabian Sea and the Pakistani province of Sindh to the west. Its capital city is Gandhinagar

VEDIK GYAN:

Have you observed Shri Ganesha have a snake around his stomach and a broken tusk?

Shri Ganesha was returning rather late one night, after a mighty feast given by Kubera, the richest of all the gods. Ganesha had eaten one too many of his favourite modakas – dumplings filled with coconut and jaggery – and his mount, the mouse, was carrying his master aloft gamely. It was a full moon night and the moon was out in all his splendour Ganesha and his mouse were making their shaky way home when suddenly a snake crossed their path and frightened by it the mouse made a dash for safety, dislodging Ganesha in the process.

Ganesha fell to the ground and his stomach broke open, and all the modakas he had eaten rolled on to the ground.
There was nothing else to be done but to get on with it. So Ganesha hastily stuffed all the modakas back, grabbed the serpent and tied it round his stomach to keep the modakas in.

He was looking around to see if he could spot his mouse when he heard a silvery laugh.
The moon, having seen him fall, was laughing at him. Now, Ganesha being Ganesha lost his temper easily and was also fast on the draw. Quick as a flash, Ganesha broke off one of his tusks and flung it at the moon, making a direct hit, and shouted that the moon would never be whole again.

LEARN Sanskrit-

स्नानम नाम मनःप्रसादनाकरं धुस्वप्ना विधवासनम

Snaanam Naama Manahprasaadhanakaram Dhuswapna Vidhwasanam
_Bath removes Depression. It drives away Bad Dreams.._

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