🇮🇳 FACTS ABOUT INDIA🇮🇳
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Shivaji Bhonsale, popularly known as Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj was a brave warrior-king of India who established the Maratha Empire. He dreamt of ‘Swaraj’ meaning self-rule and went on to live his dream through his exceptional warfare skills and bravery.
He was born in the year 1630. Every year, his birth anniversary is celebrated on 19 February, Shivaji is known as the father of the Indian Navy as he is the one who first established naval forces. With his strong naval forces, he secured Konkan, the coastline of Maharashtra.
Shivaji used his Guerilla warfare skills to raid and surprise the enemy with a very small group of an army. This way he was able to conquer over 30 forts.
He was a secular ruler, Out of his 1.5 Lakhs soldiers, 66,000 were Muslims. According to Shivaji, he never fought against any religion. In fact, he fought against his rival Kings who tried to overpower his Kingdom. Also, he wanted to ensure, no other King invades his motherland.
VEDIK GYAN:
The Sudarshan Chakra is the divine weapon of Lord Vishnu, the god of preservation. It is a spinning, discus weapon with 108 serrated edges,
According to the Linga Purana, Lord Shiva gave Vishnu his weapon.
While in the Rigveda, the Chakra was Vishnu’s symbol as the wheel of time and by the late period, the Sudarshana Chakra emerged as an ayudhapurusha (anthropomorphic form), as a fierce form of Vishnu, used for the destruction of demons.
LEARN Sanskrit
इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिरस्याधिष्ठानमुच्यते |
एतैर्विमोहयत्येष ज्ञानमावृत्य देहिनम्
indriyāṇi mano buddhir asyādhiṣhṭhānam uchyate
etair vimohayatyeṣha jñānam āvṛitya dehinam
The senses, mind, and intellect are said to be breeding grounds of desire. Through them, it clouds one’s knowledge and deludes the embodied soul.
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Ch Narmada Naveen Kumar |
