InFacts about India-24 February 2022

🇮🇳 FACTS ABOUT INDIA🇮🇳
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INDRAPRASTHA is the old name of Delhi. According to the Great Epic Mahabharata, King Dhritarashtra gave a barren island to Pandavas. The Pandavas made a very beautiful castle and the city and name the place as *Indraprastha* . The Purana Quila in Delhi is believed to be the palace of Pandavas.

In 1192 the legions of the Afghan Muhammad of Ghori captured the Rajput town, Ghori attacked Delhi 17 times was defeated 16 times at the hands of Prithviraj Chauhan.

Due to lack support from Indian kings, Pritviraj was defeated and was brutally killed by Ghori. Later Delhi Sultanate was established . Delhi’s history begins with the onset of the Delhi Sultanate in the (1206-1526). After independence in

1947, New Delhi was officially declared as the Capital of India.

VEDIK GYAN:

WHY ARE THE BEL LEAVES 🌿SO IMPORTANT FOR WORSHIPPING LORD SHIVA ?

Bilwa Patra leaves are important as their trifoliate shape signifies Shiva’s three eyes as well as the three spokes of the lords Trishul . Since they have a cooling effect, they are offered to the Shivalinga to soothe this hot-tempered deity.

The three segments of Bel leaf symbolically represents the three Gunas i.e. Tamas (physical body), Rajas (emotions) and satvic (intellect). The proportion of satvic component is more, hence the bel leaf has more capacity to absorb and emit satvic frequencies.

According to Brihaddharma Purana says Lakshmi prayed to Shiva every day and offered him 10,000 lotus buds.
One day she fell short by two buds. Remembering that Vishnu had compared her breasts to lotus buds, she cut one off and offered it humbly. Before she could cut the other, Shiva, pleased with her, stopped her.
Her cut breast became the fruit of the bel.Bhavishya Purana says after the samudra manthan, Lakshmi, emerged from the ocean on the ninth day of Bhadra and rested on the bel tree, so the bel is worshipped every year on that day.

LEARN Sanskrit

*धान्यानामुत्तमं दाक्ष्यं धनानामुत्तमं श्रुतम् ।*
*लाभानां श्रेय आरोग्यं सुखानां तुष्टिरुत्तमा* ॥ –
Source – Mahabharat vanparva

dhānyānāmuttamaṃ dākṣyaṃ dhanānāmuttamaṃ śrutam ।
lābhānāṃ śrēya ārōgyaṃ sukhānāṃ tuṣṭiruttamā ॥

*Meaning* : Skill is superior to material things knowledge is superior to wealth. Health is superior to profits and contentment is the best form of happiness.

*भावार्थ* :अन्नों में उत्तम निपुणता है। धनों में उत्तम शास्त्र-ज्ञान है। लाभों में उत्तम नीरोग (उत्तम स्वास्थ्य) है। सुखों में उत्तम सन्तोष है