Do you know SURYA SEN?

Also known as Master Da ,was born on 22 March 1894 at Noapara in Chittagong. In the year of 1918,he became a mathematics teacher at the National school, Nandankanan. This was the time when the Indians started to involve themselves in the freedom struggle.

The suppression of peasants, labors, and incidents like the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, the partition of Bengal by the British government transformed Surya Sen into a nationalist revolutionary.

He was heavily inspired by the Bolshevik revolution.
revolutionaries like..

..Chandrashekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh, and Surya Sen became a serious threat to the colonial government.

By now the revolutionary organizations like Jugantar Party and Anushilan Samiti were working with the INC for the betterment of the Indians. Surya Sen didn’t agree on this.

Mahatma Gandhi's Non-Cooperation movement gained quite momentum and many people supported it but when Gandhi called it out bcoz of the Chauri Chaura incident,
many people didn’t agree with his decision and later decided to launch their own revolution through violence.

When the movement was called off there was a significant rise in revolutionary activities. Even those who first agreed and supported the INC and Gandhji now decided to adopt the path of revolution to attain 'Swaraj'.

एक बार भगवान कृष्ण की पत्नी महारानी सत्यभामा को अपनी सुन्दरता का अभिमान हो चला।दरबार में सिंहासन पर बैठे महारानी सत्यभामा ने श्री कृष्ण से अनायास ही पूछ लिया,"स्वामी!आपने त्रेता युग में भगवान राम के रूप में अवतार लिया था तथा सीता आपकी पत्नी थीं।क्या वह मुझसे भी ज्यादा सुन्दर थी?"

श्री कृष्ण सत्यभामा के प्रश्न का उत्तर देते कि उससे पहले ही गरुड़ बोल पड़े,"प्रभु!क्या मुझसे भी ज्यादा तीव्र गति से कोई इस सम्पूर्ण जग में उड़ सकता है।"
ये सुन सुदर्शन से भी नहीं रहा गया और वह भी बोल पड़ा,"भगवन!मैनें बड़े-बड़े युद्धों में आपको विजयश्री दिलवाई है।

क्या संसार में मुझसे भी बड़ा कोई शक्तिशाली है।" तीनों की ये बातें सुन श्री कृष्ण मंद-मंद मुस्कुरा रहे थे और जान रहे थे कि इन सबमें अहंकार आ गया है जिसे नष्ट करना अति आवश्यक है।तब श्री कृष्ण ने उन तीनो से कहा,"मेरा एक परम भक्त है, हनुमान।तुम तीनों के प्रश्नों के उत्तर वही...

...भलीभांति दे पाएगा। हे गरुड़! तुम तो बड़ी तीव्र गति से उड़ते हो।तुम जाओ और हनुमान को ये कहकर बुला लाओ कि भगवान राम , माता सीता के साथ उनकी प्रतीक्षा कर रहे हैं। प्रभु राम और माता सीता का नाम सुनकर वे दौड़े-दौड़े चले आएंगे।" गरुड़ भगवान की आज्ञा लेकर हनुमानजी को बुलाने उड़ चले।

इधर श्री कृष्ण ने सत्यभामा से कहा कि देवी आप सीता के रूप में तैयार हो जाएं और स्वयं द्वारकाधीश ने श्री राम का रूप धारण कर लिया।फिर श्री कृष्ण ने सुदर्शन को आज्ञा देते हुए कहा कि तुम महल के प्रवेशद्वार पर पहरा दो।ज्ञात रहे कि मेरी आज्ञा के बिना कोई भी महल में प्रवेश न करने पाए ।

In the Hindu Epic Mahabharata, Ashwatthama or Drauni is the son of Dronacharya and the grandson of the Bharadwaj Rishi. Ashwatthama was a Maharathi who fought alongside the Kauravas against the Pandavas in the Kurukshetra War.

According to the Mahabharata, Ashwatthama means the sacred sound associated with the sound of a horse. He was given the name Ashwatthama because when he was born, he cried like a horse.

Here are some interesting facts about Ashwatthama.

- Ashwathama is one of the Ashta Chiranjeevi, Eight Immortals. Ashwatthama was born with a jewel on his forehead, giving him power over all living beings lower than humans. The jewel protected him from hunger, thirst, and fatigue.

- His strength is almost equal to Arjuna’s, especially in archery. Among the Kuru princes, he was good friends with Duryodhan, the eldest son of Dhritarashtra. They both have jealousy towards the Pandavas.

Duryodhan felt that Yudhisthir was his obstacle in inheriting the throne of Hastinapur, while Arjun’s talent made Ashwatthama jealous because he felt that his father’s love had been divided. After all, Arjuna was Drona’s favourite student.

Founded in the early 18th century, Janakpurdham is a city located in Dhanusha distt of Nepal. Located about 225Km south-east of Kathmandu, Janakpurdham is an important pilgrimage site for Hindus due to its connection with Mata Sita.

Jaanki Mandir , Janakpur

Janakpurdham is known for its famous Janki Temple which is dedicated to Goddess Sita.Mata Sita is believed to be found here at Janakpurdham while ploughing the fields in a vessel underground, for this reason she is also called Dharti Putri.

Janakpurdham is also a place where the historical event of 'Sita Swayamvar' happened. Prabhu Ram broke the mighty 'Shivadhanush' and married Mata Sita.

Mithila culture originated from Janakpur. In ancient times, Janakpur was the capital of Kingdom of Mithila which was ruled by a righteous King named Janak and hence the name Janakpurdham.

Janakpur is also called the city of ponds. It has more than 70 ponds which are considered sacred by the Hindus. Some of the ponds are Dhanush Sagar, Ganga Sagar, Angraj Kund, Ratna Sagar, Agni Kunda etc which add to the beauty and divinity of Janakpurdham.

OM : THE PRIMORDIAL SOUND OF WHOLE CREATION AND COSMOS.

For a layman,its synonymous to meditation,they think that yogi sadhus chant it to meditate or do yoga sadhana.But its more than that. It's deepely embedded in Hindu culture &philosophy.

To truly understand its profound effects, we must have a basic understanding of sound. Every sound is made of vibrations. These vibrations have a source, they travel through air before reaching the ear and then they are interpreted by the brain.

The number of vibrations per second is called frequency. Since all matter is composed of atomic material, everything vibrates on some frequency.

Everything means all matter, including us, everything and everyone has some vibrating frequency.

The great inventor and scientist Nikola Tesla has very famously quoted, "If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration."

And he was right in saying so as we all know that sound never dies. It remains in the Cosmos forever. So, If someday we could develop a technology by which we could extract the sounds of the particular era from the Universe, we will be able to hear the Voice of Lord Krishna...

THE ARYAN INVASION THEORY:A BIG FAT LIE.

The supposed Aryan Invasion of the Indian subcontinent was an unsolved puzzle of archaeology which looks like has come to a conclusive solution with the recent archaeological evidence. But let's first recall, What this theory actually is?

The theory states,"The Aryans were one of the tribes of Indo-European speaking,horse riding nomads living in Europe or Central Asia.They invaded the ancient urban civilisation of Indus valley &destroyed their culture around 1700BCE, pushed inhabitants southward &settled there..

..and 1200 yrs after the invasion, descendants of Aryans wrote the classic Indian scriptures called Vedas, in the language 'Sanskrit'".
This baseless theory challenges the very foundation of Indian statehood &it's Vedic culture. Why baseless? Bcoz Aryans as a cultural group..

..Nordic looking,Indus civilisation being destroyed&most certainly not,Germans being descended from them,is all fiction.None of our ancient Vedic scriptures,epics or Purans mention about any Aryan race,invasion or migration.Word'Arya'does not denote a particular race in Sanskrit.

Rather the real meaning of Arya is noble or righteous one. That's why we find the terms Aryaputra,Aryakanya etc in our scriptures.The thing is dat when these barbaric Europeans invaded India,they were so much amazed by the richness of Indian culture &knowledge that they took..

पाञ्चजन्य भगवान विष्णु का शंख है। विष्णु के अवतार श्रीकृष्ण पाञ्चजन्य नामक एक शंख रखते थे ऐसा वर्णन महाभारत में प्राप्त होता है। श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता जो कि महाभारत का अङ्ग है उस में वासुदेव द्वारा कुरुक्षेत्र युद्ध के दौरान इसका इस्तेमाल किया जाना बताया गया है।

महाभारत में श्रीकृष्ण के पास पाञ्चजन्य,अर्जुन के पास देवदत्त,युधिष्ठिर के पास अनंतविजय,भीष्म के पास पोंड्रिक,नकुल के पास सुघोष, सहदेव के पास मणिपुष्पक था। सभी के शंखों का महत्व और शक्ति अलग-अलग थी।

शंखों की शक्ति और चमत्कारों का वर्णन महाभारत और पुराणों में मिलता है।

शंख को विजय,समृद्धि,सुख,शांति, यश, कीर्ति और लक्ष्मी का प्रतीक माना गया है।सबसे महत्वपूर्ण बात यह है कि शंख नाद का प्रतीक है।शंख ध्वनि शुभ मानी गई है।हालांकि प्राकृतिक रूप से शंख कई प्रकार के होते हैं।इनके 3 प्रमुख प्रकार हैं-दक्षिणावृत्ति शंख, मध्यावृत्ति शंख तथा वामावृत्ति शंख।

पाञ्चजन्य का रहस्य : पाञ्चजन्य बहुत ही दुर्लभ शंख है। समुद्र मंथन के दौरान इस पाञ्चजन्य शंख की उत्पत्ति हुई थी। समुद्र मंथन से प्राप्त 14 रत्नों में से 6वां रत्न शंख था।
श्रीकृष्ण के गुरुपुत्र पुनरदत्त को एक बार एक दैत्य उठा ले गया। उसी को लेने के लिए वे दैत्य नगरी गए।

वहां उन्होंने देखा कि एक शंख में शंखासुर नाम का दैत्य सोया है।उन्होंने दैत्य को मारकर शंख को अपने पास रखा और फिर जब उन्हें पता चला कि उनका गुरुपुत्र तो यमपुरी चला गया तो वे भी यमपुरी गए।वहां यमदूतों ने उन्हें अंदर नहीं जाने दिया तब उन्होंने शंखनाद किया जिसके चलते यमलोक हिलने लगा।

Did you know?

Suniti Choudhary & Shanti Ghosh were amongst the youngest freedom fighters&revolutionaries India ever had.

Born on 22May1917 in Comilla distt of West Bengal(present Bangladesh)to a middle class family,Suniti was influenced by freedom movement at a very young age.

More specifically she was influenced with the freedom fighters and revolutionaries. She was inspired by the revolutionary activities of Ullaskar Dutta who was also a revolutionary from Comilla. She studied in 'Faizunnissa Balika Vidyalaya' where she met Prafulla Nalini Brahma.

Prafulla had a great influence on her. She also gifted Suniti with the books on revolutionary material which were banned by the British.Prafulla also recruited her to the 'Jugantar Party'. The women wing of the party 'Tripura Zilla Chhatri Sangha' was joined by her later.

Later Suniti became the Major of District Volunteer Corps and led the women parade in honour of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose who came to town to address the student organisation. On being asked about the role of women in the revolutionary activities, Netaji immediately said...

...,'I would be pleased to see the women leading from the front'.
In the annual conference of 'Tripura Zilla Chhatri Sangha' held on 6May1931,she was chosen as Captain of Women's Volunteer Corps.She became custodian of firearms&incharge of training female members of organisation.

💞जब केवट ने पार लगाई श्रीराम की नैया 💞
निषादराज गुह मछुआरों और नाविकों के मुखिया थे।श्रीराम को जब वनवास हुआ तो वे सबसे पहले तमसा नदी पहुंचे,जो अयोध्या से 20किमी दूर है।इसके बाद गोमती नदी पार कर वे प्रयागराज से श्रृंगवेरपुर पहुंचे,जो निषादराज का राज्य था।यहीं पर गंगा के तट पर...

..उन्होने केवट से गंगा पार कराने को कहा था।
केवट ने उन्हें उपर से नीचे तक देखा तो वे उन्हें निहारते ही रह गए और समझ गए कि ये प्रभु श्रीराम है।श्रीराम केवट से कहते हैं कि मुझे उस पार जाना है तो क्या मुझे नदिया पार करा दोगे। 

🌺मागी नाव न केवटु आना।
कहइ तुम्हार मरमु मैं जाना ।।🌺

श्री राम केवट से नाव मांगते हैं पर वह लाता नहीं है।वह कहने लगा कि मैंने तुम्हारा भेद जान लिया है।तुम्हारे चरण कमलों की धूल के लिए सब लोग कहते हैं कि वह मनुष्य बना देने वाली कोई जड़ी है।जिसके छूते ही पत्थर की शिला सुंदर स्त्री हो गई तो मेरी नाव तो काठ की है।काठ तो पत्थर से कठोर...

...भी नहीं होता।यदि मेरी नाव का आपके चरणों से स्पर्श हो गया तो कदाचित वह भी सुन्दर स्त्री हो जाएगी और मेरी रोजी मारी जाएगी।मैं तो लूट जाऊंगा।मैं तो इस नाव के सहारे ही परिवार का भरण पोषण करता हूं,दूसरा कोई धंधा नहीं जानता।

🌺जौं प्रभु पार अवसि गा चहहू।
मोहि पद पदुम पखारन कहहू।।🌺

हे प्रभु!यदि आप अवश्य ही पार जाना चाहते हैं तो मुझे पहले अपने चरण कमल पखार लेने दीजिए।

🌺पद कमल धोइ चढ़ाइ नाव न नाथ उतराई चहौं। मोहि राम राउरि आन दसरथसपथ सब साची कहौं।।
बरू तीर मारहुं लखनु पै जब लागि न पाय पखारिहौं ।।🌺

🌺क्या आपको पता है रानी कमलापति के बारे में?🌺

भोपाल में बने भारत के सबसे हाईटेक रेलवे स्टेशन का नाम रानी कमलापति रेलवे स्टेशन हो गया है, पहले इसका नाम हबीबगंज रेलवे स्टेशन हुआ करता था। आज यह रेलवे स्टेशन किसी इंटरनेशनल एयरपोर्ट को भी मात देता है।

लेकिन हम स्टेशन की भव्यता की नहीं बल्कि उसकी दिव्यता की बात करेंगे, और दिव्यता इस रेल्वे स्टेशन के नाम में है।
जब भोपाल के इस स्टेशन का नाम रानी कमलापति के नाम पर रखे जाने का समाचार लोगों ने सुना तो शेष भारत तो छोड़िये, मध्यप्रदेश भी जाने दीजिये,

भोपाल के नागरिकों तक को भी आश्चर्य हुआ कि ये रानी कमलापति कौन थी? भोपाल को तो नवाबों ने बसाया है, भोपाल में किसी हिन्दू राजा का नाम अगर सुना वो राजा भोज का सुना, तो फिर ये रानी कमलापति कहां से आ गई ?

ये रानी कमलापति हैं कौन?,अगर आपके मन में भी ये सवाल उठा हो,तो समझिये पिछले एक शतक के षड्यंत्र के परिणाम आंशिकरूप से आपके मस्तिष्क पर भी हुए हैं।वे हमें हमारी जड़ों से काटना चाहते थे और कुछ भी कहो वे कुछ हद सफल तो हुए हैं।खैर,रानी कमलापति को मध्यप्रदेश की पद्मावती भी कह सकते हैं।

जैसे पद्मावती ने अपने सम्मान की रक्षा के लिए जौहर किया था, ठीक वैसे ही रानी कमलापति ने भी जलसमाधि ली थी। सोलहवीं सदी में समूचे भोपाल क्षेत्र पर हिन्दू गोंड राजाओं का ही शासन था। कमलापति गोंड राजा निजामशाह की पत्नी थीं।भोपाल के पास गिन्नौरगढ़ से राज्य का संचालन होता था।

THE EPITOME OF COURAGE, VALOUR AND SACRIFICE:RANI DURGAVATI

I am sure,many of us don't even know who Rani #Durgavati was 'coz our #History textbooks don't tell us this. Today, let us learn something about this great warrior queen.

Rani Durgavati was a #Gondwana Queen who fought 51 battles, out of them 3 were against Mughals and she never lost. She was an exemplary woman who got married at 18 and was widowed at 24. At 24, she became Queen of a vast kingdom of mainly tribal people and fought 51 gallant wars.

She was a great war tactician &an exemplary young ruler who never lost any battle.She was born on Oct 5th,1524 in the family of Gurjar Chandela's Rajput ruler Keerat Pal Singh in fort of Kalinjar,Banda,UP. Her family built #Khajuraho temples which r a #UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE

She was married to Gondi King Dalpati Shah in 1542.This brought an alliance between the Gonda family &the Chandelas of Bundelkhand so that they could resist the onslaught of Sher Shah Suri who attacked Kalinjar in 1545.
Same year Durgavati gave birth to Vir Narayan, her only son.

After the death of her husband in 1548, she reluctantly took up throne on the insistence of her ministers who were aware of her abilities &wanted the Kingdom to remain independent.She was only 24 and took up the reign on behalf of her son who was only 5 by that time.

WHAT THE VYMANIKA SHASTRA TELLS US ABOUT ANCIENT VIMANAS OF INDIA?

On 28 June 1951, the then Maharaja of #Mysuru inaugurated the International #sanskrit Research Centre in Mysuru. CM of Mysuru state CK Reddy was present and GR Josyer was the Director of that research centre.

The guests were shown all the rare collections of #Sanskrit scriptures and literature gathered from various sources. It was an impressive collection but there was one small handwritten notebook which surprised them the most. That book was "Vymanika Shastra of Mahrishi Bhardwaj".

It was a strange title for the guests &nobody heard about it before.The book contained 6000 lines &1000s of Shlokas in Sanskrit.This knowledge was verbatim transferred by Mahrishi Bhardwaj to Subbaraya Shastri through psychic channeling that was what was told to amused audience.

GR Josyer subsequently translated this book in Sanskrit to English.
"Vymanika Shastra" was part of "Yantra Sarvasva". All these works were verbatim recited and dictated by Subbaraya Shastri after he came out of forest and started living in Anekal near #Bengaluru.

Wen his book Vymanika Shastra was raising many eyebrows, Britishers jailed him under pretext of being freedom fighter.Within few mnths of imprisonment he died of long illness.Fortunately some people saved his works safely. When GR Josyer got to know about it he got it translated.

🌺Brahma Muhurtam and its Significance🌺

In the Vedic tradition of Hinduism, Brahma Muhurta is considered a very important period for prayer, meditation, and other spiritual practices.

It is regarded as the “time of the creator” or the “Creator’s Hour.”

According to the Vedic Rishis, the time of Brahmamuhurtha is considered best for attaining supreme knowledge and eternal happiness.

It is the time when the environment is pure, calm, and soothing, and the mind is fresh after sleep.

Sitting in meditation at this time improves mental performance and increases the 'Sattva' Gunas. It even subdues mental irritation, hyperactivity and lethargy.

The importance of Brahma Muhurta has been described in the Ayurveda textbooks for health and long life. It has been stated in the Ayurveda that one should wake up in the Brahmamuhurtha for sustaining perfect health and for living a long life span.

In Brahma Muhurta, there is the availability of nascent oxygen in the atmosphere which easily mixes with the hemoglobin in your body to form oxy-hemoglobin, which offers the following benefits:

-It helps to boost the immune system
-It increases the energy level

Do u know?

Major Somnath Sharma was the first recipient of Param Vir Chakra,who died while fighting in the Battle of Badgam during 1948 war with Pakistan

Co-incidentally,he was the brother-in-law of Savitri Bai's elder daughter Kumudini & SavitriBai was a woman who designed PVC

The Param Vir Chakra was designed Savitri Khanolkar,who was a Swiss national and whose real name was Eve Yvonne Maday de Maros. In 1929,she met Vikram Khanolkar,a young Indian Army cadet who had come to Switzerland for a break.

She was still a teenager then, however, both fell in love. Although Vikram was much older than her but she still came to India in 1932 and married Vikram in Lucknow.
She changed her name to Savitri Bai after marriage.

In spite of her European background she quickly adapted to Hindu tradition.She became a vegetarian,learnt to speak fluent Marathi,Hindi & Sanskrit.Also learnt Indian music,dance& painting.She called herself an European with an Indian soul and never liked being called a foreigner.

She had a deep interest in Hindu Puranas, which she read extensively, and also studied India's ancient history and its legends. It was due to this that Major Hira Lal Atal, the first Indian Adjutant General of independent India, asked her help in designing the Param Vir Chakra.

THE LEGEND OF THE QUEEN DIDDA OF KASHMIR

Born in 924CE to King Simharaja of Lohara which lies in Pir Panjal range of NorthWest frontier in Kashmir,Didda was physically disabled by birth having a deformed leg.Being a limp,she wasn't loved by the King&was brought up by the maids.

Still she learned sword fighting and horse riding to the best of her ability. Political and Military strategies came to her naturally.
Most knowledge pertaining to her is obtained from the 'Rajatarangini',a literary and historical piece of work written by Kalhana in 12th century.

She is often referred to as Charanhina(footless) in Rajatrangini. Although she could walk but there was a woman named Valga who used to carry her almost everywhere. It is for this woman she later built Valgamath.
She was still unmarried at the age of 26.

In those days,Kashmir was ruled by a king named Kshema Gupta. Known for his addictions of women and gambling,he was looking for political legitimacy of his rule and therefore in 950CE, he offered to marry a not so young and disabled queen, who was the granddaughter of the Shahis.

Princess Didda was the granddaughter of the Hindu Shahi of Kabul named Bhimadev Shahi. Since the princess was very beautiful, Kshema Gupta soon got bewitched by her beauty. He was so mesmerised that he even engraved her name in front of his name on the coins as 'Di-Kshem'.

SRI THYAGARAJASWAMI TEMPLE CHARIOT FESTIVAL

The annual chariot festival of the Thyagarajaswami Temple is celebrated during April-may as per the Tamil month of Chitrai. On the day of the chariot festival the Utsava Moorthy (The Lord who comes out from his abode for procession)...

...is gorgeously decorated and brought out of the temple along with his consort to the Great Car and the procession goes whole day long. The Chariot is the biggest in its type, size & height. It is 96ft tall and weighs more than 300 tons.

Besides, this grand chariot, there are 4 more cars for the Lord's consort. All these chariots are big in size but comparitively smaller than the Great Chariot. Grand Chariot is intricately decorated with wooden carvings and framework.

Almost 10000 people r required to pull the chariot around the 4 surrounding streets of temple.Iron wheels fitted to car make the movement fast &easy.Event is attended by lacs of people from across #TamilNadu.The Chariot festival is followed by the Float Festival named 'Theppam'.

🌺मार्कंडेय ऋषी की कथा🌺

मृगशृंग नामक एक ऋषि थे जिनका विवाह सुवृता के संग संपन्न हुआ। मृगश्रृंग और सुवृता के घर एक पुत्र ने जन्म लिया। उनका पुत्र हमेशा अपना शरीर खुजलाते रहते थे। इसलिए मृगश्रृंग ने उनका नाम मृकण्डु रख दिया। मृकण्डु में समस्त श्रेष्ठ गुण थे।

पिता के पास रहकर उन्होंने वेदों व शास्त्रों का अधययन किया।पिता की आज्ञा अनुसार उन्होने मृदगुल मुनि की कन्या मरुद्वती से विवाह किया।उनका वैवाहिक जीवन शांतिपूर्ण ढंग से चल रहा था लेकिन बहुत समय तक उनके घर किसी संतान ने जन्म नहीं लिया था।इस कारण उन्होने अपनी पत्नी सहित कठोर तप किया।

तपस्या करके उन्होने भगवान शिव को प्रसन्न कर लिया तब शिवजी उनके सम्मुख प्रकट हुए और कहा,"हे मुनि! मांगो क्या वर मांगते हो।"
मुनि मृकण्डु ने कहा,"प्रभु! यदि आप सच मे हमारी तपस्या से प्रसन्न हैं तो हमें संतान के रूप में एक पुत्र प्रदान करें।"

महादेव ने तब मृकंडु ऋषि से कहा,"हे मुनि! तुम्हें दीर्घायु वाला गुणरहित पुत्र चाहिए या 16 वर्ष की आयु वाला गुणवान पुत्र चाहते हो?" तब मुनि बोले," भगवन मुझे ऐसा पुत्र चाहिए जो अत्यंत गुणवान और ज्ञानी हो, फिर चाहे वो अल्पायु ही क्यों न हो।"

भगवान शिव ने उन्हें पुत्र प्राप्ति का आशीर्वाद दिया और अंतर्ध्यान हो गए। समय आने पर ऋषि मृकंडु और मरुद्वती के घर एक बालक ने जन्म लिया जो आगे चलकर मार्कंडेय ऋषि के नाम से प्रसिद्ध हुआ। महामुनि मृकंडु ने मार्कंडेय को हर प्रकार की शिक्षा दी। मार्कंडेय एक आज्ञाकारी पुत्र थे।

रावण जब सीता माता के पास विवाह प्रस्ताव लेकर गया तो माता ने द्रुवा के एक टुकड़े को अपने और रावण के बीच रखा व कहा,'हे रावण!सूरज और किरण की तरह राम-सीता अभिन्न हैं।राम व लक्ष्मण की अनुपस्थिति में मेरा अपहरण कर तुमने कायरता का परिचय दिया व राक्षस जा‍ति के विनाश को आमंत्रित किया है।

तुम्हारा श्रीरामजी की शरण में जाना ही इस विनाश से बचने का एकमात्र उपाय है अन्यथा लंका का विनाश निश्चित है।'
सीता माता की इस बात से निराश रावण ने राम को लंका आकर सीता को मुक्त करने को दो माह की अवधि दी। इसके बाद रावण या तो सीता से विवाह करेगा या उसका अंत।

रावण ने सीता को हर तरह के प्रलोभन दिए।यदि वह उसकी पत्नी बन जाए तो वह अपनी सभी पत्नियों को उसकी दासी बना देगा और उसे लंका की राजरानी। लेकिन सीता माता रावण के किसी भी तरह के प्रलोभन में नहीं आईं। तब रावण ने सीता को जान से मारने की धमकी दी लेकिन यह धमकी भी काम नहीं कर पाई।

इसके बाद रावण के पास सीता माता की हां के इंतज़ार के अलावा और कोई विकल्प नहीं बचा क्योंकि ज़ोर-जबरदस्ती वो कर नहीं सकता था।
आखिर क्यों रावण सीता माता के साथ जबरदस्ती नहीं कर सकता था? आइए जानते हैं।

रावण के भाई कुबेर द्वारा निर्मित सोने की लंका अद्भुत,अगम्य,भव्य और दिव्य थी, जिसकी सुंदरता देखते ही बनती थी। उसी कुबेर के पुत्र नलकुबेर की होनेवाली पत्नी थी अप्सरा रंभा जिसके सौंदर्य पर रावण मोहित हो गया था।
एक बार जब विश्व-विजय करने के लिए रावण स्वर्गलोक पहुंचा तो उसे वहां...

IS THE GREEK HERCULES, INDIAN BALRAMA:The Symbolical and Historical context.

Around 305 BC, the Greek explorer Megasthenes arrived at the court of Indian Emperor Chandragupt Maurya at Pataliputra(present Patna).He came as an ambassador of Seleucus Nicator of Seleucid Dynasty.

During his stay in India, Megasthenes compiled a book Indica on the Geography, social traditions &religious customs of India.There were some very important observations made by him in this book.He wrote,"Hercules penetrated so far,Indians tell us, was a native of their country..

..He is particularly worshipped by the Suraseni(Shurasena), who have 2 great cities, Methora(Mathura) & Cleisoborus(Surapura) & the navigable river Jobares(Yamuna), passes through their territories".
Some scholars mentioned that Hercules mentioned by him is indeed Lord Krishna.

The parallels r quite remarkable.Krishna was born in Mathura at banks of Yamuna &he also belonged to Shurasena tribe of Yadu dynasty. But he was dark skinned & Balrama was fair skinned. Therefore, Megasthenes' description of Indian Hercules is strongly suggestive of Balrama.

In Indian tradition, Balrama is credited with wrestling &unarmed warfare. Like Hercules, Balrama is also depicted holding a club or a mace. Hercules used lion skin as his armour &Balrama also is sometimes shown with tiger's skin wrapped around his shoulders.