रंग अनेक -इरादे नेक -उत्तराखण्ड एक

Sparkling Temple for Ma Nanda Devi to be constructed in Mumbai The 10 -day long Ma Nanda Devi Raaj Jaat Mumbai Mahotsav 2012 (organised for the first time in Mumbai by Parvatiya Natya Manch) witnessed a very strong participation from the people of Uttrakhand living in Mumbai-Thane Region.  Ma Nanda Devi Mumbai Raaj Jaat Yatra, which began on December 15, 2012 from Virar, toured more than 27 places (19 Padav across Mum-Thane-Vashi) blessing devotees in Virar, Nalasopara, Vasai, Dahisar, Borivali, Kandivali, Santacruz, Andheri, Bandra, Sion Koliwada, Kurla, Ghatkopar, Vikroli, Bhandup, Mulund,Thane, Aroli, Panvel, Belapur and Vashi, New Bombay among others. More than 40 different Uttrakhand Parvasi Groups and 27 Bhajan Mandali's participated whole  heartily in successfully  managing the mega event.  Over 125 artists from Uttrkhand also came to  Mumbai for performing Devbhoomi’s  traditional,cultural art, songs, dance and music With the aim to promote and

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It is amazing how much Western science has taught us. Today, for example, kids in grammar school learn that the sun is 93 million miles from the earth and that the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second. Yoga may teach us about our Higher Self, but it can't supply this kind of information about physics or astronomy. Or can it?  Professor Subhash Kak of Louisiana State University referred to the statement by Sayana, a fourteenth century Indian scholar. In his commentary on a hymn in the Rig Veda, the oldest and perhaps most mystical text ever composed in India, Sayana has this to say: "With deep respect, I bow to the sun, who travels 2,202 yojanas in half a nimesha." A yojana is about nine American miles; a nimesha is 16/75 of a second. 2,202 yojanas x 9 miles x 75/8 nimeshas = 185,794 m. p. s. Basically, Sayana is saying that sunlight travels at 186,000 miles per second! How could a Vedic scholar who died in 1387 A. D. have known the correct fig