What are some of the most mind-blowing facts about Indian culture?

• Bihari ji : On holi- Indian festival of colors- around a million devotees visit Banke Bihari temple in Mathura , Uttar Pradesh, India.

• A million devotees celebrate this festival with Lord Radha -Krishna .

• Flowers : Priests known as Goswamis constantly shower flowers on devotees as a ritual.

• Priyakant ju : Around 100 thousands devotees celebrate holi with Lord Krishna known as Priyakant ju- beloved Krishna.

• Colors : Devotees lovingly play it with Lord Krishna .

• Barsana : In Barsana- proverbial home of Radha ji- devotees play holi in a traditional manner.

• Sticks : They play it with sticks . It is known as Lathmar Holi !

• Basant Utsav : At Shantiniketan , a modern guru kula, in West Bengal, India ; devotees celebrate holi in their unique manner.

• It is an ancient tradition started by Rabindranath Tagore- Nobel laureate and founder of Shanti Niketan.

• Greetings : Happy and auspicious holi to all !
• Pic Credits : Google/Web

Why are idols in South Indian temples kept in dark with no lights?

The Statues-Idols are kept in Karpa-Graha of the Temple.

• The term "karpa graha" refers to the sanctum sanctorum of a Hindu temple, also known by the Sanskrit term garbhagriha . In Tamil, it is called karuvarai, which means "womb chamber," derived from the words "karu" (foetus) and "arai" (room).
• I’m not sure what is reality behind the closure of Karpa-Graha without any light nor celebrating the Statues-Idols in Karpa-Graha using Lamps-Lights-Sounds on specific days of the year.
• There should be wider meaning for the timely celebration and closure of temples on-time and every-time.
• Exception: Few temples are just opened for once in year or once in 14 years, many temples are opened daily.
• For Instance, Sabarimala Temple do manage a specific calendar for the opening and closure of Temple.

Which fruit in India is underrated?

 Here is the list of some fruits that are underrated in India. It will make you feel regret if you haven’t tried those yet.

1. Gua Koli(Polyalthia Suberosa)

Mostly found in Assam to Uttar Pradesh in the north, Kerala, and Odisha.

2. Imli (Tamarind)

You will find it particularly in some states of India like Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha.

3. Chalta(Elephant Apple)

The fruit grows in the northern tropical regions of India, particularly in Assam and Kolkata.

4. Phalsa(Indian Sherbet berries)

This fruit grows in throughout India.

5. Jungli jalebi (Manila Tamarind)

In India, it found in Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and West Bengal.

6. Ambarella(Indian Hog Plum)

This fruit found in almost all places in India.

7. Taal(Ice Apple)

Mostly found in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Odisha, and Kerala.

8. Langsat

Grows in - Throughout southern India.

9. Kamrakh (Star Fruit/Carambola)

Mostly found in the South-East region of India. From Kerala to West Bengal.

10. Buddha’s hand.

Grows in northeastern and northwestern states of India.

11. Rai Amla (Star gooseberry)

Mostly found in South India.

These are the most underrated fruits of India in my opinion. Most of them are now going to extinct. So please try to save those trees for our next generations.

Which are the Indian film posters that are not copied?

 I'll talk here about only Kannada language movies.

Kannada movies especially Upendra’s directed movies have unique posters that are only one alphabets or symbols.

A(1998)

This movie changed the Kannada film industry for ever . This was something new in Indian cinema at that time. It was the biggest blockbuster and industry hit in Kannada Film industry back in 1998.

The photo shows a metaphor.

Others include

Shhh!(1993) - An horror mystery thriller. It is considered as the best horror mystery thriller in Karnataka. The poster shows a skull with silent posture of Kannada alphabet.

Upendra (1999) - the unique poster shows the main character with three main female leads.

UI (2024) - Vishnu naama/ Vishnu Tilaka and underside of a Horse hoove.

Who are some famous Indian revolutionaries who have not got their due?

 Khudiram Bose was one of the youngest Indians to be hanged ..

He was just 18 years 7 months 11 days old when hanged..

A salute to his sacrifice at such a young age.. He has never got any specific attention..
At his age people still depend on their parents while this hero gave up his life just to get freedom for his motherland.. He also became inspiration to thousands of other youths.
Just imagine if you will ever have that courage at such young age??

What are some things every Indian should know about Indian history?

 13 Things You Didn’t Know About India's Contribution To World War 1

1. India contributed with more soldiers than Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa combined.

In fact, every sixth soldier fighting for the British Empire was from the Indian subcontinent. Nearly 800,000 combatants took part in the war.

2. Indian soldiers won 11 Victoria Cross honors, Britain’s highest military honors. Overall 13,000 medals were won by the Indian Corps.

3. Troops from India fought in all the major theatres of war, from the Western Front in Europe to Africa and China.

After the war, Indian soldiers continued to be engaged in various conflicts like the Third Afghan War and Waziristan Campaign.

4. 53,486 Indian soldiers lost their lives, 64,350 were wounded and 3,762 went missing or were imprisoned.

5. Mesopotamia proved to be the deadliest battle ground, with 30,000 Indian casualties and 32,000 wounded.

6. It wasn’t just the wounds of battle that killed the Indian soldiers. Nearly 9,000 died due to severe winters in France.

7. Apart from men and material, India also contributed with 100 million pounds of wealth.

8. Not just combatants, there were 43,737 men who worked in the Indian Labor Corps.

9. Indian Royalty served in the war as well.

Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh, the Maharaja of Bikaner, commanded the Bikaner Camel Corps that served in France, Egypt and Palestine. He also represented British India in the Imperial War Cabinet. Maharaja Of Patiala, Bhupinder Singh fought in the Gallipoli Campaign, in present day Turkey.

10. Within weeks of the war being declared, India also supplied 70,000,000 rounds of small arms ammunition, 600,000 rifles, motors and machine guns.

11. During the four years of war, the Army Clothing Department produced 41,920,223 garments.

12. By the end of the war, 1,302,394 personnel, 172, 815 animals and 369.1 million tonnes of supplies had left Indian shores.

13. The total value of India’s war contribution amounted to £ 80,000,000. That's about ₹ 7,420,800,000 in today's money.

What are amazing knowledge contributed by Indian ancestors?

 You will get a different perspective about India and take it to an amazing different level.

The knowledge our ancestors had was a new level of dimension which had a great potential and strength.

They combined spirituality with science and used always the naturally available things to make human life simpler and beautiful.

You definitely can never believe the amazing works with Science our ancestors did and each thing they did had an amazing scientific evidence and background and some are even not found by our recent scientists.

See this picture above, our ancients carved this hanging chain out of stone with perfect dimensions which could vibrate Even through the small amount of wind or air which passes by!!!

Isn't that so amazing? How can a stone shake by air? You might be surprised, but they made such a masterpiece with primitive instruments.

I just felt amazed and mindblown!🤯

This is the another picture I found out in Instagram.

Look at the very minute details made by our ancestors. Such an amazing architecture!!

They carved with perfection. How neatly they carved the richness of the king sitting on an elephant with the majestic pose and the cloth used on the elephant 😍

Such a great details that modern architects can fail doing it.

Even if you can't believe my previous explanation, just see the 3rd image. This will blow off your mind and see how the person is inserting a thread into the carved piece of temple and how neatly the thread is getting inserted.

That is the beauty 🙂

How can they carve such minute details so amazingly well and beautiful??

This is definitely more than 1000 years old and how greatly they have carved out the heritage. It might have taken many years for carving this.

Let's take a few moments appreciating it.🤗

Just look at it for at least 10 seconds. You feel mind blown. That is the power and strength of those ancient people. Whatever they made, it was a Masterpiece.

Image source: Instagram