Culture and History

From the very onset, Savita Jha makes it evident that this piece is going to be yet another ‘liberal’ attempt at gaslighting Hindus for displaying their faith unapologetically. While the JNU professor argues that since crores of Hindus are partaking in the Mahakumbh festival, Hinduism is becoming performative, mandatory and codified, however, what she affectionately called “my religion” has always been performative.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's visionary strategies unprecedentedly modified India’s maritime history and coastal defence.

On 8th July 1910, when Veer Savarkar was being transported to India for trial aboard the British ship SS Morea, leapt through the porthole of the ship at Marseille port. Savarkar managed to escape even though a strict vigil was placed on him by the police and there were no portholes in the room he was kept in.

Spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar will be performing the consecration of the fragmants of the Somnath Jyotirling. The broken pieces of the Jyotirlinga were being preserved by generations of Agnihotri Brahmins since its destruction. The pieces are still very active and behave like magnets as demonstrated by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.

The most significant and holiest ceremony of the Mahakumbh Mela is the "Amrit Snan."

The most important outcome of the "Battle of Diu" was that it confirmed that the Portuguese were in India to stay. Almeida had announced prophetically that those who rule the seas will rule the lands too.

People believe that during the Mahabharata period, the Pandavas spent some time of their exile here. During that time, Bhima built this temple. Since, Bhima's eldest brother Yudhishthira was also called Dharmaraj, this temple came to be known as Dharmarajeshwar Temple. It is said that there is also a huge cave here, which opens from this temple to Ujjain. The Archaeological Department has closed it.

The first Portuguese Viceroy of India, Francisco de Almeida also payed a key part in the historic "Battle of Diu."

King Manuel of Portuguese wanted to find a direct sea route to India to bypass Arab and Venetian merchants.

Somnath Mandir had been attacked and pillaged at least six times by Muslim rulers and former PM Pandit Nehru was against its revival.