A TO Z INDIA - AUGUST 2022
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK: SHRI KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS 2022 - Observed on the eighth day (Ashtami) of the dark half of the month of Shraavana, this festival is widely celebrated across India since Shri Krishna is one of the most well recognized and worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon of Gods; THANJAVUR BIG TEMPLE: THE ARCHITECTURAL WONDER - Rajaraja-I named this temple as Rajarajesvaram and the deity Shiva in Linga form as Peruvudaiyar.
FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK: SHRI KRISHNA JANMASHTAMI FESTIVAL CELEBRATIONS 2022 - Observed on the eighth day (Ashtami) of the dark half of the month of Shraavana, this festival is widely celebrated across India since Shri Krishna is one of the most well recognized and worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon of Gods; THANJAVUR BIG TEMPLE: THE ARCHITECTURAL WONDER - Rajaraja-I named this temple as Rajarajesvaram and the deity Shiva in Linga form as Peruvudaiyar.
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Takshashila, north-western region of Bharat:
Takshashila: The World’s oldest University
Srinivasan
Takshashila: The World’s
oldest University.
There existed a massive
University at Takshashila,
in the north-western region
of Bharat (present day
Pakistan). This was 2800
yrs ago!
According to the Ramayan,
King Bharat instituted the
town in the name of his
son, Taksha.
The site initially began to
develop as a loosely
connected group of
buildings where learned
persons resided, worked &
taught.
Over the years, additional
buildings were added,
rulers made donations &
more scholars migrated
there. Gradually a large
campus developed.
Which became a celebrated
seat of learning in the
ancient World.
Not only Indians but also
students frm as far as
Babylonia, Greece, Syria,
Arabia, Phoenicia & China
came to study.
68 different streams of
study were on the syllabus.
Sanskrit was the main
medium of teaching.
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