Culture Course Volume - Vlll
The Asramas |
The Asrama means that which is learn with effort. Hindu Sastras have prescribed four asramas to a man.
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Image worship |
In our country the practice of worshipping god through images is as old as the Vedas. We also learn from the Vedas that the images were housed in temples.
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Yoga Asanas |
Yoga is a sanskrit word. it means joining together. here it refers to the joining together of all the powers of man, his body, mind and soul and directing them towards God.
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Ayurveda |
Ayurveda means the sceience of long life. It is an Indian system of medical practice. By following its rules one can lead a long and healthy life.
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Mathematics in India |
The vedas are the earliest literature of India. They are over five thousand years old. We find in the vedas the begining of mathematics in India.
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Warfare in Ancient India |
our land is not only a nation oa saint and philosophers, but also of heroes and warriors. The Vedas and Puranas contain many stories about our fighting ways.
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Aurobindo Ghose |
Aurobindo ghose was patriot, poet, philosoher and yogi. he was born in 1872 in Calcutta as the third son of Dr.Krishnadhan Ghose and Swarnalata Devi.
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1857 War of Indian Independence |
In the early years of the British rule in our country, our people became greatly discontented. Both Hindus and Muslims resented the attack on their religions bu Christian missionaries.
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Birth of The Congress |
For more than four hundred years India was ruled by foreigners. In 1526 the Mughals invaded India and brought almost the whole of our country under their rule.
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Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
Gopan krishna Gokhale was one of the prominet builders of our nation. He was born in apoor Maharashtrian family of Kohlapur in 1866.
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Quit India Movement |
The year 1942 is an important one in the history of India. In that year Mahatma Gandhi , through the Quit Inda movement, made a supreme effort to liberate our country from British rule.
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Rabindranath Tagore |
Have you seen a picture of Rabindranath Tagore? he has a smooth flowing beard and long silvery hair. His face is handsome and well proportion- ed.
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The path of Devotion |
The Bhagavad Gita is a scred and popular book of philosophi cal poems. Just as Christians take the oath on Bible in a court of Justice.
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