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Treasure of Somnath, Puri and Kedarnath temple looted
Ahmedabad, 8 September 2024
Two great Hindu temples containing Jyotirlingas have been looted. One was looted by a Muslim and the other by a Hindu. First Somnath. Similarly, Kedaram Himavat Prishtha means Kedarnath situated behind the Himalayas. 135.5 kg of gold was offered to the Somnath Mahadev temple in 2021. Booking of 1,145 kg gold urn, 780...
Lessons of 450 years of water storage from 5 thousand years of technol...
Description by Jaideep Vasant
thanks to BBC Gujarati (Google translation from Gujarati)
6 September 2024 Dholavira in Kutch has a unique engineering skill of rainwater harvesting for 5 thousand years. Cities of Gujarat got submerged in water. But Hamirsar Lake built 450 years ago in Bhuj, Kutch is an excellent example of water storage and w...
Gujarat BJP, officials, salt industry big hunters of Kharai camels
Ahmedabad, 7 September 2024 Thanks to BBC Gujarati, Google translation from Gujarati The only real camel breed in the world that swims in sea water is getting extinct in Gujarat. The reason for this is salt agar and industries. Officials, BJP, industrialists are working to destroy the Cher forests. They are all deliberately killing the real c...
Shantidas Jhaveri put the British in Ahmedabad jail
Dr. Jai Narayan Vyas
Thanks BBC Gujarati (Google translation from Gujarati)
22 July 2020
Buddhism and Jainism were separated from Hinduism. Jainism was founded by Shri Rishabhdev. All the Tirthankaras from Rishabhdev to Parshvanath, Mahavira were originally from the Kshatriya clan and were Gandahar Brahmins. Historians write that the Kshatriyas ...
The mystery of the last days of Pakistan’s Jinnah
18 July 2020 (Courtesy BBC Gujarati, Google translation from Gujarati) It was the day of 14 July 1948. The then Governor General Muhammad Ali Jinnah was taken from Quetta to Ziarat despite being ill. After this, he stayed there only for 60 days and left this world on 11 September 1948. What happened in those 60 days of the life of Pakistan...
Tribhuvandas K. Gajjar: Gujarati alchemist
5 February 2023 BBC Gujarati Adept in chemistry, Tribhuvandas Gajjar became a symbol of not only bookish but also practical knowledge by setting up the modern 'Techno Chemical Laboratory' in Mumbai to the Kala Bhavan (Faculty of Technology) in Vadodara. Gajjar, a close friend of 'Saraswatichandra' author Govardhanram Tripathi, was striving fo...
Surat was looted, burned by Shivaji to give financial aid to the Marat...
4 September 2024 Courtesy BBC. (Google translation from Gujarati)
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had recently said, "Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj did not loot Surat, but Congress has taught such false history." After this statement of Devendra Fadnavis, there is a discussion whether Shivaji Maharaj really looted Surat?
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Endangered Rogan art of Gujarat is now safe
DILIP PATEL 7 SAPTEMBER 2024 A Khatri family in Nirona village of Nakhatrana in Kutch has kept the Rogan art tradition alive for more than 300 years because of their passion for art. The price of the ART starts from Rs 2 thousand to Rs 2 lakhs. The price of a normal wall piece starts from 8 thousand. Then the price of the article is higher. S...
Massacre , Govindaguru, the messiah of the tribals
There was a time in the area around Panchmahal in Rajasthan when the tribal society was surrounded by many evils. At that time, Shri Govindguru worked to remove the evils like superstition, alcoholism, theft and he himself was called the messiah of the tribals. So let's know about Shri Govindguru. World Tribal Day. The Mangarh massacre is con...
Art of making and repairing foreign musical instrument Harmonium
Harmonium music is mostly used in bhajans and diyaars in Gujarat. Which is called Vajani Peti in Gujarati. But harmonium is a foreign instrument. Very few people know. In which the sound comes out with a jolt by filling air in the metal chips present inside. Most of the time the singer himself plays it. Music changes the mood and no festival can...
15 lakh idols immersed in river in Gujarat, art story of Vadodara!
Ahmedabad, 5 September 2024
Bappa's temple in Lekhak village of Unjha taluka of Mehsana district is Lekhak's Ganpati temple. Clay idol of Ganpati is being made here for 1200 years. Ganeshotsav provides employment to 10 thousand people in South Gujarat. Sculptors, pavilion owners, flower sellers, gardeners, decorators, electricians etc. get busi...
Private milk dairy will ruin Gujarat, white revolution is becoming a b...
Ahmedabad, September 5, 2024 The condition of cattle rearing farmers in Gujarat is relatively better than the dairy sector, milk production has increased by 147 percent between 2001-02 and 2018-19. While more than 300 companies do milk business in Maharashtra, till date only one company Amul used to buy most of the milk in Gujarat. But after ...
Decline of tribal folk Pavri
Tribal culture is disappearing. The number of artists playing Pavri instruments is decreasing. The present generation has no interest in playing this instrument. 18 artists survived August 9 is celebrated as Tribal Day. Then 18 Pavri artists together played Pavri instruments. Expert Ganeshbhai is the artist who makes and plays the Dunga...
Rebellion: Jawahar Chavda is no longer a jewel for BJP
If Jawahar is re-elected in Congress, there will be opposition! There is a conspiracy to bring Jawahar, who defeated Congress twice in Lok Sabha and twice in Vidhan Sabha, back to Congress Dilip Patel
Ahmedabad, 28 August 2024
Jawahar Chavda has rebelled against BJP. Jawahar means precious items, coins, jewels like diamond, pearl etc. But J...
Fast food Italian is eaten the most in Gujarat
Eating and drinking is a business worth 16783 crores. Ahmedabad, 27 August 2024
A survey conducted by MSc students of the Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, MS University concluded that 91 percent of Vadodara residents prefer Italian food if they want to eat fast food in a restaurant. 77 percent said they preferred to eat in Indian a...