World History & Travel

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This argument on wastage of public money when almost the entire work done is indeginous in a country like India emanates from lack of complete economic understanding & the world monetary setup which is no longer based on old commodity based system but credit based system. The fact is that in this setup fallacy government has virtual monopoly over money & the concept of money in itself is not equivalent for a household & the government. So a household has to decide whether to spend the money on product A & B, in case of government with so much slack in factors of production money is not a store of wealth for government rather its just an account measure or a medium to transfer or allocate resources. Yes if one overdoes it then boundary limit & productivity issues come into picture but certainly not in this just one off case but let me tell you building the world’s largest statue doen’t stop the government by even an iota in spending on other social sectors in s...

As a general rule when two or more rivers meet at the confluence point: it is either the volume of water or length of the merging river that decides the name of the new river. However then why we see so many anomalies to this rule especially in ancient civilizations, surely a few can be explained by some old mythological reason, probably a few to some ignorance of those times but certainly not so many. Rivers as part of our geological phenomenon is constantly changing & evolving which means that the rivers are constanty changing their course (both length & direction) and also changes are being brought about in their water flow levels The rivers are many millenia old & their status, names that are given to them are equally that old & hence these names don't change as dynamically & relatively frequently (when compared to the age of the rivers) when the status or position of the rivers change. Nowhere is this more exmplified than in ancient civilizations th...

To start with, I know there are a handful of Brahma temples where Brahma is worshipped in India but this more of an exception than the norm especially when compared to Shiva & Vishnu. I think you get the gist. So India has a plethora of new as well as ancient temples dedicated to Vishnu & Shiva across the country. However isn't it curious why there are so few temples dedicated to Brahma. So why is Brahma who is part of the trinity of Brahma Vishnu Mahesh i.e. The Creater, Protector & Destroyer finds for itself so few places of worship & not so popular among deities. There is a myth about Brahma & Saraswati associated to explain this, however the real reason why this has happened in India is based upon a very real historical & geographical phenomenon that occured in the very region that was considered the home of Brahma "The Brahmavarta". These events not only changed the status of Brahma as a praying deity but also changed the course of history o...

The article & presentation below discusses the Saraswati river mystery at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj. Where is Saraswati river at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj/Allahbad? and if there are just 2 rivers i.e. Ganga 7 Yamuna then why is the confluence point of Sangam at Prayagraj called "Triveni" all these centuries? In able to answer this question the presentation below discusses issues regarding the Saraswati river, the history of Saraswati river. Its importance of to Vedic people, links with Mahabharata, the origin of Saraswati and eventually the disapperance of Saraswati river or more correctly a change in course. Often the idea of third river at Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj is dismissed as myth of unwashed masses but as I have seen, most often the stories & mythologies in India have basis in some historic event or more broader history that we are just unable to decipher as yet. Same is the case here. If there are just two rivers at Triveni Sangam I am sure even th...