Harvard University Says ... Kumbh mela is better organized than Fifa WC !!!

A book produced by scholars and students of Harvard University along with architects and town planners of international repute, declared that Maha Kumbh 2013 to be better organised than FIFA World Cup in Brazil and Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

Fascinating facts about Maha Kumbh
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– The tent township is much larger than the size of Manhattan in terms of population.
– More than 100 million come to a small place and stay there for 55 days.
– Nearly 5 million people bath in the holy rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati.


The Largest hub of communication in one place
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– There are 390 million communication events (calls, messages, etc).
– 146 million (145,736,764) text messages
– 245 million (245,252,102) calls

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Hindu Temple, Sialkot, Pakistan

Vyuhs(व्यूह) described in Mahabharat

Vyuh (Sanskrit: व्यूह) means - 'to arrange troops in a battle array', 'to arrange, put or place in order, to dispose, separate, divide, alter, transpose, disarrange, resolve.
At various times during battle, the supreme commander of either army ordered special formations(vyuhas). Each formation had a specific purpose; some were defensive while others were offensive. Each formation had its specific strengths and weaknesses.

The Mahabharat lists the following:

1. Krauncha vyuha(heron formation)
2. Makara vyuha(crocodile formation)
3. Kurma vyuha(tortoise or turtle formation)
4. Trishula vyuha(trident formation)
5. Chakrvyuha(wheel or discus formation)
6. Kamala vyuha or Padma vyuha(lotus formation)
7. Garud vyuha(eagle formation)
8. Oormi vyuha(ocean formation)
9. Mandala vyuha(galaxy formation)
10. Vajra vyuha(diamond or thunderbolt formation)
11. Shakata vyuha(box or cart formation)
12. Asura vyuha(demon formation)
13. Deva vyuha(divine formation)
14. Soochi vyuha(needle formation)
15. Sringataka vyuha(horned formation)
16. Chandrakala vyuha(crescent or curved blade formation)
17. Mala vyuha(garland formation)

Each formation was met bya counter formation by the other side.
For instance , the Sarpa Vyuha was met with Garuda Vyuha(Serpent formation against Eagle.Formation was usually met with Garuda or eagle Formation’Eagle is a Natural Enemy of Heron.Note the Swoop of the Garuda, nullifying and swamping the posture of the Heron.
There were also courses to get into and out of each formation.

Shiva with Ganesha and Durgay

Raghuvanshi: The Most Respected Lineage Among Hindu Kings

King Raghu was son of King Dilīp. The practice of donating amass wealth, protecting cows and sharing prosperity with people and Sages was done more passionately by King Raghu in his Kingdom.

King Raghu was one of the greatest donors. Demands of common people, whoever visited the palace were met, while giving them dignity and respect. Sages, Sadhus were regarded as protectors of the land and held with high esteem in the palace. There was common saying in the kingdom that “no one returned from the palace of King Raghu empty-handed.”

Such was the passion to keep people happy that all promises and demands of the praja was fulfilled by King Raghu.

This also led to the another famous saying:
Raghukul Reet Sada Chali aayi, Prann Jaaye Par Vachan Na Jaaye
Meaning: The legacy of Raghukul continues; words and promises are kept even to the extent of giving life to fulfill it.


Clash of King Dilip with Indra on Completion of Yagna
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Performing 100 yagnas with proper Vedic principles under guidance of Sages was done before by Indra, King of Gods (Indra is a position acquired by people who are eligible to become one).

King Raghu’s father King Dilīp was a very pious king and devotee of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, so he performed as many as 100 yajnas. It required immense devotion, penance and focus to perform 100 yagnas and only Indra was successful to do so. King Dilip was nearing the completion of his 100th yagna, Indra felt jealous and so he placed many hurdles in the path of the ongoing 100th yagna, but King Raghu with his piousness, bhakti and devotion was able to continue the 100th yagna and successfully complete it. The most celebrated of all, Raghukul Dynasty was thus born. It was series of pious karmas of forefathers of King Raghu and then his future sons that made it possible for Vishnu to take Avatar as Bhagwan Ram so as to eventaully make the end of Treta Yug more dharmic filled with prosperity, piousness and free from Asurs (Rakshas).

King Raghu was soft spoken, kind hearted and intelligent ruler. He took blessings of Sages and their guidance to rule the Kingdom. His foresightedness was responsible that kept his Kingdom very happy; free from wrath, distress and sorrow. He was ardent devotee of Vedic gods, very brave King and knew rightful ways to treat enemies.

To avoid invasion, establish dharma and make this world peaceful place – pious and free from adharmis, Anti-Vedic people. King Raghu showcased his great warrior skills when he marched towards central Asia (now Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, southern Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan). King Raghu made them aware of the Vedic science, principles and peaceful ways of leading life.

The kingdom of Raghu extend from his capital Ayodhya (Awadh) to the Bay of Bengal, then south along the eastern shore of India to Cape Comorin, then north along the western shore until the region surrounded by the Indus (Sindhu river), finally east through the tremendous Himalayan range into Assam

Hindu legacy in Quanzhou,China

Evidence of Hinduism in China have been found in and around Quanzhou in Fujian province, suggesting a Hindu community and particularly Tamil Hindu traders in medieval China. The evidence consists of a Tamil-Chinese bilingual inscription dated April 1281 AD devoted to deity Śiva, as well as over 300 artifacts, idols and Chola-style temple structures discovered in Fujian rovince since 1933.Archeological studies suggest at least Vaishnavism and Shaivism schools of Hinduism had arrived in China in its history.

At present, there are no Hindus in Quanzhou. However, there previously existed a Tamil Hindu community in the city who, in the late 13th century, built the Kaiyuan Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. The temple is now in ruins, but over 300 carvings are still within the city. Many are currently on display in the Quanzhou museum, and some have become a part of Buddhist temple—Kaiyuan Temple. Behind its main hall "Mahavira Hall”, there are some columns decorated by some Hinduism carvings. The carvings are dispersed across five primary sites in Quanzhou and the neighboring areas. They were made in the South Indian style, and share close similarities with 13th-century temples constructed in the Kaveri Delta region in Tamil Nadu. Nearly all the carvings were carved with greenish-gray granite, which was widely available in the nearby hills and used in the region's local architecture.Shiva-related themes depicted in Quanzhou temple include the story of Gajaranya Kshetra - an elephant worshipping a Shiva linga, the story of Saivite saint Thirumular depicted through a cow anointing a linga and two Hindu wrestler story from Indian region now called as Andhra Pradesh.

In addition to Shiva, Vishnu sculpture has been discovered in Nanjiaochang area.Two pillars on the Kaiyuan temple have seven images dedicated to Vishnu - one with Garuda, one in the man-lion Narasimha avatar, one depicting the legend of Gajendra moksha, one with Lakshmi, one as Krishna stealing milkmaids clothing to tease them, one depicting the story of Vishnu as Krishna subduing serpent Kaliya, and another of Krishna in Mahabharat

Sculpting The Entire Rock to Realize Divine Imagination

The Kailash temple is not built. All is cut and carved from one gigantic piece of rock, hewn out of the Charanandri hills of the Sahyadri range of the Deccan Plateau at a village, which once was called Elapura, (later renamed as Ellora by british), 30 km northwest of Sambhajinagar (aurangabad). The Kailash temple was cut from the top down in a U-shape form, about 50 Meters deep in the back and sliding to lower levels on the sides to the front where there is an entry gate. From where the cutting was started is not known, definitely it could be from the Ganesh Dwar (every Hindu temple has a place that is dedicated to Bhagwan Ganesh, Son of Bhagwan Shiv), but later were the de-pilings done simultaneously or step by step – nothing is clear even after deep research conducted by several experts.

After deeply analyzing the amount of man-hours and efforts involved, experts summarized that the scale at which the work was undertaken is enormous. It covers twice the area of the Parthenon in Athens and is 1.5 times high (and bigger than all ancient temples of the world), and it entailed removing 200,000 tonnes of rock. It is believed to have taken 7,000 labourers and 150 years to complete the project.

Practically speaking with modern technology, given the space and plan around the Kailash temple, it is almost impossible to implement Ten 10-ton JCB machines to remove the rock pieces, as movement of each machine would require space and such huge machines can muffle up lot of space around them, their function is very complicated and when the ground is hollow the machine cannot operate and pose problem in itself.

Hypothetically, If the scale of work was carried today, it would have required at least 10 largest ever 10-ton JCB machines to excavate the pieces of rock of 20,000 tonnes by each machine. Each machine is able to excavate 100 tons of rock pieces in phased manner so even removal of 1000 tonnes each day would have taken more than 6 months i.e. 200 days of continous work !

Is It Possible to Replicate the Divine Feat by Humans Today
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Today building a massive structure like Kailash temple would require pre-design and 3D conceptions using latest CAD softwares and high-tech computers. Imagining  how the structure will look at which area we should have distance properly maintained to start carving, where we should pause, which side we should start building entrace, how the internal design be formed. There are hundreds of questions which require answers and only getting resolutions around these queries alone would require several months of hundreds of dedicated designs, 3D graphic artistes and designers who have knowledge of construction and civil work.

The precision with which the sculpts can be cut is still not invented by engineers in the world today. So we will need manual labors to minutely carve the temple. It will require at least 10,000 skilled workers to carry out the digging, carving, sculpting and materializing the entire structure as envisioned. The total duration required to complete the task cannot be estimated because till date in modern times, no single mid-size rock is cut to create a temple.

Repeating such a feat even by using modern technology is almost impossible but ancient Hindu Sages made it possible simply with their spiritual powers, astute direction to skilled and dedicated workers with endless divine blessings of Bhagwan.