Explore Hindu Mythology
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Hinduism is the oldest and the major Indian religion. Hinduism is based on some antique sacred ...
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According to Hinduism, every part of the cosmos is seen as being a manifestation of an underlying ...
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According to the epic Mahabharata, composed after the Rig Veda in about 500 B.C., the stars ...
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In the Hindu mythology, it is said that the stars of the Big Dipper were the seven sages called ...
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According to Hindu mythology, Svaha represents the star Zeta Tauri, which is the tip of one ...
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In the Rig Veda, which is a collection of antique Hindu hymns, Indra is described as the king ...
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In Vedic mythology, Garuda is the king of birds and the enemy of serpents. His body was that ...
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In Hindu mythology, the planet Mars is known as Mangala. The planet of Mars is identified ...
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In Hindu mythology, Sani was identified with the planet Saturn. ...
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Did you know that "
megalith" means "big rock", which is certainly a good description of
Stonehenge?
Did you know that Huizilopochtli was dressed with hummingbird feathers on his head?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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RefractionxRefraction : Refraction is the deflection, or bending, of the ray path of a seismic wave caused by its passage from one material to another having different elastic properties; or the bending of a tsunami wave front owing to variations in the water depth along a
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Research Highlights
Conservation efforts aimed at protecting endangered Caribbean corals may be overlooking regions where corals are best equipped to evolve in response to global warming and other climate challenges. That's...
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