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Snakes and Ladders is an ancient Indian board game

Snakes and Ladders is an ancient Indian board game... The board game, today called Snakes and Ladders, originated in ancient India, where it was known with the name Mokshapat or Moksha Patamu.  It's not exactly known when or who invented it, though it's believed the game was played at a time as early as 2nd century BC. According to some historians, the game was invented by Saint Gyandev.  Originally, the game was used as a part of moral instruction to children. The squares  in which ladders start were each supposed to stand for a virtue, and those housing the head of a snake were supposed to stand for an evil. The snakes outnumbered the ladders in the original Hindu game. The game was transported to England by the colonial rulers in the latter part of the 19th century, with some modifications. Through its several modifications over the decades, however, the meaning of the game has remained the same -- 'that good deeds will take people to heaven (Moksha) while evil d...

AAP fools around with an "aam aadmi" claim

Just like how Congress fools with "Garibi Hatao" while scamming in lakhs of crores, this AAP fools around with an "aam aadmi" claim when its MLAs are Khaas Aadmis . For an average person in India, it would take well over 130 years to earn a crore rupees, let alone save it! Shanti Bhusan exposed Arvind Kejriwal & his plan to destroy India. The same article was published in Mail today. Hazare VS AAP :: Anna rebukes Kejriwal’s man at fast venue RALEGAN SIDDHI: Differences between Team Anna and Aam Aadmi Party burst out in the open on Friday with Anna Hazare asking an AAPleader to keep away from his fasting site after he indulged in a spat with former Army chief Gen V K Singh. The public snub by Hazare, who has been on an indefinite fast pressing for passage of Jan Lokpal Bill, c ame when Gopal Rai, interrupted Singh's speech. Reacting to the snub, the AAP called back Rai from the fast site and he left Ralegan Siddhi promptly. He sa...

Why do we Tamils want to make Modi as our Prime Minister?

Hi Frnds, Please just do like but share and spread this good message like jungle fire  This message is from one of the Tamil group in facebook. I am just providing the translation service below: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++ Why do we Tamils want to make Modi as our Prime Minister? You all know about few months back the CEO of Dhina Thandi newspaper was admitted in ICU before his death and the Chief Minister (Tamil Nadu)  visited ICU to see him without leaving her shoes outside. His family doctor told the Chief Minister(Tamil Nadu) to leave the shoes outside because it is ICU. As a consequence, the same night that doctor was imprisoned in the Chennai Puzal jail, Tamil Nadu . Look at the Chief Minister of Gujarat in the attached picture. He visited a tailoring house in Surat. There was every possibility that there would have been broken needles on the floor and could pierce the feet. However, understanding the sanctity of the work place, the future Prime Minister, Nare...

India : Muslim mob stones security personnel after Friday prayers

A group of youths hurling stones on policemen at Moghulpura in Hyderabad on 6 Dec Bhagyanagar (Andhra Pradesh) :  The Babri Mosque was a triumphal mosque built on the site of a Hindu temple that Muslims had demolished. It was in turn demolished in 1992, and this is, predictably, an ongoing source of Muslim anger. "7 Hurt in Stone-hurling near Mecca Masjid on 'Black Day,'" from the  Express News Service , December 7: Tension gripped Mecca Masjid area after afternoon prayers on Friday when a group of youngsters started pelting stones on the security personnel. In view of the ‘Black Day’, the 21st anniversary of demolition of Babri Masjid coinciding with Friday prayers, the city police made elaborate security arrangements, especially near the places of worships. Seven persons including two constables of the Andhra Pradesh Special Police (APSP) and Central Reserve Protection Force (CRPF) were injured in the stone-pelting. Two vehicles, including a police vehicle w...

Top 10 Known Operations of RAW. [Must Read]

Top 10 Amazing RAW Operations It is a testimony to the secrecy maintained by RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) that there is so less concrete information available on the web about its operations. Sadly, this often portrays a sorry picture of RAW in the public domain. 10. Amalgamation of Sikkim Bordered by Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan and West Bengal in the Eastern Himalayas, Sikkim was ruled right from Indian Independence by a Maharaja. The Indian Government had recognized the title of Chogyal (Dharma Raja) for the Maharaja of Sikkim. In 1972, RAW was authorized by Indira Gandhi to install a pro-Indian democratic government there. In less than three years, Sikkim became the 22 nd  State of the Indian Union, on April 26, 1975. 9. Operation Smiling Buddha Operation Smiling Buddha was the name given to India’s nuclear Programme. The task to keep it under tight wraps for security was given to RAW. This was the first time that RAW was involved in a project inside India. On ...

USA : Hindu group proposes Lord Hanuman monument at Oklahoma State Capital

Just days after the news broke that a Satanic Temple in New York City is seeking to build a monument to Satan on the grounds of the Oklahoma Capitol, a Hindu organization announced this week that it, too, would like to build a monument there, to one of its chief deities. Rajan Zed, president of Universal Society of Hinduism, emailed his request to the Oklahoma State Capitol Preservation Commission. Zed, of Nevada, said in a press release that Hindus want to erect a statue of Lord Hanuman, a Hindu deity “who was greatly revered and worshipped and known for incredible strength and was (a) perfect grammarian.” He said the statue would raise awareness of Oklahomans about Hinduism. Commission Chairman Trait Thompson, who also is a senior policy adviser for Senate Pro Tem Brian Bingman, said he had received the request from Zed and had referred him to the website, which has all the application forms. “I suppose when one group gets some publicity, everyone else wants to m...

Remembering Arumuga Navalar : The Great Defender Of Hinduism

If we think about why we are still Hindus today, enjoying an unbroken connection and continuity with our ancient past – it is because of great people like this who stopped us from suffering wholesale deculturalisation and loss of spiritual traditions during the colonial era, on the same catastrophic scale as the natives of the Americas, Australasia and Africa. Many Hindus  will have heard of Hindu reformists and revivalists like Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Swami Dayananda, Swami Vivekananda and others credited with implementing important reform in Hindu society, instilling confidence amongst Hindus in their heritage and stemming the tide of conversions to other religions which occurred at an alarmingly fast rate in the 19th and early 20th century of colonial rule. There  are other equally great figures who are less famous, but who deserve to be known and remembered. Among them is  Arumuga Navalar  (1822 – 1879) who is regarded as the “father” of modern day Tamil...