*1. The Tirupati Balaji temple and the Kashi Vishwanath Temple both, receive more visitors than the Vatican City and Mecca combined.*
*2. Every 12 years, a religious gathering called the Kumbh Mela occurs in India. It is the world’s largest gathering of people. The gathering is so large thatthe Kumbh Mela is visible from the space.* *3. India has more mosques (300,000 mosques) than any other nation in the world.* *4. Today, India has the world’s largest school in terms of students, the City Montessori School in Lucknow. It has more than 45 thousand students!* *5. Number of births in India every year is more than the total population of Australia, and many other nations.* *6. India has the largest English speaking population in the world.* *7. Lonar Lake, a saltwater lake in Maharashtra, was created by a meteor hitting the Earth and is one of its kind in India.* *8. Buttons were invented in India. Yes, your shirt’s buttons.* *9. And shampoo.* *10. And cataract surgery.* *11. And plastic surgery.* *12. And discovered water on the moon.* *13. India’s tech capital, Bangalore, has increased its office supply by six times since 2006, and now has more Grade-A offices than Singapore.* *14. India is the largest milk producer in the world.* *15. India leads the world with the most murders (32,719) per year, with Russia taking second at 28,904 murders per year.* *16. India is one of the only three countries that makes supercomputers (the US and Japan are the other two).* *17. Chai (tea**) **is India’s national drink.* *18. Martial Arts was first created in India.* *19. India gave the world Yoga, that has existed for more than 5,000 years.* *20. "We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made". - Albert Einstein.* Circulated by: K.Raman. __ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
