CULTURAL QA 01202402
Q2 I've heard that Ravana is worshipped in Sri Lanka. Is it true?
If yes, why?
KR Even in Sri Lanka, there are no temples dedicated to Ravana. The
only place where Ravana appears in Sri Lanka is outside of the border walls
of a Shiva temple in Trincomalee where seems to be guarding the temple's
sanctum sanctorum.
King Shiv Shankar built a Ravana temple in Kanpur, Uttar
Pradesh. The Ravana temple is open once a year, on the day of Dashera, to
perform puja for the welfare of Ravana. Ravana is also worshipped by Hindus
of Bisrakh, who claim their town to be his birthplace.
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Q4 Was Mysore ever a part of British India?
KR The present states of Telangana, Goa, Jammu, and Kashmir,
Sikkim, and Rajasthan were never under the British rule in India. Many
parts of Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab,
Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh are also said to have never been ruled by the
British.
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Q5 What are some of the most mind-blowing facts?
Mind-blowing facts on pineapple alone…
KR The earliest written references to pineapple are by
Christopher Columbus, Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, and Sir Walter
Raleigh, who found pineapple growing in the West Indies, where it was used
for food and wine making. The Portuguese were apparently responsible for
early dissemination of the pineapple. They introduced it to Saint Helena
shortly after they discovered that island in 1502. Soon after, they carried
it to Africa and, by about 1550, to India. Before the end of the 16th
century, cultivation of the plant had spread over most of the tropical
areas of the world, including some of the islands of the South Pacific.
Major modern growers of pineapple include Costa Rica, Brazil, China, India,
and Thailand.
More mind-blowing facts (non-pineapple)…
KR Fungus, any of about 144,000 known species of organisms of the
kingdom Fungi, which includes the yeasts, rusts, smuts, mildews, molds, and
mushrooms. There are also many funguslike organisms, including slime molds
and oomycetes (water molds), that do not belong to kingdom Fungi but are
often called fungi. Many of these funguslike organisms are included in the
kingdom Chromista. Fungi are among the most widely distributed organisms on
Earth and are of great environmental and medical importance. Many fungi are
free-living in soil or water; others form parasitic or symbiotic
relationships with plants or animals.
Fungi are eukaryotic organisms; i.e., their cells contain membrane-bound
organelles and clearly defined nuclei. Historically, fungi were included in
the plant kingdom; however, because fungi lack chlorophyll and are
distinguished by unique structural and physiological features (i.e.,
components of the cell wall and cell membrane), they have been separated
from plants. In addition, fungi are clearly distinguished from all other
living organisms, including animals, by their principal modes of vegetative
growth and nutrient intake. Fungi grow from the tips of filaments (hyphae)
that make up the bodies of the organisms (mycelia), and they digest organic
matter externally before absorbing it into their mycelia. KR It is not
organism a s stated by Mr G
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G The coldest place on Earth is not the North or South Pole, but a place
called Vostok Station in Antarctica. The temperature at Vostok Station has
been recorded as low as -128.6 degrees Fahrenheit (-89.2 degrees Celsius).
KR How unlearnt an answer one sees above? Vostok Station is a
Russian research station in inland Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica.
Founded by the Soviet Union in 1957, the station lies at the southern Pole
of Cold, with the lowest reliably measured natural temperature on Earth of
−89.2 °C. Research includes ice core drilling and magnetometry. Wikipedia
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CULTURAL QA 01202403
Q1 What are some facts about India that Indians are generally
unaware of?
1.) How was Martial Arts and Zen Buddhism founded in China by an Indian? -
Bodhidharma, a Pallava prince from Kanchipuram in …..
KR It needs correction in the sense Pallava Prince theory is
unfounded exactly. Bodhidharma
Bodhidharma (Tamil: போதிதர்மன்) was a Buddhist monk who lived during the
5th/6th century and is traditionally credited as the leading patriarch and
transmitter of Zen (Chinese: Chán, Sanskrit: Dhyāna) to China. According to
Chinese legend, he also began the physical training of the Shaolin monks
that led to the creation of Shaolin Quan. However, martial arts historians
have shown this legend stems from a 17th century qigong manual known as the
Yijin Jing.
Little contemporary biographical information on Bodhidharma is extant, and
subsequent accounts became layered with legend, but most accounts agree that
he was a Tamil prince from southern India’s Pallava Empire. Scholars have
concluded his place of birth to be Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu. (However he
is found in Buddhist History of Sikkim, Nepal and Chinese Monastery
documents, where Kanchipuram is absent. )
After becoming a Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma traveled to China. The accounts
differ on the date of his arrival, with one early account claiming that he
arrived during the Liú Sòng Dynasty (420–479) and later accounts dating his
arrival to the Liáng Dynasty (502–557). Bodhidharma was primarily active in
the lands of the Northern Wèi Dynasty (386–534). Modern scholarship dates
him to about the early 5th century.( The period differs in the history and
so Pallava dynasty prince exactly do not match)
Throughout Buddhist art, Bodhidharma is depicted as a rather ill-tempered,
profusely bearded and wide-eyed barbarian. He is described as “The
Blue-Eyed Barbarian” in Chinese texts.The Anthology of the Patriarchal Hall
(952) identifies Bodhidharma as the 28th Patriarch of Buddhism in an
uninterrupted line that extends all the way back to the Buddha himself.
D.T. Suzuki contends that Chán’s growth in popularity during the 7th and
8th centuries attracted criticism that it had “no authorized records of its
direct transmission from the founder of Buddhism” and that Chán historians
made Bodhidharma the 28th patriarch of Buddhism in response to such attacks.
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2.) That how the Britishers took away the control of India from the
Marathas and not the Mughals
KR The Marathas were defeated in the third battle of Panipat in
1761 CE by Ahmed Shah Abdali, the then-ruler of the Afghans. The two
empires fought many wars over the years, with the Marathas ultimately
gaining control of most of India. The Mughals were eventually reduced to a
small region in northern India. Although their time on top was brief, the
Maratha Empire had a significant impact on Indian history and culture. The
First Anglo-Maratha War was the first of three Anglo-Maratha Wars fought
between the British East India Company and Maratha Confederacy in India.
The war began with the Treaty of Surat and ended with the Treaty of Salba.
Lack of Technological Advancement and Poor Battle Tactics: The Maratha
Empire was at a disadvantage in terms of technological advancements
compared to the British East India Company, which had access to superior
weapons and employed more effective military tactics. The Maratha Empire
dominated a large part of the Indian subcontinent in the 17th century. The
empire formally existed from 1674 with the coronation of Chattrapati
Shivaji Maharaj and ended in 1818 with the defeat of Peshwa Bajirao II at
the hands of the British East India Company.
KR Mr Gopalkrishnan’s other quoted references are also liable to be read
differently also; however, both histories narrated have no strong bases;
hence, I left untouched the rest*; quoting references alone does not make
it a truth;* it has to be proved absolutely made without conjectures;
“Tamilvanan”
in “Kalkandu Magazine” wrote many historical facts, similarly taking half
references and leaving the relevant ones; so he proved that “Kattabomman of
panchalnkurichi” was only a “Robber”; so can we accept it?
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Q2 What are some amazing facts about Leonardo da Vinci?
4 – Bill Gates bought the Codex Hammer, which is a compilation of texts and
drawings made by Da Vinci, in 1994, for US$ 30 million. Some of its pages
were used as Windows 95 screensavers;
KR Except the above none other are true; he did not attend any
school; he can write in reverse; his man on horse (which was idea for KK CM
TN for statue at Mount Rd crossing near Gemini) was better than MONALISA
but that peace was destroyed. He was never a scientist. The Da Vinci Code,
By Dan was only fiction.
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Q3 There are 2 possible combinations of chromosomes: XX and XY. Why
is nobody ever born with YY chromosomes? What would happen? Would they be
scarily ultra-masculine? If it can't happen, then why not?
KR Partly true; I will be writing shortly about Mr Bala Iyer’s query
where all these will be discussed which could create the idea of excellence
of the creation of GOD and why women are greater than men. Thank you KR
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