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Science behind Ganesh Chaturthi - Why do we celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi

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After the Ganesh Chathurthi celebration, we dissolve Lord Ganesha's statue in water bodies. And this practice has a scientific significance. Let us see about this in detail. Ganesh Chaturthi is a grand festival celebrated in all parts of India. During this festival, we buy lord Ganesha's statue, worship him and then dissolve him in the water bodies. Commonly Ganesh Chathurthi falls by August and September. This is the pre-monsoon period. Monsoon starts in October.  Monsoon season puts forth a high risk of waterborne disease spread. To prevent this our ancestors used 21 herbs to worship lord Ganesha and then dissolved lord Ganesha's statues together with all those 21 herbs.  These 21 herbs have high antimicrobial properties and other relative properties which help in preventing waterborne disease spread from our nearby water bodies. This plays a major role in disease control.  And the other scientific reason is Lord Ganesha's statue those days were done with Clay sand. G

Science behind feeding Crows first - Do crows detect poison?!

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No moon day has the significance of serving foods to crows before we would eat. But why specifically crow??? Let us see the scientific reason behind this practice. Crow is a well-known bird found near our locality. People say that crows are considered our ancestors. So feeding them with food firstly sounds weird. Well scientifically speaking, the crow is one of the cleverest birds in the world. The brain size of the crow is larger than other birds compared to its body size. Crows can even memorize human faces, things, they can learn lessons, and lots more. And crows have the highest sensing ability. So the main reason for feeding the crows food initially is their sensing ability. Crows could sense poison or toxic substances present in food. They can detect the presence of poison in any food served. It can sense the presence of poison or toxins in food. Mixing poison in foods and serving that to people was a common method used in ancient times to kill people. Especially, kings, kingsmen

Ancient Science in an Indian entrance

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An Indian entrance always consists of a bag tied in red or yellow color. Let us have a detailed glimpse of this bag and the scientific reason behind this practice.  This red and yellow color bag found in an Indian entrance is said to have much significance by astrologers like it improves health, makes you wealthy, makes you successful, gives you happiness, and lots more. But how can a small bag provide you with all such benefits???  The reason for this is a pinch of science and a pinch of Psychology . The materials to be added to this bag have a lot of medicinal properties. Normally the materials which are added to this bag are lemon, turmeric, kumkum, salt, potash alum, chili, ash, rose water, east Indian grass, and some more.  First, let us see why the cloth is colored red or yellow. Presently, we are using synthetically yellow and red-stained clothes. But our ancestors made yellow and red cloth by applying turmeric and kumkum onto it. And we all know about the medicinal properti

Acupuncture with Ornaments

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We are wearing so much of ornaments from our ancient days to date, Are we wearing them just for enhancing our beauty??  The answer to this is NO!!  There are some scientific reasons behind the ornaments we wear. So we'll see in detail about this concept in this blog.  SCIENTIFIC REASON: The scientific reason behind wearing various types of ornaments is  creating acupressure and acupuncture.  ACUPUNCTURE : Acupuncture is a  medical technique in which fine needles are inserted into the skin to create pressure points in nerves. The pressure created in the nerve can enhance the activity of the organ connected with the specific nerve. This method improves blood circulation and organ activity with the help of pressure points created. This same concept is employed by our ancestors. We wear different types of ornaments at different places. These ornaments are connected to nerves which creates pressure points that would enhance blood circulation and organ activity.  Let us see in detai