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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

The Science Behind Holi!!

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Holi is a must-to-be celebrated festival!! Holi is an Indian festival of colors. It is celebrated to symbolize the death of a demoness named Holika. This festival is celebrated in March which signifies a seasonal shift from winter to summer. This season signifies the highest risk of disease spread. This festival is celebrated by applying colors to others and by setting up a bonfire and circumambulating it with dance and songs. And now it's time to see the hidden science in celebrating Holi. The drift from winter to summer during march month creates a greater drift in our health. This leads to greater temperature change in our body which causes various diseases and also facilitates disease spread. And this is the time when Chickenpox, typhoid, and food poisoning spreads commonly. Holi is celebrated to avoid this kind of disease spreading. We celebrate Holi by applying colors to others and by circumambulating bonfires. The temperature of an atmosphere near a bonfire will be about 40

God Ganesha's Organ Transplantation

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We know that Lord Ganesha is an elephant - headed . But scientifically is it possible to fix an elephant head to a human??  So we'll see in detail this concept in our blog.  ELEPHANT HEADED GANESHA: We would have heard the story behind Lord Ganesha's elephant head. That is a fight aroused between Lord Shiva and Lord Ganesha which lead Lord Shiva to cut Lord Ganesha's head . In order to protect Ganesha's life Lord Vishnu places an Elephant head on him. And hence, Ganesha got an Elephant head. ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION : Scientifically a technique that approves this concept is Organ transplantation. Organ transplantation is a medical procedure in which an organ is removed from one body and placed in the body of a recipient, to replace a damaged or missing organ.  ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION TYPES : Organ Transplantation is classified into various types: 1. Autotransplantation 2. Allotransplantation 3. Xenotransplantation AUTOTRANSPLANTATION: Autotransplantation is a procedure i

Abhimanyu's Womb knowledge - Extra Sensory Perception

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How could a baby in the womb since its outer environment??  Is it possible for a baby in the womb to learn and memorize stuff? Astonishing though. We are going to see about such a baby from Mahabharata in this blog.  ABHIMANYU: Abhimanyu is a known and familiar warrior mentioned in Mahabharata . He was the son  prince Arjuna and princess Subhadra. He is said to be an avatar  of  the son of Chandra.  Abhimanyu was brought up by his maternal uncle - Lord Krishna, as his father was sent on an exile for 13 years.  One interesting fact described in Mahabharata about Abhimanyu is that when he was in his mother Subhadra's womb he learned the Chakraviyugam entry technique explained by Arjuna.  CHAKRAVYUGH: Chakravyuh is a war formation done in ancient times. It is also called Padmavyuha . It is a military formation used in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. It resembles a labyrinth of multiple defensive walls. It was very difficult to crack it and the method to crack this technique was mainta