Ayodhya

Published on 6th August, 2020, in Mumbai Mirror. Devdutt Pattanaik, the author of The Book of Ram, answers some commonly asked questions. ♦ Was Ram actually born in Ayodhya? Hindus believe he was, just as Muslims believe Mecca is where Adam and Eve (Hawa) met after they were cast out of Eden, and Christians believe Jerusalem is where Christ showed himself after he rose from the dead. No historian can ratify these ideas. ♦ Is Ram fact or fiction? That is like asking if God is fact or fiction. To be a fact, we need verifiable evidence, measurement. No historian sees God as a historical ..

WHO IS A HINDU? - The Missing Horse Of Baghpat. Published on 19th July, 2020, in Mumbai Mirror. Ram rides out of Ayodhya on a horse-driven chariot. Krishna rides out of Vrindavana and into Kurukshetra in a horse-driven chariot. As per astronomical information, found in Ramayana and Mahabharata, traditionalists believe that Ramayana occurred 7,000 years ago and Mahabharata 5,000 years ago. There is only one problem. There is no archaeological evidence to corroborate this. This annoys Hindutva. In 2018, archaeologists have found a wagon dated to 2000 BCE at Sinauli in Baghpat, UP. Hindutva was quick to tell the world that this was a game-changing ..