National Game

Hockey is the National Game of India. Unmatched excellence and incomparable virtuosity brought India a string of Olympic gold medals. The brilliant Indians brought a touch of magic to their play and the ball - juggling feats of the Indians were a sheer delight. The Golden Era of hockey in India was period from 1928 – 1956 when India won 6 consecutive gold medals in the Olympics.India ‘Sticks’ to its Game…








Some Amging Facts

Rabindranath Tagore is not only the first Indian Nobel Laureate, but also the first Asian to be honored, taking into account all the subjects in which the Nobel Committee gave the award.

Voters Paradise

From 173 million voters 50 years ago, the number of grew to 619 million in the 1999 general election, making India electorate in the world.

India is a marvellous country. It is a country with a uniquely evolved culture and
Civilization, language and literature, art and architecture, laws and moral codes, customs
and calendar, history and traditions, geography and politics.

India is one billion people, speaking myriad tongues, dressing in numerous modes of apparel, exhibiting countless mannerisms and group characteristics, woven into the multi-hued fabric that this nation is.

There is certainly something very special about this country of ours, that one after another, age after age, generation after generation, great Saints like Swami Chinmayananda are born into the laps of this land to re-discover and spread the Supreme Knowledge that the Rishis of the days of yore had discovered through years of penance and research.

National Tree

Commanding a central presence in the timeless settings of India countryside, is the mighty Banyan, a tree endemic to the Indian subcontinent. For man it provides shelter and is a point where the village communities gather and transact much of their affairs. The tree is a veritable micro habitat for countless creatures. It release maximum ozone in the atmosphere. Like banyan, India shelter all races, castes, creed and religion. To them all, it gives wisdom.

National Bird Peacock
National BirdThe Indian peacock, the national bird of India, is a colourful swan – sized bird with a fan – shaped crest of feathers on its head, a white patch under the eye and a long slender neck. Peacock represents a colourful life.

National Fruit

A fleshy fruit, eaten ripe or used green for pickles etc., of the tree Magnifera indica, the mango is one of the most important and widely cultivated fruits of the tropical world. In India there are over 100 varieties of mangoes, in different sizes, shape and colours. Poet Kalidasa sung its praises and Akbar planted 100,000 mango trees in Darbhanga, known as Lakhi Bagh.

Mango Fruit (Y) Fresh n Juicy

National Animal

Tiger the magnificent animal is the national animal of India, is a rich – coloured well-striped animal with a grace, strength, agility and enormous power has earned the tiger great respect and high esteem. The tiger needs to be emulated to remains alert and swift while working towards our goals in life.

National Flower

The National Flower Lotus. Lotus, prized for their serene beauty, are delightful to behold as their blossoms open on the surface of a pond.

In India, the sacred lotus is legendary and much folklore and religious mythology is woven around it. Lotuses represent detachment (vairagya). The water touches it but cannot make it wet. Similarly, the spiritual mind endures all advertise with a smile (sorrows around but not sorrowfully).

Hindustan………………… Gulistan!!

National Song

Vande Mataram! The National song of India

Composed by Bankim Chandna Chatterjee

Video of A.R.Rahman's reinvention of India's national song Vande Mataram, 'Maa Tujhe Salaam'.

National Anthem

The song jana-gana-mana, composed by Rabindranath Tagore, was adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the National Anthem of India on January 24, 1950.

Playing time of full National Anthem is approximately 52 seconds.

" Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka Jaya He

Bharat Bhagya Vidhata

Punjab Sindh Gujarat Maratha

Dravida Utkala Banga

Vindhya Himachal Yamuna Ganga

Ucchala Jaladhi Taranga

Tubh Shubha Name Jage

Tubh Shubha Ashisha Mange

Gahe Tubh Jaya Gata

Jan Gan Mangaldayak Jay He

Bharat Bhagya Vidhata

Jaye He ! Jaye He ! Jaye He !

Jaye,Jaye,Jaye,Jaye He "

The following is Tagore English rendering of the stanza:

Though art the ruler of the minds of all people, dispenser of Indians destiny. Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, Marathas, all of the Dravida and Orissa and Bengal is echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas, Mingles in the music of Jamuna and Ganges and is chanted by the waves of the Indian Sea. They pray for thy blessings and sign thy praise. The saving of all people waits in thy hand, thou dispenser of Indians destiny victory to there.

National Flag

Indias national flag is a horizontal tricolour of deep saffron (Kesri) at the top; White is in the middle and dark green at the bottom. In the center of the white at band is a navy wheel (Chakra). Its design is that of the wheel which appears on the abacus of the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. Its diameter approximates to the width of the white band and its 24 spokes.
The saffron color represents sacrifice – The colour of flames.
The white color represents Nobility.
The green color represents prosperity.
The wheel represents Dharma.

National Emblem

The national emblem is an adaptation from the Sarnath, Lion Capital of Ashoka. In the original, there are four lions, standing back to back, mounted on an abacus with a frieze carrying sculptures of an elephant, a galloping horse, a bull and a lion separated by intervening wheels over a bell – shaped lotus. Carved out of single block of polished sandstone, the capital is crowned by the Wheel of the Law, Dharma Chakra. In the state emblem adopted by the Government of India on January 26, 1980, only three lions are visible, the fourth being hidden from views. The wheel appears from views. The wheel appears in relief in the center of the abacus with a bull on the right and a horse on the left, and the outlines right and left. In inspire us to march along the path of dharma slogging like bull yet remaining swift as a horse. The bell shaped lotus has been omitted. The words Satyameva Jayate from Mundaka Upanished, meaning Truth Alone Triumphs are inscribed below the abacus in the Devanagari script.