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Vrindavan Widows

Sanitation in Britain

Maharana Pratap

The Making of A Legend

Bengal’s Vatsana found her way to Vrindavan and life was instilled

London’s Sewers Are A Triumph Of Victorian Engineering in 19th centurary

Maharana Pratap is revered as one of the strongest warriors India has ever seen

Namami Gange, the mission to clean and rejuvenate the holy river, must focus on urban sewage

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57, Battle of Plassey, Bengal Nawab Shiraz-udDaulah is defeated in the mango grove in Navadweep (people usually think the battle took place in Murshidabad, but it was in Navadweep. There were 99 varieties of mangoes in that orchard, nurtured fondly by the Nawab. Gulab Khas, Nawab Pasand, Himsagar, Anupam, Begum Pasand, Bhabani Chauras, Bira, Dawood Bhog, Dil Pasand, Dudhia, Mirza Pasand… The Nawabs of Bengal seemed to be highly indulgent. The tradition went that Begum Pasand would ripen only past midnight, and the Nawab would have to be woken up, freshened and given the special mango to taste. There were clear instructions that the mango could only be placed on one’s palm, not touched by fingers, which could create spots on the flesh, and the skin had to be peeled using a fine wooden knife. Adjacent to the orchard is the fabled Malda mango gardens. Yes, you will find sellers in Delhi selling mangos “from Malda”, but almost all the mango groves of Malda are bought

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Mango: Ocean Of Sweetness

Mango is among those fruits which is of Indian origin, which is why, whether in the south of the country or the north, it is a sacred fruit that can be offered to the Gods

King of Fruits

Quick Glance The antiquity of the mango’s origin can be found in Mahabharata

There are around 1,500 varieties of mangoes grown in the country

The mango tree Amola Pathak planted can bear fruit throughout the year

Dr Bindeshwar Pathak and Amola Pathak at there Mango garden in Patna

over with seed money for the farmers by traders, who sell the delicious fruit in Bangladesh and further east, Thailand, Hong Kong, China and Japan.

Indian Origin

It is standard practice in rituals of Sanatana Dharma– often mistakenly termed Hinduism – to offer no vegetable or fruit as Prasad, unless it is of Indian

origin. Mango is. Its biological name is Mangifera Indica, which means it is endemic to India. The antiquity of the fruit’s Indian origin can be found in the Mahabharata:


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