India’s National flag is a horizontal tricolour of deep saffron (Kesari) at the top, white in the middle and green at the bottom. In the center of the white band is a navy blue 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 it has 24 spokes. The ratio of the width and length of the flag is 2:3. The Constituent Assembly of India adopted the design of the national flag on July 22, 1947.
The colour saffron represents sacrifice –The colour of flame.
The colour white represents Nobility.
The colour green represents Prosperity.
The wheel represents Dharma.
Vijayee Vishwa Tiranga Pyara!
Vision India
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FROM THE BOOK: AWAKENING INDIANS TO INDIA
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28 April 2006
25 April 2006
It's Indian- {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 a 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, 1950, only three lions are visible, the fourth being hidden from view. The wheel appears in the abacus with a bull on the right and a horse on the left, and the outlines of other wheels on extreme right and left.
It inspires 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 Upanishad, meaning Truth Alone Triumphs- are inscribed below the abacus in the Devanagari script.
Mera Bharath Mahan
Thanks to CHYK.
Ref: Awakening Indians To India
www.chinmayamission.com
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 a 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, 1950, only three lions are visible, the fourth being hidden from view. The wheel appears in the abacus with a bull on the right and a horse on the left, and the outlines of other wheels on extreme right and left.
It inspires 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 Upanishad, meaning Truth Alone Triumphs- are inscribed below the abacus in the Devanagari script.
Mera Bharath Mahan
Thanks to CHYK.
Ref: Awakening Indians To India
www.chinmayamission.com
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