National Tree

Commanding a central presence in the timeless setting of India’s countryside, is the mighty Banyan, a tree endemic to the Indian subcontinent. For man it provides shelter and is a point where the village community gathers and transacts much of their affairs.
The tree is a veritable microhabitat for countless creatures. It releases maximum ozone in the atmosphere. Like the Banyan, India shelters all races, castes, creed and religion. To them all, it gives wisdom.

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National Song

Vande Mataram
Sujalam, Suphalam
Malayaja Shitalam,
Shasya shyamalam, Mataram

Shubhra jyotsna Pulakita yaminim
Phulla Kusumita
Drumadala Shobhinim,
Suhasinim, sumadhura Bhashinim,
Sukhadam, Varadam, Mataram

Sapta Kotikantha
Kalakala Ninada Karale
Dvisapt Koti Bhujair Dhrita
Khara Karavale
Abala Kena Ma Eta Bale
Bahubala Dharinim,
Nmani Tarinam,

Ripudalavarinim Mataram
Tvam Hi Durga
Dashpraharana Dharinim,
Kamala, Kamaladalaviharini, Vani,
Vidhyadayani, Namani Tvam,
Namani, Kamalam,
Amalam, Atulam,
Sujalam, Suphalam, Mataram,
Vande Mataram

Shyamalam, Saralam,
Susmitam, Bhushitam,
Dharanim, Bharanim Mataram

Composed by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee(November 7, 1875)

National Anthem

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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. It was first sung on December 27, 1911 at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress. While the complete song consists of five stanzas, the first stanza constitutes the full version of the National Anthem.

The following is Tagore’s English rendering of the stanza: “Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people, dispenser of India’s destiny. They name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat and Maratha, of the Dravida and Orissa and Bengal it 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 sing the praise. The saving of all people waits in thy hand, thou dispenser of India’s destiny victory, victory, victory, victory to thee.”

Playing time of the full version of the National Anthem is approximately 52 seconds.

“ Jana-gana-mana-adhinayaka, jaya he
Bhaarata-bhaagya-vidhaataa
Punjaaba-Sindhu-Gujarata-Marathaa
Draavida-Utkala-Bnga
Vindhya-Himaachala-Yamunaa-Gangaa
Uchchla-Jaladhi-Taranga
Tava shubha naame jaage
Tava shubha ashish maange
Gaaye tava jaya gaatha
Jaye-gana-mangala-daayaka jaya he
Bhaarata-bhaagya-vidhaataa
Jaya he, jaya he, jaya he
Jaya jaya, jaya, jaya he”

Atma-Sangeet….Our Anthem

I am an Indian

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National Flag

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!

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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

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