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  • The Hindu systems of astronomy are by far the oldest and that from which the Egyptians, Greek, Romans and – even the Jews derived from the Hindus their knowledge. - Jean Sylvain Bailly
  • Our present knowledge of the nervous system fits in so accurately with the internal description of the human body given in the Vedas (5000 years ago). Then the question arises whether the Vedas are really religious books or books on anatomy of the nervous system and medicine. - Rele
  • Many of the advances in the sciences that we consider today to have been made in Europe were in fact made in India centuries ago. - Grant Duff
  • Gravitation was known to the Hindus (Indians) before the birth of Newton. The system of blood circulation was discovered by them centuries before Harvey was heard of. - P Johnstone
  • We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made. - Albert Einstein
  • India has been the most vibrant and colorful culture upon the earth for many millennia. Let us make it prosperous once again, as it is not just a Nation but a treasure to the world. - Sadhguru
  • I noted that people are happy here in India. When I went back home, people had everything in the materialistic sense and were surrounded with abundance, but they were not happy. - Goldie Hawn
  • If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India. - Romain Rolland
  • India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe’s languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics; mother, through the Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity; mother, through the village community, of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all. - Will Durant
  • India! The land of Vedas, the remarkable works contain not only religious ideas for a perfect life but also facts which science has proved true. Electricity, radium, electronics, airship, all were known to the seers who founded the Vedas. - Wheeler Wilcox

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Alarmel Velli Bharatnatyam

Born on 14 September 1956 in Chennai, Alarmel Velli is a leading classical dancer who explored and popularized the ‘Pandanallur Style’ in Bharatan....

Birthday

Alarmel Velli Bharatnatyam

Born on 14 September 1956 in Chennai, Alarmel Velli is a leading classical dancer who explored and popularized the ‘Pandanallur Style’ in Bharatanatyam. She made her debut at age of 9 ½ at the Indian Institute of Fine Arts in Madras and later was awarded with Natya Kala Bhushan Award.Over the years through her in-depth research in Tamil Literature and Sangam Poetry which resulted in repertoire of dance poems, she has created her own distinct style within the framework of classical Bharatanatyam. She has also trained in Odissi under Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra and also his disciple in Guru Ramani Ranjan Jena.She has performed in many festivals and is the first Indian Classical Dancer to perform at Salzburg Festival in 2015.She has been awarded with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2001 and Padma Bhushan in 2004. She even was awarded with the ‘Chevalier of Arts and Letters award’ from the Government of France in 2004.