Lotus Feet: An Ancient Chinese Custom
The custom of painfully applying a tight bandages to the feet of young girls to prevent further growth and shape them in the form of a lotus- the practice possibly originated among upper-class in...
History of September 7
1251 BC - A solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes, Greece.
1813 - The nickname "Uncle Sam" was first used as a symbolic reference to the United...
ac108 Names of Shri Krishna
On the occasion of Janmashtmi, we bring you all the 108 names of Lord Shri Krishna.
Achala: Still
Lord Achyuta:Infallible Lord
Adbhutah:Wonderful God
Adidev:The Lord Of The Lords
Aditya:The Son OfAditi
Ajanma:One Who Is Limitless And Endless
Ajaya: The Conqueror Of...
History of September 5
1198 - Philips van Zwaben Hohenstaufen crowned king of Roman Catholic Germany
1550 - William Cecil appoints himself English minister of foreign affairs
1666 - Great Fire of London ends, leaving 13,200 houses destroyed and 8...
9 Scary Graveyards from around the world
Graveyard, this word is enough to send you into shivers; Graveyards have always been associated with spirits and entities. There’s something mystical and simultaneously creepy about cemeteries. Here is a list of 9 such...
History of September 4
0476 - Romulus Augustulus, the last emperor of the western Roman Empire, was deposed when Odoacer proclaimed himself King of Italy.
1609 - English navigator Henry Hudson began exploring the island of Manhattan.
1682...
Tulsi: The Sacred Plant
Indra, the king of heaven, visited MountKailash to meet Lord Shiva, instead he found a fierce-looking man at the door, seeing no one else in sight, he asked him where Lord Shiva was and...
History of September 2
44 BC - Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
31 B.C. - The Roman leader Octavian defeated the alliance of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Octavian, as Augustus Caesar,...
History of August 28
1609 - Delaware Bay was discovered by Henry Hudson
1619 - Ferdinand II was elected Holy Roman Emperor. His policy of "One church, one king" was his way of trying to outlaw Protestantism
1774 - The...
History of August 27
479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army in the Battle of Plataea. Along the with the Greek victory on the...
