Showing posts with label Wikipedia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wikipedia. Show all posts

Monday, February 20, 2017

Wikipedia Trail: From Trivikrama To Guru Granth Sahib

Since I wrote about Trivikrama not too long ago, and I don't remember the story of Trivikrama exactly, I looked it up, therefore creating the start of my Wikipedia Trail.

When I put in "Trivikrama" as my search terms, it actually took me to the page of Vamana, but Lord Vishnu's Trivikrama is defined on the page as well.

On Vamana's page, I saw a link for Lord Vishnu's Kalki's avatar, and that is His avatar for this yuga, so I went to that page. From there, I learned that a yuga is equal to ten thousand years. No wonder I haven't heard of Lord Vishnu's current birth yet!

From the Kalki page, I went to the page of the current yuga, Kali Yuga. It was said by Lord Krishna that this yuga will be full of hardships for people with virtues and values. Boy do I believe that!

From the Kalki page, I went to the page of Guru Granth Sahib. The Guru Granth Sahib is the holy book of Sikhism.

This is a picture of the cover of the Guru Granth Sahib.
Source: (Wikipedia)

Monday, February 6, 2017

Wikipedia Trail: From Nooran Sisters to Pawan Kumar

I'm in a mood for singing this week, and there was a picture of Inayat Khan on the class announcements page, so I took this opportunity to read about a singing duo is a really good at what they do: the Nooran sisters.

The Nooran sisters are Jyoti and Sultana Nooran. They always sing together. They sang together in a movie, called Dangal, recently.

Dangal is about the first female wrestler to win a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games, Geeta Phogat, and her sister, Babita Phogat.

In reality, there are four daughters of Mahavir Singh Phogat, who wanted to wrestle for the country but couldn't for some reason: Geeta, Babita, Rita, and Sangita. All four of them wrestle.

Geeta recently got married to another wrestler, Pawan Kumar. He has won bronze in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. My Wikipedia trail ended there.

The Phogat sisters and their father. From left to right: Sangita, Babita, Geeta, and Rita. Sitting is their father, Mahavir Singh Phogat.
Source: (Google Images)

Friday, February 3, 2017

Wikipedia Trail: From Raj Ghat To Rajiv Gandhi

Today is Friday, February 3rd, 2017, and I am completing the Week 3 Wikipedia Trail assignment.

My Wikipedia trail started at Raj Ghat. I started there because I've been to Raj Ghat, but I couldn't remember where it is. All that I remember from going there is that my mom, sister, and I got separated and lost from our tour group. We eventually just found our way to the entrance and found our tour group there.

Then I went Jawaharlal Nehru's Wikipedia page. He was the first prime minister of India.

Then I went to Indira Gandhi's page. I learned that she was Nehruchacha's daughter.

And lastly I went to Rajiv Gandhi's page. He was Indira Gandhi's son.

I really liked this picture of Nehruchacha's study, so I inserted it here. It is located in his home, Teen Murti Bhavan.
Source: (Wikipedia)