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Bigfoot, or Sasquatch, is a giant ape-like creature that some people believe roams North America. It is a cryptid (opens in new tab) (or species rumored to exist), and just like the Chupacabra or Loch Ness monster(opens in new tab), there's scant physical evidence to suggest bigfoot is actually out there. But that doesn't stop alleged sightings of the ape that never shows its face or Bigfoot buffs from trying to prove there's life in the legend. Most Bigfoot sightings occur in the Northwest, where the creature can be linked to Indigenous myths and legends. The word Sasquatch is derived from Sasq'ets, a word from the Halq'emeylem language used by some Salish First Nations peoples in southwestern British Columbia, according to the Oregon Encyclopedia(opens in new tab). It means  "wild man"  or  "hairy man" .   HISTORY OF BIGFOOT In 1958, Jerry Crew, a logging company bulldozer operator in Humboldt County, California, discovered a set of large, 410

  Jantra-Mantra : An Astronomical Heritage of India.   Introduction Jantra Mantra commanly know as jantar-mantar. Jantra means yantras or  instruments  and mantra means  formulas. Jantar Mantar is an astronomical observatory and equinoctial sundial that dates to the 18th century. A visit to this place will help you explore old-word astronomy and understand how people of bygone eras determined the time and discovered the location and movements of celestial bodies.                                     Fig: Jantar mantar, Delhi It consists of 13 architectural astronomy instruments, built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur, from 1724 onwards. as he was given by Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah the task of revising the calendar and astronomical tables. In fact, the king had established five observatories during his reign in the early 18th century and the one in Delhi was the first to be built among these five. The other four observatories are in Jaipur, Varanasi, Ujjain, and Mathura. The primary

  In olden times many empires ruled over India. Some of them were fighting for spreading out their boundaries, some of them wanted to be a single emperor of the entire country. At the same time there was a empire that was not fighting to spread its boundaries, it was fighting for the rights of common man and to give a happy and joyful life. That empire was MARATHA empire. At the beginning MARATHA empire was just blow of wind and after some years it got converted into a storm.   In the 17 th  century Mughal were ruling over India. Their behaviour was so cruel that nobody could live a peaceful life, everyone just tried to survive. As no dark cloud can forever prevent the sun from shining, in 1630 this land received a ray of hope in the form of the founder of Maratha kingdom and a natural leader Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was the son of Shahaji raje and Jijabai. Shivray. He got the motivation for ‘Swarajya’ from Jijau. He was a brave king and secular ruler. H