- All sun temples were constructed in such a way that the first rays of the rising sun fall directly on the idols. Temples to the sun God were built between 4th and 13th century.
- The 1600 year old Iron temple in Delhi is so firmly placed in the ground that a canon ball fired by invader Nadir Shah could only cause a small dent on its smooth surface.
- Tuticorn in the south coast of Tamil Nadu is nicknamed as the pearl harbour of India because of the pearl-fishing practiced here for centuries
- Have you noticed that only one rupee notes carry the words 'Government of India' while all others carry 'Reserve bank of India' ??
- On his visit to England in 1902 for the coronation of Edward VII, the Maharaja of Jaipur took with him in the ship, for drinking purposes, a six month supply of Ganga water, as it is said to retain its purity for months on end.
- The 400 year old Jewish Touwn in Cochin has only 24 elderly Jews living still there while all others(30000) have migrated to Israle (figures as in 1994)
- The Hindu, a major Indian news paper, did not carry the news of Mahatma Gandhi's assasination on the front page, instead the page was full of advertisements, as per their policy
- Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay drserved the praise when they climbed the mount Everest. But do you know that they had with them 12 climbers, 40 sherpa and 700 porters ?
