PM Modi asks college students to scientifically show astronomical theories in historic Indian scriptures

On Saturday (26 August), after finishing his international go to, PM Modi immediately visited ISRO’s Bengaluru command centre to fulfill and hail ISRO scientists for the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission. Addressing the scientific neighborhood, PM Modi argued that within the twenty first century, solely that nation will transfer forward of others which might take the lead in science and know-how. 

PM Modi highlighted that Bharat is a lucky nation that carried out astronomical observations hundreds of years in the past and delved into the depths of house. The PM has now requested the scholars to review the traditional scriptures containing astronomical theories afresh in order that they are often proved scientifically. He cited the examples of nice Indian sages like Aryabhatt, Brahmagupta, Varāhamihira, and Bhaskaracharya, elaborating on how they’d written about astronomical details ‘discovered’ by Western scientists a lot later.   

He emphasised that when there was a dispute relating to the form of Earth, Aryabhatt categorically described in his e book Aryabhattiya that Earth is spherical in form and rotates on an axis together with different necessary distances. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi quoted a sloka in Sanskrit from Surya Siddhanta, which says, ‘some people on earth think their place is on the top, but the spherical earth is in space, there can’t be something like up and down’. The Sanskrit verse quoted by PM Modi is, “sarvatraiva mahigole svasthanam uparisthitam, manyante khe yato golas tasyakvorddham kvavapyadhah.”

He stated that this is only one verse, and there are literally thousands of such verses in historic Indian scriptures detailing about earth and different our bodies in house.

He additional confused that most of the different scriptures additionally give detailed information about photo voltaic and lunar eclipses. Going additional, PM Modi identified that hundreds of years again, Bharat had obtained such huge information and know-how of huge and small numbers that the nation used to make panchang (calenders) for eons and gave info relating to the distances between planets and shapes of those celestial our bodies. 

It is notable that Surya Siddhanta is a significant astronomical e book that has guidelines to calculate the motions of assorted planets and the moon relative to varied constellations, which is the premise of the panchangs. It additionally has processes of measuring the diameters of assorted planets and the orbits of assorted astronomical our bodies.

Afterwards, the Prime Minister gave a process to the younger technology of the nation. He requested the youthful technology to undertake scientific endeavours to look again, examine, and analysis our historic scriptures and show them as per fashionable scientific legal guidelines. 

मैं चाहता हूं कि भारत के शास्त्रों में जो खगोलीय सूत्र हैं, उन्हें साइंटिफिकली प्रूव करने और नए सिरे से उनके अध्ययन के लिए हमारी युवा पीढ़ी आगे आए। pic.twitter.com/cFD5JiUOua

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 26, 2023

He stated, ‘I want to assign a task to the young generation separately, without homework children do not enjoy doing work. I want the new generation to come forward to scientifically prove the astronomical formulas in the scriptures of India, and to study them anew. It is also important for our heritage and also important for science. In a way, this is a double responsibility for the students of schools, colleges, and universities today.’

Stating that slavery had wrecked our historic information and has been deeply buried, PM argued that it’s time to discover that treasure because the nation has entered into Amrit Kal and has to put off all types of slavery in coming years. 

He added, “The treasure of scientific knowledge that India has, has been buried, hidden during the long period of slavery. In this Azadi ka Amrit Kaal, we have to explore this treasure too, do research on it, and also tell the world about it.”

Furthermore, PM Modi requested ISRO to organise nationwide hackathons on ‘Space Technology in Governance’. He asserted that varied departments of central and state governments will collaborate with it in doing so. 

He stated, “I am confident that this National Hackathon will make our governance more effective and provide modern solutions to the countrymen.” 

Apart from asking college students to undertake analysis work, the PM additionally urged college students throughout the nation to participate in a quiz competitors on the Chandrayaan mission that can be organised by MyGov from the first of September.