Bhāratavarsha - The Story of India

Welcome to Project Bhāratavarsha

Bhāratavarsha is the true story of India

An extraordinary journey of a nation that attracted scholars, seekers and invaders from all over the world for its immense spiritual wisdom, knowledge of sciences, arts, mathematics, technology, medicine, metallurgy, psychology and treasures.

The story of the oldest living civilization that survived many barbarian invasions. The spirit of a nation that retained its rich history and culture in spite of being looted, plundered and destroyed for over a millennium.

Join us in this journey to learn about the timeless knowledge, wisdom, science, tradition, culture and practices as passed on by the great seers of this land for benefit of humanity beyond geographical confines.

असतो मा साद गमय, तमसो मा ज्योतिर् गमय, मृत्योर मा अमृतम् गमय |
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

Namaste.

The Story of India, what we are taught today from historical and archaeological sources is based on inadequate assumptions and politically motivated agendas and narratives.¹

We accepted what was given to us and took it for granted, passed it on to the next generations without inspecting the sources. Most of the history as taught in the schools is written by Europeans and Marxism influenced historians. The perspective they show is distorted and far from reality and has divided, corrupted and damaged the country’s rich cultural heritage.

The majority of scriptures available in English today on different aspects of ancient Bharat are translated by the British, Germans, Americans or Marxist influenced authors. While there are authors who are honest, most of them did not have roots in Bhāratavarsh and do not have respect for cultural and traditional practices. Their knowledge of samskrutam (Sanskrit) is limited and finding equivalent translatable words which can give the right meaning in the English language is very limited.²

The version of the Story or History you learn will have a deep psychological influence on you. The distorted and manipulated narrative is given to influence and control people to give a sense of unworthiness and put down nations that have rich cultural heritage and traditions.³

Project Bhāratavarsha is a humble effort to present the true story of India to the world. Bhāratavarsha is not just about India with geographical boundaries, but the spirit of humanity itself.

ॐ सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः ।
सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु मा कश्चिद्दुःखभाग्भवेत् ।
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

~ Swami Chaitanya
Project Bhāratavarsha.

^{1. Narratives influence and change minds. Narrative is the
practice of writing in a story-based form. Stories impact
people’s opinions as a result of their adopting the opinion of a
character that they identify with: the stronger people identify
with a certain character, the more likely they will accept the
opinions expressed by this character.}

^{2. Sanskrit
Non-Translatables is a book written by Rajiv Malhotra
and Satyanarayana Dasa Babaji to enrich the English language
with powerful Sanskrit words. The book discusses 54
non-translatables across various genres that are being commonly
mis-translated. With both concepts and fifty-four examples,
Sanskrit Non-Translatables: The Importance of Sanskritizing
English vividly shows how the ‘lost in translation’ effect is
amplified manifold when translating from a highly structured,
refined, rich, and potent language like Sanskrit to a language
like English. Readers of the book will realize how translations
of Sanskrit texts into Hindi or other Indian languages, which
retain much of the original Sanskrit vocabulary, are far more
effective than translations into English.}

^{3. Eurocentrism refers to a discursive tendency to interpret the
histories and cultures of non-European societies from a European
(or Western) perspective.Common features of Eurocentric thought
include:}

^{* Ignoring or undervaluing
non-European societies as inferior to Western;}

^{* Ignoring or undervaluing what
Asians, Africans or Latin Americans do within their own society
or seeing the histories of non-European societies simply in
European terms, or as part of “the expansion of
Europe” and its civilizing influence.}