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PROF. RAJENDRA SINGH (RAJJU BHAIYA) UNIVERSITY

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PROF. RAJENDRA SINGH (RAJJU BHAIYA) UNIVERSITY The circular insignia of Prof. Rajendra Singh (Rajju Bhaiya) University (PRSU) has motifs of three rivers - Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati flowing and a pair of hands holding a globe of the world, which glows with 24 rays or spokes on a sky blue background. All these motifs are ensconced in a circular border with blue outlines bearing the names of the university and place in English and Devanagari and its motto in Sanskrit ‘न हि ज्ञानेन सदृशं पवित्रमिह विद्यते’ (Chapter 4, verse 38 of the Bhagavad Gita) meaning ‘In this World, There is Nothing as Pure and Virtuous as the Pursuit of Knowledge’ and its transcription in English. The rivers symbolise flow of knowledge and science; the rays or spokes denote how expansive the domain of knowledge and the hands holding globe denote the acquisition of the world of knowledge. The colour blue denotes art, orange denotes science, white denotes education, grey means commerce and management, black m

GANGANARAYANA CHAKRAVARTI PARIVARA TILAK

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GANGANARAYANA CAKRAVARTI PARIVARA TILAK Sri Ganga Narayana Chakravarti, a renowned brahmana, took initiation from Sri Narottama Dasa Thakura into the fold of Gaudiya Vaisnavism. The king, the smartas and the Sri Rupa Narayana went to challenge and conquer the Narottama Dasa. Ganga Narayana Cakravarti and Ramacandra Kaviraja felt disturbed upon hearing of the imminent attack against their gurudeva. Disguising themselves as a potter and a betel nut vendor, they opened shops in a neighboring village. Both the potter - Ramacandra Kaviraja and the pan walla - Ganga Narayana spoke pure Sanskrit with the students. The smartas, King and his pandit joined the furious debate. The two vendors quickly silenced the opposition. When he learnt about them, the King told the smarta pandits, "If you can't even defeat these two common ordinary disciples of Narottama Dasa Thakura, how will you ever defeat Narottama Dasa himself?" That night in a dream Durga Devi told King Narasimha, &