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INDIAN MYTHOLOGY VS. SCIENCE

--AKSHITA SINGH, VIII/IX

Indian mythology is one of the oldest mythologies in the

world. It is rich in culture and traditions and teaches

important lessons. Some of us still question the existence

of these stories and their characters. On researching about

the same, I came across a few questions which concern

Indian mythology as well as The Brahmins of the Vedic Age.

1. Ramayana and Mahabharata are two of the greatest

epics of India and these stories are separated by eons of

time. Some characters are common in them- Hanuman,

Parashuram and Vishnu's Garuda. How did these

characters live in both the epics? Coming to the ‘Science vs

Mythology’ issue now. All these characters have one thing

in common, which is they can travel at the speed of thought

which has been written in the epics like 'mann ki gati'.

According to Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity, if
anything travels faster than light, then it observes time

passing slower than its static counterparts. Does that

mean that the writers who wrote these epics and had

mentioned these characters, knew about this theory before

Einstein had propounded it?