Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Time line on which Indian mythology is based

The Trimurthys of Indian mythology are

Brahma - the creator
Vishnu - the sustainor
Shiva - the destroyer

Each work day of the creator Brahma is known as a 'Kalpa'. The dissolution or the corresponding night is called the 'Pralaya'. 

In human years, 1 kalpa +1 pralaya = 4,320 million years !

There are 4 types of yugas (ages)- Krita yuga, Treta yuga, Dwapara yuga and Kali yuga 
Currently, we are supposed to be in the kali yuga.

A kalpa equals 1000 cycles of the 4 yugas.
Each cycle of 4 yugas combined are completed in 4,320,000 human years.






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