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Meditation vs Prayer   Prayer and meditation are two forms of communion and communication with the Supreme God. No matter which faith you belong to, the way to reach your inner self and attain peace with oneself and God is often through prayer and meditation. True happiness is when one is at peace with himself... 

Mantra vs Sloka   Sloka and mantra are verses that are used as prayers and texts in Hinduism. If you are a Hindu, you know that Om is the smallest of Mantras that is used to meditate and recited to bring relaxation and inner calmness. There are many mantras like Gayatri mantra, Mahamritunjaya mantra, Hare... 

Aryans vs Dravidians   People living in North India have been referred to as Aryans, and those belonging to south India have been labeled as Dravidians for the last many centuries. How and when this division of Indian people came along, is questionable and indeed full of anomalies. The fact that there are... 

Himachal vs Himadri Himalayas is a mountain range system that is highest in the world and has some of the highest peaks in the world including Mt Everest and K2. This mountain range in Asia separates India from the rest of Asia, which is why India is termed as a subcontinent. The word Himalaya comes from the Sanskrit... 

Bihar vs Uttar Pradesh Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are two very important states in the northern Indo Gangetic plane area of India. These two states form the cow belt or the Hindi belt that also includes Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Taken together, they are given a name BIMARU that jokingly refers to backward states... 

Bengal vs Bangladesh How do you differentiate between a land of composite culture by drawing a line across it and dividing it into two different countries on the basis of religion? This is exactly what happened when the British divided the Indian province of Bengal into two Bengals, West Bengal and East Bengal.... 

Urdu vs Hindi We all know that Hindi is the national language of India being spoken by a large majority of people in the indo Gangetic belt (read Northern part). Urdu is another popular language spoken by Muslim populace in the country as well as other regions of South Asia, especially Pakistan. Urdu is a scheduled... 

Urdu vs Arabic Arabic is the sacred language of all Muslims around the world and it is the script that has been used in the holy Koran as well. Arabic includes both the ancient script as well as the modern standard form of the language as it is spoken in the Arab World. In entire Middle East and North of Africa,... 

Jammu vs Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir is the Northern most state of India, which has been a bone of contention between the union of India and Pakistan for the last 60 years. Probably it is one of the oldest areas of dispute between two countries in the world. Western world views Jammu and Kashmir as a nuclear flash... 

NCR vs NCT If you live in Delhi or in a surrounding area, you are probably aware of acronyms like NCR and NCT but for those who arrive here as a tourist or as students enrolling in various colleges for higher studies, the terms can sometimes be confusing. While NCR refers to National Capital Region, NCT is National... 

Central vs Local Government The system of governance in different countries of the world may be different in form and content as there are various types of political systems in vogue, but the basic objective of all governments is to provide better and more efficient administration to all sections of the population... 

South Indian Temples vs North Indian Temples South Indian temples and North Indian temples differ between them in terms of their construction, practice and the like. Rituals The rituals performed in the North Indian temples are very simple when compared to the rituals performed in the South Indian temples. The... 

Bharat vs India vs Hindustan Bharat, India and Hindustan are the three names that refer to the country of India. They differ in terms of the times of their origin, importance, significance and the like. There is indeed a different semantic meaning attached to each of the three words, namely, Bharat, India and... 

Classical vs Baroque Classical and Baroque are two types of music forms. They are different in terms of their characteristics and rendering. Baroque music lays more importance on adornment. In fact, the musicians of the Baroque genre were the first ones to use multiple instrumentation. They also used complex... 

Carnatic vs Classical Carnatic and Classical are two forms of music in India. They are different in terms of their style, characteristics and the like. Carnatic music belongs to the south Indian states, namely Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala. In fact it is more popular in these regions than... 

Tambura vs Veena Tambura and Veena are the two kinds of musical instruments used in India. Tambura is a plucked stringed instrument, normally used as an instrument that is capable of fixing the Shruti or the voice alignment or sound alignment during a musical performance, while Veena is also a plucked stringed...