There are numerous theories regarding the origin of universe but
the Big Bang model is the broadly accepted theory. But thousands
of years before scientists came up with Big Bang model, did the
sages of Upanishads knew about the cosmos wake up. In his long
introductory essay in the book ‘The Big Bang and the Bhagavad
Gita,’ R.A.S. Koacha suggests that the early saints of modern
day Hinduism knew about this cosmic event through mystic
insight. Big Bang Theory postulates that 12 to 14 billion years
ago, the portion of the universe we can see today was only a few
millimeters across. It has since expanded from this hot dense
state into the vast and much cooler cosmos we currently inhabit.
(NASA) Some of the conclusions from the book – ‘The Big Bang and
the Bhagavad Gita,’ R.A.S. Koacha Is Brahman an oblique
reference of Big Bang? The very name ‘Brahman’ representing the
Ultimate Reality in Hindu religion appears to be nothing but an
implicit reference to the ‘Big Bang’ itself. The word ‘Brahman’
is derived from t