praveen george,your name shows that u have got the background of christianity -can you explain inequality,inequity,social disparities,anomalies in humanrace without hinduism core belief of immortal soul,rebirths,karma,ultimate salvation which explains all concept of life including the departure of soul and its whereabout before taking re-birth or attaining final salvation. no other religion except hinduism can explain scientically give answer to all concepts and logic in life.why one should recite gayatri mandra 108 times-what is the significance of 108 -distance between earth and sun is 108 times the diameter of sun.similarly we have 27 stars (27 steps) to moon from earth and each star has four pathas = 4 x 27=108.similarly distance between moon and earth is 108 times the diameter of earth. i saw in one good website and verified with NASA website to show the correctness of our ancient rishes and yogis.