
Benefits of Sitting & Eating on the Floor
In many Indian households you will find that people sit on the floor and eat their meals. While most of us have embraced the table
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In many Indian households you will find that people sit on the floor and eat their meals. While most of us have embraced the table

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Sanskriti comes from the Sanskrit root “kr” which means to do or to make prefix “sam” is applied before it to convey a sense of embellishment. It means actions done for the holistic refinement and perfection all the potentialities within a human being.
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