Indians immediately think of their National Flag, whenever the Tricolour (Tiranga in Hindi) is mentioned anywhere in the world.
Do you know the importance of these three colours and the 24 spooked blue wheels in the centre of the white stripe?
Saffron represents courage
White is peace and integrity
Green is prosperity
The blue wheel is the Eternal wheel of law (Dharma Chakra)
The blue colour of the wheel represents the sky and ocean (symbolises the vastness and depth of India’s potential).
The 24 spokes represent 24 principles of life and also the 24 hours of the day. Each spoke symbolises a principle of life and an hour of the day
The tricolour flying high makes us feel proud of our country.
“Dear India, keep inspiring and motivating us with your beautiful tricolours that are so soothing to the eyes and yet encouraging: with your dynamic constitution, which is well-balanced and sensible in every aspect. Proud to b a part of you”
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There’s a lot of powerful symbolism in your flag. It struck me how many countries/nationalities will use the term ‘tricolour’ and how it will mean so many different things.
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Thank you, Brenda.
I understand more than 40 countries use tricolour in their flags and there must be some meaning in those symbols.
I am not sure whether these countries use the term ‘ tricolor’ for their flags, but in India, tricolour means India’s national flag.
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I think the French use the name, and I think its used for Ireland too
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I never knew that the term ‘tricolour’ is used in these countries for their national flags.
Thank you, Brenda.
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Beautiful explanation.
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Thank you, Dolly.
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You are welcome, dear Philo.
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I too, love the symbolism flags bring us. This was interesting.
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Thank you, Donna.
I guess Flag reminds us of our identity and every country people are proud of their flags.
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Great post! I appreciate how informative your blog is. Chakra translates to “wheel,” right? I had to wonder at first as I rarely hear the word used except to refer to energy centers in the body.
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You are right 👍
Chakra refers to wheel 🛞
Thank you.
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Now I know some interesting things about your flag. Thank you. 😊
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My own country has a tricoloured flag (British Union Jack) as do many others, but I think you are right, India is the only country to give their flag the name Tricolour.
We had the French flag submitted, and I wondered if anyone would use the Indian flag.
Thank you, Philo 🙂
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French flag colours are vertical unlike ours.
Thank you, SueW.
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Yes, and ours is again very different.
To the rest of us Tricolour simply means three colours, but in India it refers to your flag and has a deeper meaning . 🙂
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Agree.
And I don’t know how it started and as to why Indians always think of their national flag, whenever someone mentions tricolour.
We automatically identify tricolour with our national flag.
Thank you SueW
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Learnt something new today =D
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Ah…a tricolor can be any 3 colors. I appreciated learning the meaning behind the symbols and colors in the flag. Thanks, Philo!
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