Why is Vedic Maths so popular?

Vedic mathematics, a set of supposedly ancient techniques that help even the most numerically challenged to conquer difficult sums, is surging in popularity in India. India's next gift to the world, if its Hindu nationalist government has its way, could be the secret to lightning quick mental arithmetic. Vedic mathematics, a set of supposedly ancient techniques that help even the most numerically challenged to conquer difficult sums, is surging in popularity as government ministers claim that they could hold the key to better education. From next month, three Indian universities will begin to offer courses in Vedic calculations while home-learners can watch an entire television channel devoted to the subject on one of India’s digital networks. Several thousand teachers have been recruited for private college courses. Its supporters believe Vedic maths could become a major export like yoga and curry. The rising popularity of Vedic maths is partly because of a renewed campaign by the nationalist prime minister, Narendra Modi, to lay India’s claim to the cornerstones of human knowledge. He marked India’s successful mission to Mars last year by claiming its ancient Vedic scientists had conceived of air travel thousands of years before the Wright Brothers made their first flight. It was a reference to a disputed ’veda’ which described ancient air travel between Indian cities and to other planets. More recently Mr Modi said Lord Ganesha, the elephant-headed Hindu God, was evidence of early Indian knowledge of plastic surgery. ’Vedic maths’ is a series of short-cut techniques to simplify complicated calculations based on 16 verses discovered in the early 20th century by the Hindu guru Jagadguru Shankaracharya Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaja.. “I want it go worldwide. Students in Singapore, United Kingdom, the United States are very interested because it’s so easy ... mathematics without tears, magic for students who struggle with maths”, Vedic maths is the one and only world's fastest mental & miracle calculation system. That,s way Vedic Maths is so popular & becoming more and more popular across the world. read less

The present curriculum of a School going or a College going student is very vast. Time is the constraint. Since students are used to old traditional way of solving Maths problems, they are not able to concentrate on Maths. Also our Society is always very keen on knowing Maths marks rather than any other subject. Vedic Maths techniques teach us how to overcome the Maths phobia. We teach techniques wherein a student can do any sum 10 to 15 times faster than the normal way of solution. Therefore it has become a must for everyone to learn the techniques. read less