Dams are sometimes referred to as the temples of modern India. This epithet stems from a speech delivered by Nehru during the opening ceremony of the Bhakra Dam where he said, "This dam has been built with the unrelenting toil of man for the benefit of mankind and therefore is worthy of worship. May you call it a Temple or a Gurdwara or a Mosque, it inspires our admiration and reverence".
For a few centuries before independence, a part of southern Vietnam was called Cochinchina. It was so named by 16th century Portuguese traders to distinguish its Malay name, Kuchi, from their Indian base in Cochin/Kochi in Kerala.
The 1998 series of Indonesian 20000 rupiah notes contain an image of Ganesha on the left along with that of former president, Sukarno.
In Sanskrit, madana tends to mean intoxicating or passionate and is synonymous with the god of love, Kama. Madanankushaha & madanayudham mean penis and vulva respectively.
One of the writers (and sometimes producer) for CSI, Star Trek, Farscape, and other science/sci-fi shows is a certain Naren Shankar.
The next time you spray yourself with a musk-based fragrance, you might want to remember that the word musk comes from the Sanskrit word, muṣká (मुष्क) meaning testicle.
Shores of Silence: Whale Sharks in India, a documentary by Mike Pandey, led to the whale shark being declared an endangered species in India and a ban on their fishing.
The Romulan mining vessel in Star Trek (2009) captained by the film's villain, Nero, was called Narada.