Incorrect. It is actually Rāma, Shiva, Krushna, Mahābhārata.

The suffix “a” is not to indicate “आ ki Matra” but to highlight the need to pronounce the suffix अ that is required in Sanskrit but we mispronounce in Hindi.

ā = आ
a = अ

हर व्यंजन में ‘अ’ जुड़ा होता है। जब अ नहीं जुड़ा होता तो वह हलन्त से दर्शाते हैं। हलन्त वाला व्यन्जन जिसे आधा व्यन्जन भी बोला जाता है, जब दूसरे पूर्ण व्यन्जन के निकट लिखा होता है तो वह उसमें मिल जाता है।

जैसे: क् + ल = क्ल (हिन्दी कीबोर्ड में भी यही पद्धति उपयोग की जाती है)
Having said that, many people do pronounce both the ‘a’ in Rāma in the same way and that indeed is incorrect. The first ā should prolonged, the second a should be short and abrupt.
For those interested in reading about the implied अ in all vyanjans, its available in all Hindi grammar books, which unfortunately both we and our teachers ignore and even on Wikipedia:
https://t.co/Bke6AztRB4
By the way, another mispronounciation of Hindi speakers is the devanagari letter ज्ञ

We think ज्ञ = ग्+य when actually ज्ञ = ज + ञ
Another one is the debate on whether it should be samskrita or sanskrit. Contrary to popular understanding ं is not n all the time.

Perhaps someday I will blog on this.
I have been asked by several non-Hindi speakers why Hindi doesn’t have a ड़ !! We DO!! Iike सड़क, खिड़की! This is because non-Hindi speakers are mistaught words like सड़क which they pronounced as सडक (note the missing dot)

ड is very distinct from ड़ https://t.co/Ugk8qbpcec

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"सु अस्ति येन तत स्वस्तिकं"
Swastik is de symbol through which everything auspicios occurs

Scholars believe word’s origin in Vedas,known as Swasti mantra;

"🕉स्वस्ति ना इन्द्रो वृधश्रवाहा
स्वस्ति ना पूषा विश्ववेदाहा
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स्वस्तिनो बृहस्पतिर्दधातु"


It translates to," O famed Indra, redeem us. O Pusha, the beholder of all knowledge, redeem us. Redeem us O Garudji, of limitless speed and O Bruhaspati, redeem us".

SWASTIK’s COSMIC ORIGIN

The Swastika represents the living creation in the whole Cosmos.


Hindu astronomers divide the ecliptic circle of cosmos in 27 divisions called
https://t.co/sLeuV1R2eQ this manner a cross forms in 4 directions in the celestial sky. At centre of this cross is Dhruva(Polestar). In a line from Dhruva, the stars known as Saptarishi can be observed.