Vande Mataram "mātár-" (Sanskrit), "méter" (Greek), "mâter" (Latin) which mean "mother". The first two verses of "Vande Mataram" adopted as the "National Song" read as follows: The complete original lyrics of the "Vande Mataram" is available at . The first translation of Bankim Chandra Chatterji's novel "Anandamath", including the poem "Vande Mataram", into English was by Nares Chandra Sen-Gupta, with the fifth edition published in 1906 titled "The Abbey of Bliss". Here is the translation in prose of the above two stanzas rendered by Sri Aurobindo Ghosh. This has also been adopted by the Government of India's national portal. The original "Vande
John Vande Velde other Olympians involved in promoting some of the largest cycling events in the United States. He and his family constructed a portable wooden velodrome, the Vandedrome, which was used to promote a number of races including in Detroit and Las Angeles. John is the father of three successful athletes, including Christian Vande Velde. John Vande Velde John Vande Velde (born December 27, 1948) is an American track cyclist who competed on velodromes around the world, winning three national championships (4,000 meter Individual Pursuit, 1968-1972), and he competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics.. He was a