In May last year, archaeologists in India unearthed evidence of a 2,500-year-old planned city in Tarighat, Chhattisgarh, complete with water reservoirs, roads, seals and coins, buried 20ft below the ground, in a discovery billed...
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The following are some rare pictures of prime minister Narendra Modi living as a sadhu in...
Read MoreWe see in almost all Hanuman temples that the deity of Hanumanji is covered or coated with orange colour sindoor. What is the story associated with applying sindoor to Lord Hanuman and what is the importance of sindoor in...
Read MoreThe details of this celestial event are found in the manuscript written by Parasara Maharishi in his book Parasra Samhita. Sri Parasara Maharishi had written the life history of Lord Hanuman from his birth and goes on to depict...
Read MoreMost Hindus who have been educated in the anti Hindu education system devised by Max Mueller and Macaulay, consider it their privilege to blindly ape the western customs. The sore lack of Dharmashikshan (lack of education on...
Read MoreTrees are sacred in India, and often associated with a god or a goddess. Some scholars believe that it is the tree that was worshipped first, maybe for its medicinal or symbolic purpose, and that the gods and goddesses came...
Read More[Editor’s note: Today is Narasimha Chaturdasi, the appearance day of Lord Narasimha. The following is a devotee’s recollection of his visit to Ahobilam in the 1970’s.] I love India and have been there 17 times...
Read MoreThe massive earthern mound contain cut stone blocks, round Amalaka in four pieces, broken Neel chakra in stone, which once adorned the temple top and other sculptures of historical importance. These antiquities were unearthed...
Read MoreNaimisharanya is located in the state of Uttar Pradesh about 90 km from its capital Lucknow in the district of Sitapur. Naimisharanya is situated on the left bank of the river Gomathi, which is a tributary of the river Ganges....
Read MoreFrom Garga-samhita Canto 8: Chapter Thirteen Text 1 duryodhana uvaca balabhadrasya devasya pradvipaka maha-mune namnam sahasram me bruhi guhyam deva-ganair api Duryodhana said: O great sage Pradvipaka, please tell me the...
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