Sweet Salt – The Story of How India Invented Sugar
Sugar – we all crave it, from children to adults. We indulge in it, from sodas, cakes, and...
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Posted by Vaishnava Das | Jan 19, 2020 | History and Culture |
Sugar – we all crave it, from children to adults. We indulge in it, from sodas, cakes, and...
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For thousands of years India has had an ancient connection with all gemstones. We see this evident...
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The Sages inform us that once the entire world was ruled by a single Emperor. Then a great...
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“We have drunk Soma and become immortal; we have attained the light, the gods discovered. Now what...
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Perhaps the most re-occuring tradition found around the world is that of a man, forewarned of a...
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If I were to tell you, that once, no other country, save India, revered the cow as much as Japan,...
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If you were to travel to Lithuania you might encounter some traditional houses adorned with the...
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Among Vedic practitioners, Tulasi “The Incomparable One”, is vital in the worship of...
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In 1938 the Nazis sent an expedition to Tibet in search of occult treasures. During this trek, the...
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In County Meath, Ireland, on the Hill of Tara sits a mysterious stone known as the Lia Fáil (Stone...
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