Indian Puranas, History and The Epics are not fairy tales. They are facts. I have been verifying statements of events mentioned in these texts with the...
Historical novels are usually an admixture of historical facts and imagination. As such they are not expected to truthfully portray all the historical events. However, authors...
In Hindu society, the term gotra means clan. It broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a common male ancestor....
~ Stephen Knapp On of the primary needs for Vedic culture right now, especially in places like India, is the following formula of preservation, protection, promotion...
~By Swamini Vimalananda Radhika Krishnakumar Towards the end of every ritualistic worship (pooja or bhajan) of God or to welcome an honored guest or saint, we perform the aarati....
According to the legends, Lord Parasurama created the land between Gokarna and Kanyakumari. Lord Parasurama the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu was the son of Sage...
When we see number of beads in vara mala/vrata mala, number of names of God and Goddess, I always wondered there should be some prominence for...
~ Sita Ram Goel, (excerpted from the book, “Hindu Temples: What happened to them?”_ The mention made by Maulana Abdul Hai (Indian Express, February 5, 1989)...
Born in 1000 BCE, Kashiraj Divodas Dhanvantari is hailed as the Father of Surgery in Ayurveda, the oldest and the most holistic medical science in the...
~By Kiren Dhaliwal Daily routine is a vital and integral part of our state of health. A routine that is followed with care and awareness with...