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...
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...
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...
~ Subhashish Chatterjee The Need for Silence: In the rush of activities and noise that have become a part of modern living, we often forget the...
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...
In Indian homes, we are taught from a very young age; never to touch papers, books and people with our feet. If the feet accidentally touch...
Men of older generation used to say that all knowledge is there in the Vedas. Anyone who hears such words will have the first reaction that...
A simple stick in the ground can be used to create a sun dial, but what do you do when there is no sun, such as...
~By Atmatattva Das krishna varnam tvishakrishnam sangopangastra parshadam yajnaih sankirtana prayair yajanti hi sumedhasah This is a verse from the Srimad Bhagavata Purana, ( 11.5.32 ):...