Faith & Nationalism: The Indian Case and Global Parallels In today’s world, faith and nationalism often walk hand in hand, shaping identities, politics, and cultural narratives. India offers…
The Law of Karma – What You Sow, You Reap In every corner of the world, people wonder why life unfolds the way it does. Why do some…
One God, Many Forms – The Eternal Unity Behind All Religions For thousands of years, humankind has sought the Divine — sometimes in temples, sometimes in mosques, and…
Hinduism
Celebrating with Toys – Tamil tradition of Dasara The tradition in Tamil Nadu (there are certain areas in Andhra and Karnataka also) is to arrange toys in thematic…
Hinduism
Navaratri: Nine Forms of Mother Goddess During Navaratri (the nine days), devotees solemnly worship the nine manifestations or forms of Goddess Durga, also known as Shakti. The Sharad…
Hinduism
क्यों हैं माँ दुर्गा के नौ रूप ? देवी माँ या निर्मल चेतना स्वयं को सभी रूपों में प्रत्यक्ष करती है,और सभी नाम ग्रहण करती है। माँ दुर्गा…
Hinduism
History of Durga Puja In recent years, a lot of scholarly attention has been turned towards explaining the non-Vedic roots of Goddess Durga. Kunal Chakraborty, one of the…
Hinduism
What is Nath Sampradaya? The Sanskrit word Nath is the proper name of a siddha sampradaya (initiatory tradition) and the word itself literally means Lord, Protector, or Refuge.…
Hinduism
The Mahabharata Mahabharata is a treasure trove of wisdom and leadership lessons for all walks of life. Every character, main lead characters or even the smaller and lesser…
Hinduism
Scientific Ethos of Hindu Scriptures Scholars are damaging the great scientific knowledge enshrined in our scriptures including use of weapons of war, which could match any weaponry of…
Hinduism
SP Balasubrahmanyam No More… It is hard to imagine that the colossal figure in the Indian film industry has fell silent. The legendary singer, SP Balasubrahmanyam (SPB as…
Hinduism
Religion & Films Indian cinema and mythological have been a unique combination that has resulted in cinema reaching to larger mass across the country. Starting with Dadasaheb Phalke’s…
Islam
Glorious Quran A few days ago, a vicious attempt was made to burn a copy of the Glorious Quran in Sweden. Last year, a similar incident took place…
Hinduism
Hinduism, the religion of over a billion people, is the world's oldest religion and probably the most confusing one to non Hindus. Some say it isn't even a religion, more a way of life.
Hinduism
Ramayana in Indonesia It is historically believed that the two Great Indian Epics were carried to Indonesia by various traders, warriors, craftsmen, priests, and poets. Various Indonesian and…
Judaism
Happy Jewish New Year! According to traditions, 163 days after the first day of the feast of Passover, Rosh Hashanah is celebrated between September and October every year…
Hinduism
Tirumala Venkateswara Brahmotsavam The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams is conducting the annual Brahmotsavams of Lord Venkateswara from September 19-27 in Ekantham (solitude) in view of the Covid-19 pandemic situation…
Astrology
अधिकमास का महत्व ऋषिकेश, 18 सितम्बर। परमार्थ निकेतन के परमाध्यक्ष स्वामी चिदानन्द सरस्वती जी हिंदू धर्म में अधिकमास का आध्यात्मिक महत्व है। इसे मलमास भी कहा जाता है।…
