Indians, especially those who live along river Ganga celebrate Dev Diwali on the full moon of the Karthik month (Nov-Dec). It is the culmination of the fortnight of the Diwali
Only a few people know the value of the commentaries of a 13th century scholar by the name Sayana or Sayanacharya. European translators could make no progress without his works.
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The northern territories near Ayodhya and the lands as far south as Sri Lanka both stake a claim to Patanjali. Patanjali. French Indologist, Louis Renou of the 19th century, sided
For decades missionaries held a love-hate relationship with the native knowledge systems across the world. For example, in the19th century, they created new alphabets for the languages of the Canadian
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Vedas, especially the Rig Veda celebrates Agni as the foremost. Agni Purana is one of the eighteen main Puranas. However, we find only a very few iconic forms for Agni
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Today, mathematicians are aware of Rishi Baudhayana. This is because his Sulbasutra text predates the works of Pythagoras by several centuries. Hindus follow Baudhayana’s prescription for Vedic Samskara are even
Does Brahma dream the universe? If Creation exists only within the mind of Brahma, can it not dissolve like a dream? Is this similar to a collapsing quantum system? Let
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I have wondered for sometime about how historians managed to merge the persona of the Great King Vikramaditya with that of another historical figure six centuries after his time. Sanskrit
What is the role of Vritra and Vala in a galaxy center? Can we infer this from the example of rain clouds? Rishis explain the nature of Devas through illustrations
The Kailasanathar (கைலாசநாதர்) temple is one of the oldest in Kanchi, the ancient town of temples. Certainly, the temple is famous for exquisite carvings from the 7th century. An interesting