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The mountain of Vedas
The Brahmanas (religious texts) refer to manuals that connect Vedic hymns (mantras) to rituals...
Aggregation of Buddhist atoms
The fundamental difference between Hinduism and Buddhism rests on the idea of the soul or atma...
Fever from Shiva’s rage
The Vedas, which are over 3,000 years old, refer to a deity called Rudra who is fierce and feared...
A Buddhist goddess
A thousand years after the Buddha’s nirvana, Buddhists finally acquired a goddess of (almost)...
The rise of Durga
The image of the buffalo-slaying lion-riding Durga starts appearing in Hindu mythology only in the...
The sacred form of Kashi
The holiness of Kashi, aka Varanasi, is perhaps related to its geography. In Kashi, the river...
No resting in peace
On the Internet, a standard acronym appears when a statesman dies: RIP. It means, rest in peace...
The tantrik sow goddess
We have heard the story of how Vishnu takes the form of a wild boar, plunges into the waters...