When a Rajput king dies, his bones are collected after the cremation and cast into the river, as is...
Giving in Hindu society can be categorised in three ways: Dakshina, Bhiksha and Daan.Dakshina...
The Rig Veda has about 1,000 hymns composed as groups of Indo-Aryans migrated in waves from the...
Badrinath and Kedarnath are two major centres of pilgrimage in Uttarakhand; both are shut during...
It stands on top of a hill and looks like a fort, until you notice the temple-like structures on...
In the state of Chhattisgarh, in Khapri village in Durg district, there is a temple dedicated to a...
In the Old Testament, there is the concept of the serpent who tempts Eve in the garden of Eden, but...
A friend pointed out that the popular fairy tale Cinderella is very much like a vrata-katha: a girl...
Have you heard of Bodhiraksita? He is the first ‘documented’ pilgrim in Indian history...
In the Puranas, we have heard the story of the Narasimha avatar. Hiranyakashipu had obtained a boon...
Buddhism rose in India 2,500 years ago. It played a key role in spreading monastic ideas across the...
Is there equality in nature or not? The answer is complex. Nature has no favourites and every plant...
The origins of the Olympic Games can be traced to a competitive sport played as a tribute to dead...
Just as many Indians, especially Non-Resident Indians, get upset when they see an American or...
To understand Hindu mythology, it is critical to understand the metaphor of forests. Forests...
The simple answer is, we can either be reborn (punar-janma) and experience life once again, or be...
A dramatic shift happened in Buddhism roughly 500 years after the historical Buddha. This dramatic...
Fact is everybody’s truth. Fiction is nobody’s truth. Myth is somebody’s truth. It’s a...
As per scientists, the world began 13 billion years ago with the Big Bang. Earth came into being...
