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...
A dramatic shift happened in Buddhism roughly 500 years after the historical Buddha. This dramatic...
‘With a woman by your side, you are like the three-eyed Shiva. Without her, you are the one-eye...
There is a famous philosophical problem popularly known as the ship of Theseus, or the Theseus’s...
The Brahmanas (religious texts) refer to manuals that connect Vedic hymns (mantras) to rituals...
The fundamental difference between Hinduism and Buddhism rests on the idea of the soul or atma...
On the Internet, a standard acronym appears when a statesman dies: RIP. It means, rest in peace...
We have heard the story of how Vishnu takes the form of a wild boar, plunges into the waters...
Mother Teresa. For hundreds of thousands of people, the poorest of the poor, she is saviour. But...
Samadhi commonly refers to the tomb of a holy man, or a place where his relics are stored, or a...
Observe how you react when you read the word ‘mythology’. You are conditioned to believe it...
We’ve all grown up listening to stories of Lord Krishna. He’s a butter thief, a mischief-maker,...
Most of us have played the board game, ‘Snakes & Ladders’. The throw of dice forces you to...
This is a raging controversy in America: was it God or random chance? The creation theory states...
Every human being (nara, in Sanskrit) has two parts: who they are and what they have. Scriptures...
In the past 100 years, especially following the rise of scientific economic philosophies such as...
Bhaga is a Vedic god. Not much is known about him except that he was one of the 12 solar gods, the...
