The Mahabharata is a fascinating book with many of its characters not clearly black or clearly white, but multiple shades of grey. Karna is an intriguing character – virtuous, yet choosing the side of the vicious Kauravas; born...
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This enormous temple complex in Madurai is dedicated to Lord Shiva, known here as Sundareshvara,...
Read MoreThe Mahabharata is often known as the fifth Veda. It has often been said that reading the Mahabharata from start to finish will fill the reader’s mind with such knowledge and enlightenment that he is sure to achieve heaven....
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Recently, due to dry weather, the water level of the Shalmala river in Karnataka receded,...
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It is believed, that when Parasurama threw his axe in an arc across the seas and created Kerala,...
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Bhishma, the grandsire of both the Kauravas and the Pandavas, analyzed each warrior on both sides...
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The following documentary uses scientific analysis to verify what is said in the ancient Vedic...
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New research carried out by anthropological scientists from the Estonian Biocentre and the...
Read MoreA special bath of Jagannath takes place on the Purnima of Jyestha month (Devasnan Purnima), to commemorate the appearance day of Lord Jagannath. According to Skanda Purana when Raja Indradyumna installed the wooden deities he...
Read MoreLakkundi in Gadag District of Karnataka is a tiny village on the way to Hampi from Hubli. Lakkundi is a place of antiquarian interest with as many as 50 temples, 101 stepped wells and 29 inscriptions, spread over the period of...
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