[ From the Padma Purana, Uttara-khanda, Chapter 38 ] Mahadeva said: 1. O son, on one occasion I had gone into the proximity of (i.e. to) Vishnu. There I first asked (Him) about the importance of Dvadashi, having heard which all...
Read MoreOnce, long ago, a king named Bali Maharaja conquered all the planets in the universe. Ousting the demigods, the deputed managers of universal affairs, from their heavenly domains, Bali Maharaja installed himself as king of the...
Read MoreIn July 2011, the Sree Anantha Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, captured world headlines when vast wealth was discovered in its vaults, catapulting it to the position of the world’s richest temple. The...
Read MoreShri Lilashuka Bilvamangala Thakura, was one of the greatest early Vaishnava acaryas. He lived during the early medieval period in which the science of devotional service to Lord Shri Krishna was promulgated far and wide,...
Read MoreIf one were to appraise the religious character of early Tamil society, one will need to refer to the earliest specimens of Tamil literature that exist today i.e. the Sangam-era work. The Sangam works consist of two literary...
Read MoreThis world is sometimes pushing forth and sometimes withdrawing. In the same way that a heart expands and contracts again and again, the whole universe expands and contracts. Regrouping within the one, and again manifest as the...
Read MoreBy definition, Hinduism is Vedic Agamic. The Vedic Rishis spoke of the river Sindhu, and it is best to retain the word ‘Hindu’ (the Persians having changed the word slightly) so that the historically grounded origins of Hinduism...
Read MoreIn the Adi-lila, Tenth Chapter of Sri Caitanya-caritamrita, Srila Kaviraja Gosvami has given a description of the many expansions of the Caitanya tree, the branches and the sub-branches. So all these very dear, intimate devotees...
Read MoreThe deaths of great people have always been a mystery. People have immense interest in it and so the mass media never stops exploiting it. Even today the TV channels in western countries broadcast newer and newer stories about...
Read MoreKing Indradyumna was a great devotee of Lord Vishnu and was very eager to meet Him face to face. At one time, by the Lord’s arrangement, a devotee of the Lord arrived in the court of King Indradyumna, and in the course of...
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