In Bhagavad-gita 9.25, Lord Krsna instructs: yanti deva-vrata devan pitrn yanti pitr-vratah bhutani yanti bhutejya yanti mad-yajino api mam “Those who worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods; those who...
Read MoreDasharatha narrated the whole story of how he had killed Shravan Kumar by mistake. After the death of their son, Shravan Kumar’s parents had been writhing in anguish before they died and they had cursed him that just like...
Read MoreVishnupur is a city in Bankura District in the state of West Bengal, India, famous for its terracotta temples and long history of association with Gaudiya Vaisnavas. During the reign of Aurangzeb (1658-1707), many of Lord...
Read MoreOnce in Satya Yuga, the Vindhya mountain had become too arrogant and began blocking the path of the sun and the moon. It began to grow higher and higher. Then the sage Agastya came and told him, “I am going south, give me...
Read MoreYesterday we got a call from Radha Kunda that Kankan Kunda has finally been revealed. The cleaning of Radha Kunda had recently been started as Shyama Kunda cleaning is complete. Everyone was anticipating when we would get...
Read MoreAbhimanyu is a key personality featured in the epic Mahabharata. The son of Arjuna and Subhadra, half-sister of Lord Krishna, Abhimanyu is a partial incarnation of Chandra. An unparalleled archer, he was considered equal to his...
Read MoreThe astras are transcendental, supernatural weapons created by the Lord, and presided over by a specific Deity. In order to summon or use an astra, one must have the required knowledge, i.e., the specific mantra that will arm,...
Read MoreThe Sundara Kanda, the fifth book in the Ramayana, focuses mainly on the adventures of Sri Hanuman, and the story is as follows: Hanuman meets Rama during the latter’s 14-year exile in the forest. With his brother...
Read MoreThis beautiful painting of Lord Nrsimhadev being pacified by Sarabha-Shiva depicts Lord Shiva in his winged form as Sarabha. Images of the Devi’s are iconographically depicted on his body. Lord Nrsimha sits nearby, the...
Read MoreRamavataram, popularly referred to as Kamba Ramayanam is a Tamil epic written by the poet Kamban during the 12th century. Based on Valmiki’s Ramayana, the original epic Ramayana in Sanskrit, the story describes the life of...
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