A kathak performance on Shiva’s Ardhangini avatar will promote gender equality
Traditionally, in Indian mythology, Shiva is associated with destruction. He’s a third of the holy trinity – Bramha (the creator), Vishnu (the caretaker), Mahesh (another name for Shiva, the destructor) — More...
The essence of his commentaries
By – Sudhakshina Rangaswami This millennium year of Ramanujacharya’s (1017-1137 A.D.) birth anniversary affords an opportunity to revisit his legacy to Visishtadvaita Vedanta and Srivaishnavism by an understanding More...
University of Maryland study reveals yoga may help in back pain
“A new study by scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) has concluded that yoga may be helpful for low back pain”, according to a University of Maryland release. “We found that More...
At Mumbai University, science and Vedas connect minds
Vedic shlokas are embedded with scientific knowledge, said Arvind Untawale, a retired scientist from Goa, and pushed budding scientists in the city to explore science through ancient scriptures. Untawale, who was More...
In Uttarakhand, Ganga buried under heaps of poll promises
Uttarkashi/Haridwar: On the completion of a massive road show in Haridwar district on Sunday night, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi stopped on the banks of the Ganga at Har Ki Pauri to perform the Ganga puja. More...
Will subject entire Ganga cleaning project to CBI, warns National Green Tribunal
NEW DELHI: Irked over wastage of funds for cleaning of Ganga in western Uttar Pradesh, the National Green Tribunal today warned it could order a CBI enquiry into all projects relating to the rejuvenation of the More...
This gud (jaggery) delicacy is served as the prasad at a temple in Gujarat
The culinary heritage of India is so vast and full of varieties that not every one of us can know every interesting detail. This is especially true when it comes to our places of worship. The langar at the Golden More...
Durga temple to take TTD route
Taking a leaf out of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams’ (TTD) experience, the Kanaka Durga temple authorities have chalked out plans to replicate the former’s Sudarsanam token system here. If their plans go More...
Warring groups file FIRs against each other in Ghaziabad’s Dudheshwar Nath temple clash
The two groups involved in an altercation inside the complex of the ancient Dudheshwar Nath Temple in Ghaziabad on February 14 have lodged FIRs against each other. The FIRs also name the temple’s coordinator, More...
Rishikesh, India: The yoga capital of the world
For better or good, the holy city of Rishikesh, which rests on the foothills of the Himalayas in northern India, will always be associated with the Beatles and their sojourn to study transcendental meditation in More...