News, articles and Essays on Sanatana Dharma, Hinduism and Indian way of life.
Swami Satyanand Saraswati was taken ill about a week ago and had been on admission at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, where he, unfortunately, transited peacefully, a statement signed by Bramacharini Adimata of the Monastery in Accra and copied to the Ghana News Agency stated.
Constructed in a record 33 months, the world’s tallest statue stands at 182 metre (597 feet) as a memorial to the contributions of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in the country’s freedom struggle and the stellar role he played in unifying the country into a nation.
Savarkar understood that for India to survive in the modern world, it has to become a modern nation too. He also understood that unless India becomes an industrial power with the modern means of waging war, it simply can’t resist the imperialist powers. But he understood something more that several of his nationalist contemporaries failed to grasp. He understood that India can’t become a nation as long as it remains a feudal-agrarian society disintegrated into numerous castes and communities.
In this episode of Rag Rag Mein Ganga, take a look at the old and beautiful city of Varanasi. Also, called as Banaras and Kashi, this city is known as one of the holiest pilgrim destinations in India. Watch Rajeev Khandelwal visit the home of the famous poet Tulsi Das, who wrote the famous Ramcharitmanas.
The BJP owes its crushing triumph in this election primarily to the positive image of Modi, whose personal integrity, mass communication skills, and ability to connect with ordinary Indians across socioeconomic and ethnic divisions are unparalleled.
Hakraware refers to the cultural material that has been traced to the pre-Harappan phase. The word is a combination of two words: Hakra and ware. While ware means pottery, the word Hakra traces its origins to the palaeochannel of Ghaggar-Hakra that flows through India and Pakistan.
Going by the large numbers of Orthodox icons that depict Jesus and the Apostles performing yoga mudras, it would appear that the early Church actively enjoined its followers to practice yoga mudras to heal themselves. The legacy of yoga in Christianity needs to be explored and understood in order to dispel many irrational fears and doubts harbored by the leaders of the Church.
In this episode of Rag Rag Mein Ganga, take a look at the old and beautiful city of Varanasi. Also, called as Banaras and Kashi, this city is known as one of the holiest pilgrim destinations in India. Watch Rajeev Khandelwal visit the iconic spots of this iconic city and take it all in.
If we explore the features of the sphinx, as well as some of the associated structures, it becomes very difficult to accept the oft-repeated premise that it has been shaped by natural forces. Rather, the entire site looks like a gigantic, rock-cut, architectural complex.
In Indian art and sculpture, the sphinx is known as purusha-mriga (meaning ‘man-beast’ in Sanskrit
As she landed at Iqaluit Airport in Canada on Monday midnight, after a gruelling 3,000 km long flight, under adverse and extreme weather conditions, following the take-off from Wick, Scotland (United Kingdom), with brief stopovers in Greenland and Iceland, she achieved her extraordinary feat. She was a part of Women Empower Expedition – the first all-women team to circumnavigate the world in LSA.
