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Secret Knowledge: Traditional Levels of Vedic Interpretation   How do we approach cryptic mantras from ancient cultures, which are said to require special initiations in order to understand them? Can we assume that their evident meaning according to our present mindset of several thousand years later should be accurate? So far, that has been the [...]

To the British Museum, The British Museum is treasure trove and educational centre of international repute. Daily, visitors stream into its environs to marvel at relics, some dating back millennia. Without a doubt the reputation which the institution has is justly deserved. After all, there are few such places where one could find such a [...]

New Delhi: Scientists claim that Kedarnath temple was under snow for almost 400 years and say that most of the people are unaware of this fact. According to scientists of Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, Kedarnath temple survived being buried under the snow for almost 4oo years and so they are not surprised that [...]

Already the younger generation asks what the California textbook affair was. Now that California has been endowed with a Hindu awareness month (in a resolution co-authored by the Hindu American Foundation, , the first one scheduled for this coming October, Hindus are enthusiastic that they will be able to show off their culture. But past [...]

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The annual Amarnath Yatra is facing a terror threat and the government is making all efforts to ensure security of the pilgrims, home minister Sushilkumar Shinde said on Wednesday. “There is terror threat to Amarnath Yatra,” Shinde told reporters when asked about reports which suggested threat to the pilgrimage to the cave shrine in Jammu [...]

Dear Mr Advani When I started reporting in India in the early eighties, I had the same ideas as most western journalists : secularism, as practiced by Jawarlahal Nehru, was the best policy for India, given its caste and religion differences; Islam was a peaceful religion; and there were also Hindu fanatics. But, dear Mr [...]

Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami explains are the Hindu Gods(s) of fear or love . “Love is the basis of worship in all Hindu denominations, expressed through bhakti yoga toward one’s chosen Deity.” [...]

“BEYOND” is an exclusive documentary featuring photographer Joey L. Set in Varanasi, India. The documentary by filmmaker Cale Glendening follows Joey and his assistant Ryan as they complete their latest photo series- “Holy Men.” Almost every major religion breeds ascetics; wandering monks who have renounced all earthly possessions, dedicating their lives to the pursuit of [...]

Hemant Bhadury (left) and Dr. Jayant Kumar Bhadury (far right) are yoga masters who travel to Israel annually to bring comfort to about 120 residents of a sheltered home for Holocaust survivors. They appear in a picture with their family, including father Shri Shri Brama Kopal Bhadury (seated, center) and Jayant’s wife Vatsala (seated, right) [...]