Culture and History
Articles that details the rich cultural heritage and history of India
‘Hanuman ji isn’t God’: Manoj Muntashir makes another desperate claim to defend his crass writing, here is how Hindu scriptures prove him wrong
Adipurush has been recording a downward trend at the box office for its crass dialogues, poor casting, and factually incorrect storyline.
East and west: Gujarat and Odisha celebrate the Rathayatra of Lord Jagannath with pomp and splendour
Rathyatra celebrations in these two distant states are another example of how the states of India, despite diverse linguistic and cultural norms, are bound together by strings of Hindu tradition and spirituality.
The Truth and Bollywood’s creative block: How film fraternity insults Hindus with sheer lack of intellect and what it can actually learn from the...
Indian regional cinema on the contrary has tens of hundreds of Ramayana, Mahabharat, and several other such productions based on spiritual Indian history. And each of these productions is full of creativity in their story-telling.
40 years since Iran executed 10 Baha’i women for refusing to denounce their religion, their spirit continues to haunt the Islamic Republic and inspire...
40 years ago on 18 June 1983, 10 Baha'i women in Iran w ere executed for refusing to renounce their faith
Remembering Ganesh ‘Babarao’ Savarkar: The great soul who saw moksha in service of matribhoomi
Babarao was and is known for his revolutionary thinking and writing, exceptional political conscience, and indomitable devotion to freeing Bharat Mata from the clutches of anti-Hindu and anti-Indian bigots.
‘Did my little might like the Ramayana’s squirrel’: Dancer Padma Subrahmanyam narrates how she brought the Sengol to PM Modi’s notice through a letter
Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam also talked about the significance of the golden sceptre Sengol in Tamil culture which also finds mention in a Tamil epic.
Chola dynasty sceptre ‘Sengol’ to be placed in the new parliament building by PM Modi, was forgotten after handed over to Nehru as a...
Historic sceptre, 'Sengol' from Tamil Nadu will be placed in the new parliament, which was used as symbol of transfer of power in 1947
The Non Practicing Hindu
Unlike other religions, Hindu religion does not have a central holy book, a central deity, and definite set of rules to follow
From maintaining sanctity of temples to remembering the struggle for reclaiming lost sites, read key takeaways for Hindus after recent Trimbakeshwar controversy
Trimbakeshwar incident has posed the question of how Hindus are going to preserve the sanctity of their holy places.
Aurangzeb had demolished Trimbakeshwar temple to build a mosque, Marathas performed Karseva and restored it: The history of the Jyotirlinga
In 1754, the Marathas performed a karseva to restore the Trimbakeshwar temple that was demolished by Mughal tyrant Aurangzeb.
