Culture and History
Articles that details the rich cultural heritage and history of India
Third Battle of Panipat: Temple destruction and Jihad of the barbaric hordes, the valiant Marathas and the far-reaching effects of the loss
By the 1750s, Marathas had grown strong so as to be able to annex Malwa, Gujarat, Odisha, Berar as also some parts of the Ganga Jamuna Doab and Bundelkhand.
When Paris was overwhelmed with decomposed human corpses and ran out of burial places: The story of the Catacombs
The Catacombs of Paris are the image of a scary world of the dead beneath the city of lights. Six to seven million human skeletons are stored there, stacked up in underground tunnels.
Read about the ‘mercy bond’ signed by PM Nehru to escape prison, even as Congress denigrates Veer Savarkar, tortured for 11 years in prison
When Jawaharlal Nehru was jailed in Nabha province, he had signed a bond pledging not to enter the state again to secure release
Was Nehru gay? Did he have bisexual relations? Did he die because of STD? What foreign media said about Jawaharlal Nehru
In the last 57 years, many theories have been attributed to the life of the first PM of India Jawaharlal Nehru
Watch: Portals of Kedarnath Mandir open in Uttarakhand, strict Covid-19 protocols followed
Portals of Kedarnath Dham opened on May 17, after the winter break.
Jerusalem conflict: The history of Al-Aqsa Mosque on Temple Mount and the holiest Jewish temple that preceded it
The Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock was built on the same spot where the Second Temple of the Judaism was located
Islamists praise Hitler while cursing Israel, but did you know that Hitler wished he were a Muslim too?
"The Mohammedan religion would have been much more compatible to us than Christianity. Why did it have to be Christianity with its meekness and flabbiness?" Hitler is quoted as saying,
Sadhguru says sorry if someone is genuinely hurt over his comments on Lord Krishna and Yashoda, but explains what he meant
SM were awash with a video of Sadhguru in which he made remarks on nature of love between Lord Krishna and Yashoda
Video of Sadhguru saying Yashoda became Lord Krishna’s ‘lover’ goes viral, Isha Foundation offers explanation: All you need to know
Sadhguru said in the video that after Krishna had grown up, his foster mother Yashoda had become her lover and a Gopi
‘Free the Temples’ movement: A comparison of contesting ideas regarding management of Hindu Temples after freeing them of state control
There are different contesting visions for the 'Free the Temples' movement which envisages different ways of administering Hindu Temples.
