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What is a Hindu Temple Part 2: Their Symbolism and Vastu Shastra
Understanding Vastu Shashtra as a directional science and the various gods associated with it and discusses the foundation rites and rituals followed while constructing a temple.
‘India should learn from Israel’: Petition moved in SC for Sanskrit to be declared as ‘National Language’
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court asking to notify Sanskrit as the national language of the country.
When Lord Jagannath had to go hungry and beg on the streets: The story of ‘Manabasa Gurubara’ in Odisha
Every Thursday in the current month of Margashira, every Odia household gets ready to welcome Maa Laxmi into their homes.
Gauhati High Court lifts Assam police’s ban on Assamese TV show Begum Jaan, which allegedly promoted ‘love jihad’
Gauhati High Court accepted Rengoni TV's argument that rules were not followed while banning the shor Begum Jaan by Assam police
The Kingdom of Champa and the Chams: Hinduism in Vietnam
Despite the cultural influences, the Vietnamese people never really accepted Chinese rule, leading to constant rebellions and skirmishes, which finally ended the Chinese control in 939 CE, after which the country took the name Dai Viet.
Assamese TV serial ‘Begum Jaan’ banned temporarily for 2 months after Hindu groups accuse it of promoting ‘Love Jihad’
The Assamese serial Begm Jaan has been facing protests from Hindu groups since its first telecast on Rengoni channel in July
No, PM Modi is not planning to build a multi-cultural centre dedicated to all religions along with Bhavya Ram Mandir on Ram Janmabhoomi
Retired IAS officer Nripendra Mishra claims news reports claiming PM Modi wants to build Ayodhya as a multi cultural centre for all religions are grossly misleading and incorrect
‘Rats of Shah Dola’: How hundreds of children in the Islamic State of Pakistan are forcefully deformed and exploited as beggars
In the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the microcephalic children find refuge at the shrine of Shah Daula in Varedia but are deformed and exploited to beg
Historian Ram Guha gets history wrong while drawing up comparison between Gujarat and Bengal
Ramchandra Guha, who now seems to have developed complicated relationship with history, today took to Twitter to claim Philip Spratt in 1939 had written that Gujarat, though economically advanced is backward culturally and Bengal while being economically backward, has been culturally advanced.
Praṇavārth: Brahman, Manifested
Praṇava (प्रणव) - ॐ holds a position of paramount importance in Dharma.
