Ayurveda and Human Metabolism
There are 7 Dhatus or Body Tissues that give shape and form to the body. These 7 are Rasa or Rasayana (Tissue Fluids), Rakta (Red
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There are 7 Dhatus or Body Tissues that give shape and form to the body. These 7 are Rasa or Rasayana (Tissue Fluids), Rakta (Red
अत्रं न निन्दाऱत् । तदृब्रतम् । प्राणों वा अन्नम् । शरीरमन्नादम् । प्राणे’ शरीर प्रतिष्ठितम् । अत्रं बहु कुर्वीत । तदृव्रतम् । पृथिवी वा अन्नम्
When people ask me why I became a yoga teacher, I tell them it’s because I was lucky enough to have been hit by a
A huge locomotive has rushed on over the line and a small worm that was creeping upon one of the rails saved its life by
There is an interesting legend behind the conception of Shiva as Nataraja. In a dense forest in South India, there dwelt multitudes of heretical sages.
The 12 Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva — where each stands, its sacred story, and how to make the Dwadasha Jyotirlinga pilgrimage in person or in spirit this Shravan.
The Rudrabhishek is the abhishekam said to please Lord Shiva fastest. What it is, the meaning of each sacred substance, the Sri Rudram, and how it is performed at home this Shravan.
Shravan runs July 30–Aug 27 in 2026, with four Sawan Somwars (Aug 3, 10, 17, 24). Why the whole month belongs to Mahadeva — the churning of the ocean, the poison He drank, and how to keep the Sawan vrat.
Thiruvonam 2026 falls on Wednesday, August 26 — the crown of Kerala’s ten-day festival. The Bhagavata story of King Mahabali and the Vamana avatar, and why Onam is a homecoming, not a defeat.
On Monday, August 17, 2026 — a Shravan Monday — Hindus offer milk and prayers to the serpent. The stories of Shesha, Vasuki, Kaliya and Astika, and the puja vidhi for Nag Panchami.
Sanskriti comes from the Sanskrit root “kr” which means to do or to make prefix “sam” is applied before it to convey a sense of embellishment. It means actions done for the holistic refinement and perfection all the potentialities within a human being.
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