Mumbai: A 108—feet tall idol of Lord Rishabhdeva, the first Teerthankar of Jains, carved out of a single rock, has entered the “Guinness World Records”
Hemchandra‘s mother was named Pahini and his father Chachadev. The name Hemchandra was one he took later in life and he was named Candradeva after
The Supreme Court on Monday took less than 60 seconds to stay a 20-day-old Rajasthan high court judgment which branded Jainism’s centuries-old ‘Santhara or Sallekhana’
MUMBAI: Time travel comes easy in Kalbadevi. It’s down a bylane in Pathak Wadi and up three flights of rickety wooden stairs. There, inside a
Lord Rushabhdev had two wives named Sumangala and Sunanda. By Sumangala he had 99 sons of whom Bharat was the eldest and the best known
Lord Mahavir was the twenty-fourth and the last Tirthankara of the Jain religion. Born on the thirteenth day of rising moon of Chaitra month, in
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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