
Mahabharata – A Dharma Yudha Based on Swadharma
Ancient stories such as Mahabharata and Ramayana have been re-written and misinterpreted so many times that it becomes a little difficult to get to the
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Ancient stories such as Mahabharata and Ramayana have been re-written and misinterpreted so many times that it becomes a little difficult to get to the

Everybody knows that when the ‘Prasad’, cooked in the temple of Lord Jagannath is offered to Goddess Bimala it becomes ‘Mahaprasad’. What is the eagerness

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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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