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The lion capital of the Ashoka pillar at Sarnath in Uttar Pradesh is probably the most ubiquitous symbol in India. Being India’s national emblem, it
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The lion capital of the Ashoka pillar at Sarnath in Uttar Pradesh is probably the most ubiquitous symbol in India. Being India’s national emblem, it

here are millions of unsung heroes in India and throughout the World and yet they go unnoticed and unrecognized mostly because we take them for

Can we call it as INSPIRATION for ALL…!!! Every successful story has a painful beginning and every painful beginning has a successful ending ….. Dr.

We got a few messages that we are promoting “symbolism and double standards” which doesn’t mean anything anymore… In response to this WE would like

A little over 30 years ago, a teenager named Jadav “Molai” Payeng began burying seeds along a barren sandbar near his birthplace in north eastern

We have all heard of the Great Wall of China, but few know that India also has its own “Great Wall of India”, that has

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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