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Surya Siddhanta is the first among the traditions or doctrines (siddhanta) in archaeo-astronomy of the Vedic era. Infact, it is the oldest ever book in world
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Surya Siddhanta is the first among the traditions or doctrines (siddhanta) in archaeo-astronomy of the Vedic era. Infact, it is the oldest ever book in world

SVAMI B.B. VISHNU – I remember the time my father pulled me aside and said, “Son, you can explain everything with math.” He was a

By Dr. David Frawley (Vamadeva Shastri) Published in India Post June 25, 1999, I was attending a conference on Yoga and medicine in Mumbai.There were a

The senses or indriyas are desires and have two states, static and dynamic. When the desire begins to operate, the indriyas are put in motion.

“One who is overpowered by ignorance mistakes a thing for what is not: It is the absence of discrimination that causes one to mistake a

Although Ramayana happened millennium ago, it has geographical traces from North to South India, and more specifically in Sri Lanka. Apart from Rama Setu (Adam’s

Bhadrapada begins today in North India, opening a lunar month that moves from the midnight

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.
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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