They suffered, as Arjuna had feared. Wars, especially wars in ancient times almost invariably led to great number of widows as well as girls and
Ah, you are asking me to choose the best jewel from the treasure trove of jewels….
Many of these depictions are not necessarily by yogis and seers who alone can see and discern the form of gods. Most images are rather
It gives us the secret of harmony which is to unite around the Divine Self and recognize our one and common Divine Mother. We may
Navratri is the festival of Durga and her victory over demons. The rituals and celebrations are meant to be prepations for her action within us
Bjagawan Parashuram is the sixth Avatar of Lord Vishnu. He is the youngest son of sage Jamadagni and his wife Renuka. Once Renuka devi gets
Lord Rama’s love for his wife and, at the same time, sense of duty towards his family are exemplary. To take a little moment from
The worship of goddess Gayatri is relatively new. I am not sure when these temples were built because in ancient scriptures you here so much
There is no such short cut method to our inner evolution and God is not pleased by us keeping hungry one day or many days
Kuber is the guardian of material wealth. He is a Yaksha. Yaksha and Yakshini are beings of the mid worlds, the vital worlds which is
The stories of Kalki are largely symbolic as is evident from the images of the white horse (symbol of the Divine Force) and the sword
Nobody can change someone who doesn’t want to change. Otherwise God would not have already done the needful and there would have been no need
Yes this is the other complimentary truth that the greater the darkness, individually as well as collectively, the greater the possibility of Light. India is
Rahu and Ketu owe their origin to the demon king Swarbhan, a powerful daitya born of Singhika, the dark Sphinx, guardian of the nether world
I understand your situation and have experienced this with other families as well. Ritual involves a,material and a spiritual aspect. The material side is to
Their essence which is basically the promise and commitment of togetherness based on love and trust has to be kept. The ritual has little meaning
Askalokda, like everything else in my life, has been a gift of Her Grace. I have seen this that when a work is to be
Shiva’s story is of synthesis rather than of contradictions. It is our human misreading that has erected the gulf between the spiritual and the material,
