Ancient Religions of human civilization and their inter-connections
Ancient Europe had Vedic influences and several photographic evidences were found, which indicate Hinduism, especially Vaishnavism being followed by rulers and society of Italy and Greece. Painting of Pompey the Great (Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (official nomenclature CN·POMPEIVS·CN·F·SEX·N·MAGNVS; … Read more
Ancient Egypt had Vedic influences and several photographic evidences were found, which indicate Saivism and Vaishnavism being followed by rulers of Egypt. In Egyptian mythology, Apis or Hapis (spelled as Hapi-ankh), is a bull-deity that was worshipped … Read more
Goswami Tulsidas, who was a great devotee of Lord Ram, wrote Hanuman Chalisa describing the greatnes of Lord Hanuman in Ramayana. It was written in ‘Awadhi‘ language during early 16th century and Chalisa word is derived from … Read more
Eight different types of Vivaah have been documented in the ancient Indian scripture Manu Smriti III.20-34. Only two types (Brahma Vivaah & Gandharva Vivaah) are prevailant these days. Other types of marriages existed in olden days and … Read more
The Hindu method of marriage is an ancient Vedic tradition which involves ritual of fire and couple taking seven steps around this fire, called as Saptapadi or Saat Phere. Just like hindus have the Vedic Sapta-Padhi (सप्तपदी) … Read more
A Vedic Hindu temple’s architecture is a divine and yogic representation of a human being as shown in the figure . The feet represent the spire (rajagopuram). The hands represent the walkway (prakaaram) encompassing all around the … Read more