Brahmanda Purana and Varaha Purana establishes timeline of Sri Venkateswara Swamy at Tirumala hills since the start of creation on earth. After Varaha (in the form of Elasmotherium) rescued land from water, he asked Garuda to bring … Read more
Padma or Lotus Flower is revered with the gods Vishnu, Brahma, Kubera, and the goddesses Lakshmi, Saraswati, Bala, Gayatri etc. This is also considered as seed flower, from which the creator god Brahma was born. But, only … Read more
Kurangun Relief is located in Fars Province of Iran and is a site of an Elamite rock reliefs. This relief shows a God with horned crown sitting on a throne. Behind him sits a goddess who is … Read more
Nasadiya Sukta ( meaning : “not the non-existent”) also known as the Hymn of Creation is the 129th hymn of the 10th Mandala of the Rigveda (10:129). This hymn has attracted a large body of literature of … Read more
Prasna Upanishad consists of six questions (prasnas) and their answers. It is also associated with the Atharva Veda Six students (Sukesha, Satyakama, Sauryayanee, Bhargava, Kabandhi) interested in knowing divinity or Brahman come to sage Pippalada and request … Read more
Time travel and theory of relativity are still science-fiction subjects for present day human beings. But in puranas, they’ve been discussed multiple times. One such classic example is that of King Kakudmi and his daughter Revati, who … Read more