5 years ago Tsinghua University in Beijing received a donation of nearly 2,500 bamboo strips. They were muddy, smelly and are carbon-dated to around 305 BC when China was still not unified. It must have been bought … Read more
According to Vedic time calculations, we are at present in Kali Yuga (Iron Age) and Ramayana is supposed to have happened in Treta Yuga (Silver Age), when truth and justice prevailed about 75% among humans. In Valmiki … Read more
Today’s kids might be playing with remote controlled toy cars made of plastic, metal and rubber. But Toy Car was made for kids long before we could imagine. A stone car with two axles and 4 wheels … 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
None of us have seen actual soul(spirt) that lives in our body with our naked eye. The Svetasvatara Upanishad (श्वेताश्वतरनोपनिषद् or Śvetāśvataropaniṣad) explains the actual dimension or size of soul. Śvetāśvataropaniṣad is associated with the Krishna Yajurveda … 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