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Dwivida, Vanara who survived from Ramayana era was killed by Balarama as mentioned in Bhagavata and Vishnu puranas. He, along with Mainda were son of devas Aswini brothers. Both brothers participated in the coronation of Sugriva (Valmiki Ramayana 4.26.34). Dwivida …
Lord Rama was born in the 81st generation of Ikshvaku Dynasty of Surya Vamsam or Solar Dynasty. This lineage continued for another 64 generations until 1634 BCE, where the last king Sumitra was killed by Chanakya’s contemporary Mahapadma Nanda. Brihadbala, …
Babri Masjid, the structure which was demolished on 6 December 1992 was not constructed atleast until 1717 CE. This is the official map of Rama Janmabhumi (Ayodhya) dated 1717 CE. It is now in City Palace Museum, Jaipur. This map …
Nala, chief Vanara engineer of Sethu (Bridge) between Rameswaram and Lanka, used trees and rocks cut by machines, but not floating stones with name of Rama written on them. Valmiki Ramayana clearly mentions in Yuddha Kanda, 22nd Sarga about …
Retelling Ramayana through versions from Padma Purana, Rama using Siva’s bow Ajagavam to cross sea, legend of KakaBhushundi, Ramayana occured 11 times in multiple kalpas and yugas with different outputs Padma Purana, with around 55,000 verses is the 3rd largest …
Ancient Gandhara Kingdom was located in parts of modern-day northern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. Gandhāra was located mainly in the Peshawar Valley, Pothohar Plateau and the Kabul River Valley. Its main cities were Purushapura (modern day Peshawar), meaning “city …
Valmiki has mentioned the word ‘Vimana‘ atleast 19 times in his epic poem Ramayana. Sita mentioned 3 different types of Vimanas in Ramayana (Ayodhya Kanda, 27 Sarga), where she wishes to follow her husband to forest exile. Ravana …
After the surfacing of five ancient Siva temples partly in sand dunes along the Pennar river in Jyothi village in Siddhavatam mandal has led to the discovery that as many as 108 Siva temples have been buried under sand at …
Inti Raymi (‘Festival of the Sun‘) used to be a religious ceremony of the Inca Empire in honor of the god Inti (Sun), one of the most venerated deities in Inca religion. It was the celebration of the …
As per Parasara Samhita, Hanuman travelled through a lotus stem shaped tunnel to Patala Loka (South America) to find his son Matsyavallabha and rescue Rama, Lakshmana by killing Mahiravana During battle between Rama and Ravana, Mahiravana, the maternal uncle of …
