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It is also being said that both Krishna and Radha were one soul. So how can someone marry his or her own soul.

Yes, today's teen couple should take a lesson from the story of Lord Krishna and Radha. They should understand that marriage is just materialistic. Radha's love was like bhakti love and not a physical love. Their relationship was like a devotee and God.

And his 14 years of exile was completed on January 2nd in 5075 BC. Rama was then 39 years old.

Yes, it was 5th of January then when Lord Rama left Ayodhya with wife Sita and brother Lakshmana for 14 years of exile.

Nor sure. But if the data that I have mentioned is converted from Solar to Lunar Calendar, you can conclude that it is the 9th day of Shukla Paksha in the month of Chaitra. The time is between 12 noon to 1 pm. And you know Ram Navami is celebrated exactly in the same time and date across India.

According to Sage Valmiki, the birth of Lord Rama was on the 9th tithi of Chaitra month. It was day time and the planetary positions were as below: Sun in Aries Jupiter in Cancer Saturn in Libra Venus in Pisces Mars in Capricorn Lagna as Cancer Moon near the star Punar Vasu in Gemini...

And you know only Yudhistir and the dog could reach heaven. Others died on the way. It is said only Yudhistir didn't take pride in anything and so he was able to reach heaven.

During the same time the Dwapara Yuga ended and Kali Yuga started. In the Kali Yuga it was said there would be chaos and adharma everywhere.

The Pandavas ruled for about 36 years and during the end years of the ruling the curse on Krishna started taking shape. Several events were witnessed in Dwarka and so Krishna led exodus of Yadav clan to Prabhasa. There too nothing was at peace. A murderous rebellion emerged and Yadavs ended up...

Ganesha is god of knowledge. He was very fast at writing. Similarly Vyasa was very fast too in narrating. But the pen couldn't keep the pace and it broke. Ganesha didn't stop writing even then. He broke one of his tusks and started writing with it.

Ved Vyasa had great powers of meditation. He lived very long. He was alive even after the death of his grandchildren, the Kauravas and Pandavas of Mahabharata. Once when he was meditating on the Himalayas, Brahma appeared and asked him to write Mahabharata as he knew all the characters personally.

There is one more information to it. After conceiving the Mahabharata the sage approached to Brahma that he has conceived an excellent work and is looking for someone who can take down the narration. Brahma asked him to approach Ganesha.

Yes, these are the principal Mahavakyas. There are other too like brahma satyam jagan mithyā, ekam evadvitiyam brahma, so 'ham and sarvam khalvidam brahma.

In Vaishnavism philosophy the phrase Aham Brahmansi means "I am a drop of Ocean of Consciousness." It is also described as, "I am soul, part of cosmic spirit, Parabrahma."

True. But only if ego is taken out from you, you can become Aham brahmansi. The Upanishads write man has the capacity to improve one's present state and how to guide the future. Man has the power to know the truth and also to free oneself from the cycle of birth and death. This can only be done...

Yogamaya was the incarnation of Durga. She vanished while Kamsa tried to kill her, but she predicted that Kamsa will be killed at the hands of Krishna. She is worshiped by Hindus at Yogmaya Temple, which is a Hindu temple shakti peetha. It is in Mehrauli, New Delhi, near to Qutb minar.

The cowherd chief Nanda Baba too is worshiped. His capital Nandagaon is a religious place. It is near Barsana in Braj, Uttar Pradesh. He resided here with followers and other cowherds. His residence is called as Nanda Bhawan. First three years of Lord Krishna's childhood were spent here. It...

Very true. Devaki's cousin Kamsa was the ruler of Vrishni kingdom. In the Puranas he is described as rakshasa (demon). He overthrew his father Ugrasena (not biological father) and became king of Mathura. Once he head a heavenly voice that said Devaki's 8th son will kill him. He wanted to kill...

Vasudeva had taken Krishna on the first day of his birth to Nanda with a request to raise him so that his uncle Kansa cannot kill him as he did to other new-born babies of the couple.

According to Bhagavad Purana the King Vasudeva was a Yadav prince. He was son of King Shurasena. According to Harivansa Purana Nanda Baba was his brother (cousin). Nanda Baba was into the professional of rearing cattle. He was not a king.