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Karna was born with earrings and armor breastplate. As a warrior he was equal to Arjuna. He was the flawed tragic hero of the era. Even though he was generous to Brahmins but arrogant against the Pandavas.

Karna was the son of Surya and unmarried teenage Kunti, who later became Pandava queen. He sometimes was also called as Anga-Raja, Vasusena, Radheya and Sutaputra. Karna was a good and loyal friend of Duryodhana, who appointed him as king of Anga. He was the older half-brother of Arjuna.

Shantanu's mother was Sunanda, who was in her old age when Shantanu was born. He was named Shantanu as then Pratipa had controlled his passions by ascetic penances. Shantanu was king of Hastinapur.

Whichever mantra you chant, it is suggested to chant with complete faith and devotion. To get good benefit out of it one needs to recite it daily.

He was not only famous in India. He earned a good name in Chicago in 1893 for his speech at the Parliament of World's Religions. He introduced Hinduism there with his powerful speech that started as, "Sisters and brothers of America..."

On the day of his death he woke up early and meditated for about three hours at Belur Math. He taught Sanskrit grammar, philosophy of yoga and Shukla-Yajur-Veda to pupils and later discussed a planned Vedic college with colleagues. At 7 pm he went into his room and asked others not to disturb...

Medical report read that the cause of his death was rupture of blood vessel in brain. His disciples say the rupture was due to brahmarandhra pierced during mahasamadhi. Brahmarandhra is an opening in the crown of his head.

One theory tells Radha realized she was an ordinary girl, a cowgirl. She would not be able to adjust in such kingly household. Also, people expected Krishna to marry a princess.

It is mentioned in Bhagavad Gita that Lord Brahma addressed Krishna saying you have spent 125 autumns with your devotees. This refers that Lord Krishna lived for 125 years on earth.

Sometimes for the purpose of getting moksha too the dead relatives come into dreams.

The mantra means that I surrender to the supreme spiritual being, who is Vasudeva or Lord Krishna or Lord Vishnu. By chanting the mantra one can attain enlightenment.

A Vedanta philosopher named Dayananda Saraswati has written a book titled as "Om namo bhagavate vasudevaya." Many times Swami Vivekananda had been heard using the phrase in his lectures.

If you read Matsya Purana, you will find there was a time when Brahma was the only being. There was no cosmos too. He longed for company. So he decided split himself into two and created Saraswati. Some believe she emerged from Brahma's mouth.

Yes. This is the reason only Krishna wore peacock feather and his elder brother Balraam use to wear gold crown.

I have read that male peacock signifies symbol of romantic love and the rasalila phase of life of Lord Krishna teaches how such love can be directed to God.

Gayatri Mantar is also called as Savitri Mantra and it is dedicated to Goddess Gayatri, who is supreme personality and not a deity or demigod.

Om bhur bhuva swaha is the first line of Gayatri Mantra and Swami Vivekananda said that we meditate on the glory of that Being who created the universe and He may enlighten our mind.

There's a place called Sita Gufa in Panchavati and local people believe she was abducted by Ravana from here.

The Kuravar community celebrate a temple festival in the Malayali month of Makaram. It is called as Malakkuda Maholsavam. The subdeities inside the temple are Nagaraja, Kiratha Moorthi and Devi Bhuvaneshvari.

One story goes this way that Shakuni had been to this place twice. Once he visited with the nephews during the Mahabharata war when they traveled across India. Here they divided weapons among them. Later he visited after the war was over to attain Moksha with Lord Shiva's blessings. He...