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Yes, Mahabharata is the longest poem. It is in fact the longest epic and consists of more than 100,000 slokas. It is four times longer than the Ramayana. It is 10 times longer than Odyssey and Iliad combined.

Vedas are the oldest Indian books. There are four Vedas and those are the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda and the Atharvaveda. The books are date somewhere between 1500 and 500 BCE.

According to tradition, it is believed sage Ved Vyasa had written all the four Vedas - the Rigveda, the Yajurveda, the Samaveda and the Atharvaveda.

Lord Ganesha actually wrote Mahabharata and not Ved Vyasa as it is said. Sage Vyasa just composed Mahabharata and took the help of Lord Ganesh to write the narration.

Ved Vyasa composed Mahabharata and the eighteen Puranas in a small cave in Himalayan mountain. The cafe is now called as Vyas Gufa and it is in Mana village near Badrinath.

Satyavati, the queen of Kuru King Shantanu, was the mother of sage Ved Vyasa. She was great-grandmother of Kaurava and Pandava. She was the daughter of Chedi king Uparichara Vasu.

Ved Vyasa had four sons - Vidura, Shuka, Pandu, Dhritarashtra. He was the author of Mahabharata and devotee of Lord Shiva. Shuka is said to have narrated the Purana Bhagavat-Purana.

Vichitravirya was the younger son of King Shantanu and Queen Satyavati. He was the grandfather of Pandavas and Kauravas, the two group of cousins who fought the Mahabharata war.

Vikarna was the third son of King Dhritarashtra and Queen Gandhari. he was third-most reputable Kauravas. He was killed by Bhima in a mace fight.

Susharma was killed by Bhima. He was the cousin of Bhanumati and king of Trigata. He was the reason for Ghatokacha's death and so Bhima killed him.

In Hindu cosmology it is believed the Swarga Loka is one of the seven higher lokas and is a set of heavenly worlds. It is presided by Lord Indra.

The 14 lokas are as below: Satya loka Tapa loka Jana loka Mahar loka Svar loka Bhuvar loka Bhu loka Atala loka Vitala loka Sutala loka Talatala loka Mahatala loka Rasatala loka Patala loka

Shri Ashta Lakshmi forms are as below: Adi/Maha Lakshmi. Dhana Lakshmi. Dhanya Lakshmi. Gaja Lakshmi. Santana Lakshmi. Veera/Dhairya Lakshmi. Jaya/Vijaya Lakshmi. Vidya Lakshmi.

In Hinduism Lakshmi is considered very important as she is the Goddess of wealth, prosperity and fortune. She is also important in Jainism and Buddhism too.

Yes, Radha was an avatar of Lakshmi during the Mahabharata era when Lord Vishnu descended on Earth as Lord Krishna. In another ancient text Radha is not said to be an avatar of Goddess Lakshmi but another form of Lord Krishna himself.

Lakshmi is Goddess of wealth, prosperity and fortunue for Hindus. She is wife of Lord Vishnu. She is also called Sri. She descended on Earth as Sita during the Ramayana era as wife of Lord Rama and as Rukmini during the Mahabharata era as wife of Lord Krishna.

Yes, both Durga and Parvati are same. Goddess Durga is considered as a demon-fighting form of Goddess Parvati to kill demon Durgamasur. Durga is also called as Navadurga as she is worshipped in nine forms, which are the nine aspects depicting a point in Parvati's life.

Usually Durga Puja is a ten-day festival and is commonly called as Navaratri too, but the main days of festival is the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th day that is called as Shashthi, Saptami, Ashtami and Navami.

Durga Puja is celebrated in the states of West Bengal, Assam, Odisha and Tripura in India in the month of Ashwin, usually in the months of September or October. it is a major festival in Bengali tradition.

Maa Tara is the second Mahavidyas of 10. She is the great wisdom goddess. She is a form of Shakti and her origin can be found in the tantric text Adbuta Ramayana.