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You know, the book also covers travel guide to several Tirtha areas including Kashi. It has a mention about Kumbh Mela and other mythology, sights and temples along the Narmada river like the Amarkantaka temples.

The Matsya Purana mentions about half-human and half-fish avatar of Lord Vishnu. The incarnation is called as Matsya.

Do you know that Vishrava was the grandson of Brahma, who as we know is the creator of everything. Vishrava was a great Rishi. He earned powers through tapasya. His fellow rishi Bharadwaj was impressed with him and gave his daughter Ilavida for marriage to him. Their son Kuber was the original...

Ravana's father was Vishrava or Vesamuni. He was a sage and Brahmin. His mother was a demon and warrior. She was Kaikesi.

Yes, true. You know it took three years for both to complete writing Mahabharata.

Yes, there was a deal between Ganesha and Ved Vyasa that the narration need to be non-stop or else he will not write. So the writing too was a continuous process reciprocating to the dictation. After the pen broke, Ganesha broke his tusk to continue writing without any stop.

His right tusk was broken and this is the reason he is also known as Ekadanta. In some images he is seen holding the broken tusk with his right hand.

True. This is due to the fact that it is a critical state of heightened Rajas. The physical condition of the woman is extremely sensitive. So one should avoid activities that are tiring to the body.

You know that menstruation is a process of self-purification and austerity. Hence you need to practice celibacy and sexual activity would not be good for the couple.

In Bhagavad Gita it is suggested not to indulge in sexual intercourse during menstrual cycle s it may lead to inter-uterine death or else death in few days after birth. The child may also be born with a deformity.

In Telugu tradition Sati is called as Perantalu while in the Tamil tradition she is called simply as Tamil. Sati was the first consort of Lord Shiva. Next was Parvati, who is again incarnation of Sati.

Daksha Prajapati had 24 daughters from her wife Prasuti, as mentioned in Vishnu Purana and Padma Purana. Below are the names: Sraddha (Faith) Bhakti (Worship) Dhriti (Steadiness) Thushti (Resignation) Pushti (Thriving) Medha (Intelligence) Kriya (Action, Devotion) Buddhika (Intellect) Lajja...

Pradyumna was the son of Lord Krishna and Rukmini. He was crown prince of Dwarka. He was the vyuha avatar of Lord Vishnu.

Yes, very true. Rukimini was in fact Krishna's secret romance and she was also kidnapped by Krishna to prevent an unwanted marriage of her. She was the daughter of Bhishmaka.

However, he had eight principal queens and they were Rukmini, Satyabhama, Jambavati, Kalindi, Mitravinda, Nagnajiti, Bhadra and Lakshana.

Harihara - Hari is for Lord Vishnu and Hara is for Lord Shiva. Shankaranarayana - Shankar represent Lord Shiva while Narayan is for Lord Vishnu.

Yes, Bhisma was the commander-in-chief of the Kauravas for the first 10 days. Drona was thereafter the chief from day 11 to 15. For the next two days, Karna led the side. On 18th day Shalya was the commander.

There were certain rules to follow in the war. Some are as below: Fighting to start and end with sunrise and sunset. It should be 1 to 1 attack. It means one warrior may not be attacked by two warriors. Surrendered warrior should not be killed or injured. However, he would become prisoner of...

You know Kurukshetra is also known as Dharmakshetra, which literally means field of Dharma. In other words, it means field of righteousness. In the war, about 1.66 billion warriors died.

The battle of Mahabharata lasted for 18 days. It was fought in Kurukshetra and so sometimes it is also called as the Kurukshetra War.