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The ritual of temple worship with elephants is at its peak during the Ganesha festival during the month of August. These elephants are quite prominent during this festival, which lasts 10 days. The elephants lead the prayers in the temple premises, and they lead a procession.

The deeper, more spiritual terms of Aparigraha refer to the mental clinging and grasping we do towards things we desire, and the constant battling of things we don’t want. Releasing that which we do not really need to survive makes everything flow more easily.

It is abstention from sensual indulgence, such as a chocolate binge or speaking unnecessarily. Ascetic purists see this as complete abstention from sexual intercourse. Modern yogis often interpret this Yama to restrict meaningless sexual encounters, rather than the life-affirming loving kind...

The tulasi leaf is placed in every offering given to any deity and is also the part of any prasad. It also has great medicinal values and taking one tulasi leaf with water every day is a great cure for the common cold.

Mysticism is a strong trait in Hinduism, which emphasizes the importance of spiritual practices such as meditation, yoga asanas, prayers and mantra recitations. These are often practiced in front of a small altar at home rather than at a temple. While Hindus have to follow many regulations in...

Hinduism doesn’t have a distinct religious hierarchy and no fixed, dogmatic set of teachings. Temples and priests, although widely present, don’t play a central role – it is very well possible to cultivate a personal relationship with God or to engage in spiritual practice without ever visiting...

Power of God is within oneself and it is important to live own destiny. This is one important message in Bhagwad Gita.

Yes, to some extent but the predictor need to have good knowledge about astrology.

Hartaki or Terminalia chebula is suggested to reduce constipation. It can be taken as candy sugar, ghruta and powder form as well. Similarly, Isabgole or Plantago ovata is used to cure constipation. It reduces cholesterol too and regulates bowel. Sennaleaves or Cassia angustifolia is used in...

The second incarnation was the Kurma Avatar or that of a Tortoise. During the churning of the oceans to elicit the nectar of immortality the mountain Mandara was used as the stirrer. When this began to bore a hole in the earth the Tortoise rested the mountain on its back till the pot of nectar...

The first incarnation was that of a Fish and is known as Matsya Avatar. In this incarnation the Fish saved Manu, the son of the Sun and one of each species of animals and birds from the deluge so that life could begin afresh after the waters had subsided. In this incarnation he also retrieved...

For ages the contents of the Vedas lay unstructured and became a complex and incomprehensible web. Then a sage by the name of Krishna Dwaipayana classified this collection of knowledge according to age and purpose giving the Vedas their present form. For this Herculean task he is today better...

They were gatekeepers of Lord Vishnu at his heavenly abode

Principal cities of the Indus Valley Civilization were planned and laid out according to the principles of an architectural system described in Sthapatya Veda

Astronomic texts from the Vedic Brahmana support dating of the Rig Vedic Civilization from between 6000BCE and 4500BCE based on references to constellations and equinoxes. This anomaly was first pointed out by Professor H Jacobi of the University of Bonn and Asian scholar B Tilak in the 19th Century

1981 discovery of the submerged ancient city of Dwarka (or Dwaraka), mentioned in the Vedic Mahabarata, has established that the city was dated from 1600BCE

History's Mysteries suggests that the mysterious blocks of stone in Tiahuanaco, Bolivia could not have been built without the help from a superior technology, an alien technology to this planet. It is improbable that a labor force could have been supported sufficient enough to move the 400-ton...

According to Dr. Richard L. Thompson, author of Alien Identities, the vimanas referred to in the Mahabarata move in modern patterns of flight. Ronald Story agrees that the tale refers to aerial forces of battling.

Sashasrara chakra is like a prism, refracting the universal energies of the higher chakras into the separate energies of the body chakras. The seventh chakra is not located within the physical body, but above it. The element of this chakra is consciousness itself. It is our awareness, the thing...

Each chakra has an associated organ of perception (jnanendriya) and organ of action (karmendriya). For the swadhistana chakra, these are the tongue (our sense of taste) and the hands respectively. The second chakra is also referred to as the pleasure center. Our sense of taste largely determines...