Ambedkar Untouchability Meat Beef Eating
Having failed to find a common factor to define Untouchables and how to expalin the phenomena of the down trodden and the ostracized( I will deal with Ostracism when I discuss how the so-called Caste...
View ArticleConcept Of God In India Vedas Other Systems
Hinduism and in India The concept of God is wide and varied. Broadly speaking Indian Thought is classified into two groups. The Astika and The Nastika. Astika (means who is devoted) Systems are those...
View ArticleHinduism Predictions. True? Kedarnath Floods
There is a news item stating that the Bhavishya Purna predicted the onslaught of the Floods in Uttarakhand and the near destruction of Kedarnath Temple(the Temple ,remains more or less in tact though)....
View ArticleThe Definition Of Brahmin,Duties.
This is in continuation of my earlier posts on Caste. I had explained how the word caste is not of Indian origin and the fact that these concepts are not be found anywhere in the Religious or...
View ArticleKulin Brahmins Bengali Brahmins
I have received a comment that I have left out the names of Kulin Brahmin‘s names from the list of surnames I posted.. “ Kulin Brahmin is the highest strata of upper caste Brahmins in India‘s caste...
View ArticleRead Misinformation ‘Aryan Invasion ” A Rebuttal
Seemingly reputed magazines, newspapers, web portals ,publish periodically some researched(?!) articles on the Aryan Invasion Theory. Those who advocate this Theory conveniently take their references...
View ArticleRavana’s Grand Father Pulasthya Statue Found.
I blogged on the fact that Ravana was real and he existed. I had provided facts to support my statement. Now it transpires that the Statue of Sage Pulastya, Grandfather of Ravana seems to have been...
View ArticleTemples Converted Into Mosques A Pointer
It is well known that the Temples of India were destroyed, razed to the ground by the Moguls. The wealth of the temples were looted. The Stones, pillars were used construct Mosques, mostly at the same...
View ArticleDivorce, Widow Remarriage Allowed By Vedic Hinduism
Marriage in India, Hinduism is a bit complex in that Marriages are intertwined with Religion ,Spirituality, Disposition and place in the Society. As I have mentioned in my earlier posts, the Social...
View ArticleAtheism In Ramayana Rama Jabali Discussion
Three is a thinking that Atheism and the so-called 'Rational Thinking' is the prerogative of the Modern Man and the early Hindu scriptures did not have these thoughts. Far from Truth. The Ramayana 'one...
View ArticleAncient Maps India Timeline Ramayana Mahabharata
Now that India is giving birth to its twenty-ninth State, Telengana,it is worth remembering that ancient India had fifty-six kingdoms. Some of them are quite large and were Empires, some small like the...
View ArticleYajur Upakarma Avani Avittam Vedic Course Details.
As most of you are aware there are Four Vedas. Rig,Yajur Sama and Atharva, In addition to this there are Vedangas , which contain other Sciences like Archery, Astronomy and the like. Based on the...
View ArticleKnowledge No Help In Salvation Bhaja Govindam Sankaracharya
Adi Sankaracharya,as Rajaji puts it in his introduction to MS rendering of The Bhaja Govindam,who drank the nectar of Knowledge as one wold a sip of water from one's palm, extols the virtues of Bhakti...
View ArticleCaste Origin Genome Study Misleading Mischievous
Indian tradition states that the intermingling of people from the North and South, separated by the Vindhya Mountains , started taking place during the time when Sage Viswamitra lived. Sage Viswamitra...
View ArticleWhat is Shukla Yajur Veda Shukla Yajur Upakarma Mantras
Why this difference? Sage Yajnyavalkya was studying under a Guru ,Vaisampayana. The Gurus, including Vaisampayana used meet regularly. On one such occasion, Vaisampayan was indisposed and could not...
View ArticleDaily Worship of Five Deities Panchayatana Puja
There is another specific Puja where Deities representing the Five elements of Nature, Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Ether are worshiped daily . This is to be performed in the morning. As this Puja has...
View ArticleGayatri Japa Sankalpa Procedure India US
Gayatri Japa falls on August 21,2013,Wednesday. Gayatri Mantra is the most celebrated Mantra of the Hindus. This Mantra precedes all Mantras for the three Varnas,Braamins, Kshatriyas and Vaisyas...
View Article‘God Does Not Exist’ Proof ?
God Quote By Bertrand Russel Other than this their arguments are in the form of rebuttal and abuse and ridicule of those who say God exists. Let me examine how constructive the arguments are for...
View ArticleRig Veda Date Components Details
The Rig Veda is the oldest among the four Vedas , the Scared Scriptures of the Hindus. The Rig Veda, as is known now, is the oldest among the Four, the other three being Yajur, Sama and Atharva. Date...
View ArticleBrain’s Electrical Signature After Death, Pancha Kosas
Human body has five sheaths or layers. Annamaya Kosa, Of Food, Pranamaya Kosa,of Vital Breath, Vijnanamaya Kosa, of Knowledge, Manomaya Kosa , of Mind and Ananadamaya Kosa. These five layers surround...
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