Culture and History

Trimbakeshwar incident has posed the question of how Hindus are going to preserve the sanctity of their holy places.

In 1754, the Marathas performed a karseva to restore the Trimbakeshwar temple that was demolished by Mughal tyrant Aurangzeb.

New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) returns 16 smuggled Indian artefacts worth Rs 9.8 crore

The life of Banda Singh Bahadur serves as a powerful reminder of the strength of the individual, the courage of conviction, and the enduring impact of a genuinely outstanding life in a time when oppression and power sometimes go hand in hand, Khalsa Vox reported.

The new Ram Lalla idol will be placed in the garbha griha, and the existing smaller idol will be used as 'Utsav Murti' to be taken out for Jhankis and Shobha Yatras

Hania Amir's Muslim fans condemned the actress for sharing a picture of herself standing in front of a Ganesha idol.

Years before 1915, a tragic event in Adana in April 1909 displays how the Ottoman Empire was prejudiced against the Christians under their rule and how an entire population was branded the enemy of the state, and subjected to tragic, horrific murder on an enormous scale.

The Hindus, who had somehow accustomed themselves to living with the Mughals during their early rule, were in for a rude shock when the dominion passed to Aurangzeb, a fanatic of Islam.

It is because of the decisive defeat of and subsequent heavy ransom imposed on the Mughal governor of Bengal that liberals often paint the revenge Maratha forces took for 22 commanders' murders in Bengal as atrocities and try to insinuate that even Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's army committed rapes because he too hailed from the Bhosale clan.

Jayanti in Sanskrit means holy birth anniversary, victory, and also a flag, Janmotsav means the celebration of the birth.