Culture and History

the Absolute Truth transcends the relative, the subjective, the worldly, to the extent of transcending polarities and dualities

BHU excavation team discovers 4000-year-old Shivling near Varanasi in an ancient craft village

Earlier excavations of Bhanbhore in the 1950s and 1960s also had found some finished ivory pieces.

The temple earns about Rs 2 crore per month, out of which Rs 90 lakh goes to the staff salaries and about Rs 40 lakh to the Telangana State Endowments Department towards the payment of goodwill fund. The temple is left with only Rs 60 lakh.

What if I say Buddha was a proponent of Vedanta? Blasphemous, some would say. Far-fetched, others may venture to say. However, if one were to...

Thousands of Japanese turn to Jainism, many are readying themselves to take up monkhood.

Largest known ancient burial site found in Uttar Pradesh's Sinauli, where 126 burials were excavated, are at least 3,800 years old

Even though PM Modi did not commit anything during the meeting, the trustees said they were hopeful that Prime Minister Modi and other senior ministers such as Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath would grace the occasion.

The Karnataka Hanuman Janmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra, founded under the guidance of Jagadguru Shankaracharya of the Jyotishpeetha, Dwarka, plans to erect a 215-feet tall copper statue at Kishkindha Pampakshetra, Hampi.

33-year-old Diwan Sharief Rahimansab Mulla is all set to be anointed as the head of the Murugharajendra Koraneshwara Shantidhama Matha in Asuti village on February 26.