It is known that Hinduism is one of the oldest religions. But why is it so difficult to date the beginning of Hinduism. We have a lot of scriptures and texts which give us a lot of information but why are scholars still debating as to when Hinduism actually began?

When I was brought up, I was told to face East when starting some new task or while doing prayers or chanting mantras. My guess is that it might have come out of ancient sun worship as sun rises in the east. Is there any real significance for considering the Eastern direction to be auspicious?

Most people are only familiar with Dasharatha's four sons - Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata, and Shatrughna. But there is a common story that Dasharatha also had a daughter. As I understand it, the story goes roughly as follows: before the birth of Rama or any of Dasharatha's other sons, Dasharatha an...

What is the exact meaning of Vastushashtra and how exactly it affects to us? And in some point why is it necessary? What are the beliefs and disbeliefs regarding it?

I have heard about Brama-Muhurth (Brahma time), that it is a time where we can do meditation or have good concentration power. According to India Times: Brahmamuhurta is the morning period between 3.30 a.m. and 5.30 a.m. It is suitable for meditation. After a good night's sleep, the mind i...

In various sub castes, people used to practiced untouchability, i.e, some of the people who were considered as lower castes, for example, Sweepers, Cleaners, etc so why they were treated as such? People were not allowed to touch them, if they did, they were ignored by the community.

I know Surya is associated with Sanjana and Chayya but i have known so many variations of the story from local books. So i want to know what is the story of Surya's wife from scriptures. Are Sanjana and Chayya sister of Chayya is created by Sanjana? And who abandoned whom?

I am living out of India from last couple of years but i saw plenty of fake cases against Hindu Saints in India. Why Hindus Saint are targeted in India ? There are plenty of Indian Saint running with fakes cases on them.What is the exact reason behind this?

As I read plenty of places maximum thing in Hindus Culture are scientific proved..If yes what is significance of Wearing ornaments?

The Vedas are in Sanskrit. Is there any scriptures which are considered equivalent(i.e as respected) as the Vedas? In Tamil, the Divya Prabandham is considered as Dravida Veda. Does any Indic language other than Tamil have such scriptures? I do not mean translation of Vedas into other languages...

Even though great Abhimanyu was expert at chakra vyuha why can't he managed to come out of it. Krishna was also expert at chakra vyuha at that time why did he not rescued the great Abhimanyu?