Nearly everyone knows the famous story of Adulteration of Indra with Ahalya. But there is a story of how Ahalya was married to Gautama Rishi. I have heard there was competition among Gods to marry Ahalya. This website here also mentions the story I have heard. It tells: Brahma announced th...

My daughter was born on 21.12.2012,time-12.32pm,bangalore. Kindly let me know what will be her star Thanks Sowmya

Hinduism says after death again birth has to be taken to enjoy the good deeds or to get punishment for bad deeds. In Islam , it is believed that god sends us to Heaven if number of bad deeds are less than number of good deeds or man is sent to Hell. But man borns only once and life given to him ...

The Verse Bhagwad Gita Chapter 10 verse 20 अहमात्मा गुडाकेश सर्वभुताशयस्थित​: ॥ अहमादिश्च मध्यं च भुतानामन्त एव च ॥ Meaning I am the Self, O Gudakesha (Arjuna —Conqueror-of-sleep), dwelling in the hearts of all beings.I am verily am the Beginning, the middle and also the end of a...

In our native we bhakthakodees are planning to place a shiv Ling in the existing temple.can someone throws some light on the procedure of installing shiv ling in temple and also on how the shiv ling should be in dimension (height,width of the three parts of the lingam) Thanks a lot in advance fo...

Many scriptures describe how Vishnu got the Sudarshan Chakra. Some say that he got it from Shiva; while, other say he got it from Viswakarma. Now, coming to the creation of the universe, when Vishnu manifested in the Anirudhha form; he had held in his four hands, the mace, lotus, shell and the c...

As, we know the term "Stithpragya" is mentioned in Bhagavad Gita.But what is actually meaning of the Stithpragya.?

The slaying of Rukmi by Lord Balarama is described in Srimad Bhagavatam, Harivamsa and Vishnu Purana. This page gives a comparative study of all three texts as to how they differ in the details of the incident. The basic story is summarised thus: On the occasion of Krsna's grandson Aniruddha's...

Which are the six kinds of renunciation are mentioned in Vedas/Scripture?. Thanks!!

Can anyone tell me the different types of Astra(weapons) mentioned in the Scriptures?.like Brahmastra and many others. Thanks!!

Wikipedia's many articles on Upanishads (e.g Brahma Upanishad, etc. many minor Upanishads) says: In the Telugu anthology of 108 Upanishads of the Muktika canon, narrated by Rama to Hanuman, this Upanishad is listed at number... So, I just want to know Is the concept of Muktika canon origina...

Today I've heard Swahas song "Om namah Shivaya" from album Salutations. There was text: "Om namah Shivaya, Om namah Hari Hari". I was looking for meaning and founded bhajan "Hari Om Namah Shivaya"... What does it mean? I thought Hari is name of lord Vishnu... Does the word Hari have any other mea...