How do Devas, Daevas, Asuras and Rakshasa differ with respect to each other fundamentally?
It is very confusing to distinguish and characterize them without strong examples.
It would be great if someone gives a clearer view.
In the Hindu Trinity of Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva, Lord Brahma is the Creator of the Universe and all living beings are said to have evolved from him. Brahma is also believed to have created the Saptarishi, or seven great sages, to help him create the Universe.
When Brahma creates the world, it remai...
The site is based on Hinduism. If the user is a beginner in a sense that he is not at all informative about the Hinduism, I would suggest him to read this extensively long article on Wikipedia.
The reason I insist the users to read the article first is because this will prevent their questions t...
Is it true that Lord Rama exile Maa Sita even after she passed the Agni Pariksha?
For an overview, Maa Sita was captured by Ravan, and later, Lord Rama fought with an army of Monkeys with Ravan's army but soon after the war Lord Rama asked Maa Sita to undergo Agni Pariksha to get rid of rumours ...
As per The Nadistuti sukta (Sanskrit: नदिस्तुति सूक्त), "hymn of praise of rivers", is hymn 10.75 of the Rigveda.
there were 25 rivers and the most important was Sindhu river and sacred river was Sarasvati since vedic people were living in valleys of river Sindhu( Sapthsandhav pradesh) and near ...
As per vedas getting marry to girld after kidnaping is considered Devil/daemon
(दानव) Vivaha(marriage) which isnt righteous(धर्मानुकूलन).
And lord Krishna Kidnapped Rukhmani I want to know why Lord Krishna did that ?
or this kind of marriage is righteous even it considered not good in veda?
What is Dharm according to Bhagavad Gita ? does hymens and worship of god compulsory in Bhagavad Gita ?
Most of the people including Hindus believe that Lord Krishna had 16108 wives. Can someone explain this?
I have heard that, according to Srimad Bhagavata the number of wives '16108' has a different philosophical meaning. What do Srimad Bhagavata say about this?
As to study Arnyk (आरण्यक) we need to go to jungle since it require solitude my question is that why it require solitude?
Almost all the religious place in India are sited on the peak of the mountain? why they have chosen that place? Any belief behind that?
Basically there are few numbers (respect to days ) after several incidents.
eg)
After 41 days of the person who died,the members of their family must go to temple or any good occasions,Also on every 3,16,41 days certain events/formalities have been done..
and my question what all these number...
A lot of Hindu gods have human heads. However, this is not the case with Lord Ganesha, who has an elephant head. Why does he have an elephant head?
What is Vishnu Sahasranaamam? Why it is important? When can one recite it in a day? What are the important verses in it? What is the history of it?
I had seen an episode of Karni Mata's temple in a TV Show - Mano Ya Na Mano (Believe it or not)
They showed black rats and said that people treat them as sacred and they also drink the milk left over from the vessels from which those rats drunk the milk so why is that so?
What are the teachings for dresses in Hinduism. Like in other religions (Islam; I would talk about myself only), it has been told that a dress should be enough to cover the body. What are the teachings about dress in Hinduism? There are several rumours in my area saying Hinduism doesn't state any...
What is the real reason behind Prahalad's bhakti that is so unique even today when someone talks of bhakthi it is always Prahalad!!! even though we have all the others...
