Those who practiced Narayana Kavacham, what has been your experience, i.e. did it help your cause or did it not work & if so why, etc.?

Even though we know comments are not for extended discussion, comments under the question or answer goes on to become a discussion. There have been a several chat rooms which are imported from comments. When such discussions happen, few users are crossing the line and posting unfriendly and rude ...

How many least reps one should have to ensure the one's account deletion doesn't affect others on whom the one voted?

I have seen almost every people in today's time don't do fasts with shastriya vidhi OR we can say they don't follow full rules of fasts. For example: If we read fasts vidhi about any fasts then we came to know that there is lots of samagri that we need to give to Lord i.e. In Satya Narayana fast...

Yesterday I visited Maa Mahakali's temple in my city where I found this text written in Sanskrit and Urdu. Can anyone please help me translate this given text in English?

In case of serial voting the system auto detects and corrects the voting. So, there is nothing to worry about. But why can't it do the same in case of the unfair voting that is happening between (or due to) sock puppets (aliases; same user different accounts)? I myself have asked a question on ...

Jyotis shastra i.e. astrology is one of ancient science of Hinduism, believed to be started right from Rig Vedic period that developed into a vast body of knowledge by many ancient astrologers. My question here is whether Rig Veda mentions name of any astrologer of that period ?

Sanatana Dharma is about the responsibility of every individual in front of society and nation (responsibility standing on spiritual experiential knowledge of every individual). Hinduism creates many religious responsibilities in front of beliefs, which are not strengthening the society and nati...

This site is overrun by Vaishnava Brahmins who are so close minded and feel themselves superior, yet know not even a grain of God. They are deleting my comments without permission, that highlights their reality and fear. Bunch of Keyboard warriors.

While reading the translation of Sama Veda I came across this verse dedicated to Vata in Part 2 Book 9 Chapter 2: May Vata breathe his balm on us, healthful, delightful to our heart: May he prolong our days of life! Thou art our father, Vata, yea, thou art our brother and our friend: ...

I have been trying to trace the history of the Kaundinyasa gotra. Most of the references I find imply that Kaundinya was a brahmin at the court of the father of prince Siddharth (later Gautam Buddha) and was the only one to predict the princes impending Buddhahood. Later he became one of the clos...

While researching about the phoenix I came across this interesting website that says: The Phoenix is a unique bird, there may only exist one at a time, which ... legend of Phoenix, the same bird is called Vena in the Rig Veda. Now the Rig Veda has some interesting things to say about this ...

I recently came across the deity Periyachi Amman (See pic). The iconography is very reminiscent of Narasimha (see other pic), though the story is rather different. However, the net import of the story also seemed to be a deity protecting a child even to the extent of harming the parents. Is ther...

Pranam! I am a mathematics student and last month I decided to read Bhagavad Gita for mental peace. I do not know Sankrit well so I was not even able to properly read the shlokas. Understanding them seemed far fetched dream. Then I had no option but to buy some translation. I just randomly ...

I raised flags on some wrong answers but they were rejected saying flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer I also raised flags for answers which I feel are offensive to particular group of people but those were rejected saying informati...

Mods are deleting my comments and conversations without warning, they are making harsh comments and when one replies back they delete user's comments, its violation of rules

What exactly is the Purāṇa Saṃhitā? Some say it was created by Vyāsa as a blueprint for all Purāṇas that came later. Do any Purāṇas discuss what's it about? Do the terms Purāṇa Saṃhitā and Mūlasaṃhitā mean the same? There's one Sanskrit version available on archive.org. Is this t...