Bhagavad Gita is inarguably the most famous scriptural text among Indians due to its concise nature & popularity of Lord Krishna. Now such enormous popularity also gives rise to misconceptions and wrong information around it. Considering that I started below thread: Which famous quotes are wrongl...

Are there any statements in Hindu texts that forbid or discourage public display of affection or public romance other than Narada Muni curse on Nalakuvera and Mangriva? If there are specific references to Kaliyuga, please provide.

He might have called Hiranyagarbha, Prajapati and so forth - but when is he called Brahma first? Do his other names die off in the puranas?

From what I understand Samudrika Shastra is like phrenology which is largely discredited in the West. I read that Kanchi Saankara Matha uses "Samudkrika lakshnas" (among other things) to select the next Shankaracharya. Is it recorded anywhere else that this Shastra was used for selection?

My name is Ahmed and Iam from EGYPT. Iam very interesting in Hindu mythology and I want to enjoy learning it .I read about Muchukunda in The Hero with a Thousand Faces . I hope that you can give sources in English that help me in finding the full story of king Muchukunda.

Question 1) There is a sect X in India, which is more of sankhya/yogic practices sect. This sect revers only vedas and patanjali yoga sutras as revered texts, but it does not hold it(esp. vedas) as canonical text. It treats them more as respectable texts. And hence, it holds that there are many ...

https://books.google.com/books?id=BC3l1AbPM8sC&pg=PA188&lpg=PA188&dq=narayana+sukta&source=bl&ots=0BUOqHpnMQ&sig=JZojrdI4Y3Xbz0U-8fsQFvS6Zlg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi9qY2hxsHZAhWqwVkKHQ7yCGk4ChDoAQgxMAM#v=onepage&q=narayana%20sukta&f=false apparently he considered it higher than bhagavatam, purush...

If you know Tamil, you can read on u-tube an interview of Shiva Ayyadurai considered the inventor of email in which he says he was told of this practice in childhood by his mother and how upsetting he found it to be. Is there scriptural basis for this?

I am aware of Brahmin sub-castes that wouldn't eat at other Brahmin sub-caste homes even as we speak (2018). One can easily imagine their attitude about eating at a non-brahmin home. Silver is considered unpollutable - so if a "polluting" caste/sub-caste member asks for water, they would give i...