This news18 article claims Mahashivratri is known to be the darkest night of the year, and since ages and has been the night of great powerful Shiva. Follow us on I have also heard this repeated numerous times by many blogs time and again. Is there any mention in our scripture which tell this d...

Does harihara abheda is mentioned in smritis like manusmriti or any 17 smriti

One monk from Ramakrishna Mission came to our village. In his lecture, he said that Sri Ramakrishna predicted that one day he will be worshipped in every household in this world. Is it true? Is there any reference?

Consider the following lines in THE RIDDLE OF RAMA AND KRISHNA by Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar regarding the marriage of Rukmini with Krishna Krishna was now, for the first time, married. He married Rukmini, daughter of Bhishmaka, king of Vidarbha. Her father, at Jarasandha’s advice, was making p...

In the Sri Bhashya, his commentary on the Brahma Sutras, Ramanujacharya rejects "yoga pratyaksha" (yogic perception) as a pramana: (Paraphrased by me for readability) Perception is of two kinds: sensual and yogic. Sensual perception is again of two kinds: With the five external sense organs and ...

Consider the following lines in THE RIDDLE OF RAMA AND KRISHNA by Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar regarding the marriage of Rukmini with Krishna Krishna was now, for the first time, married. He married Rukmini, daughter of Bhishmaka, king of Vidarbha. Her father, at Jarasandha’s advice, was making p...

It feels immense pain to lose a pet bird and due to this its pair bird is screaming and behaving so weird, silent sometimes and arrogant toward us. How long this will continue? Is there a chanting mantra to keep it calm and also relaxed?

In general, by calling "bhagwan", we refer God only and by "bhakta", we refer Devotees only. Is there any esoteric meaning to these terms which goes beyond general understanding? Does any scripture have these in details?

Śrīla Prabhupāda of the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava's rooted ISCKON organization, in the Purport to a verse in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, says - ŚB 9.14.48 Purport In Satya-yuga there was only one Veda, not four. Later, before the beginning of Kali-yuga, this one Veda, the Atharva Veda (or, some say, the Yajur...

It is popular traditional belief that Manu Smriti was there before Ramayana and Mahabharata. So does Manu Smriti find any mention in Ramayana and Mahabharata? Are any passages quoted in Ramayana and Mahabharata? Any other Smritis like Parashara, Yajnavalkya, Vishnu, Narada etc mentioned and quote...

I have been in an online debate where a person was trying to convince me that Chaitra, Vaishaka months are post 300 AD. He said all our epics and puranas habe been edited to have those names after 300 AD. But he accepts Vedas as unedited. I'm arguing that these months find mention in Vedanga Jyot...