The Svetaswara Upanisad Chapter 1, Verse 4 goes like this "We perceive Him as a wheel with one axis, three tiers, sixteen ends, fifty spokes, twenty counter spokes, the six sets of eight, whose one rope is manifold, which has three different paths of salvation and whose delusion arises out of two...

Few temples in south india offer lemons to Village goddess (form of Durga/kaali) while worshipping. When I went to a temple yesterday, they are giving lemons each to all the devotees. What is the actual story behind offering lemons to goddess and what to do when we receive them from temple manage...

Aditi (Vedas) referred to Shakti (Puranas) : Aditi is mentioned as Devamata (Mother of all God's) and Adi Parashakti is mentioned as Mahadevi (Mother/Goddess of all God's) Hiranyagarbha (Vedas) referred to Brahma (Puranas): Hiranyagarbha in Veda and Brahma in Puranas both are the first being and ...

I am interested in stories in purana which are of nature of advaita vedanta. Thanks

How do Vaishnavas interpret the names of Rudra in connection to Sri Vishnu?

I have never had any pet. I don't keep them because it hurts when they leave you :(. But, the day before yesterday , an orphaned parrot came to my home randomly. I loved it, so I kept it with me in a small cage. I don't have any experience of how to take care/manage pet. I was feeling ,it's very ...