Many foreign visitor's visited India since ancient times to study the cultute , faith ,beliefs and religion of the land. Did India had any of it's own travelers in the past who travelled across nations to study the different faiths,cultures etc.Is there any written account of a Indian travellers...

Once I heard that even though Vedas and Smritis contains many verses regarding animal sacrifice and meat eating, they are forbidden in Kali Yuga. I want quote from any of the scriptures which says something like this?

Even in Zakir Naik's TalkShow A Guy Claimed It.

How does the site deal with aliases? Suppose the moderators are convinced about some accounts being the aliases of one principle account. Will all such alias accounts be suspended under all circumstances?

I heard that Laxman is an avatar of Sheshnag? Is it true?

मानुष्यं च समासाद्य स्वर्गमोक्षप्रसाधनम्। नाचरत्यात्मनः श्रेयः स मृतः शोचते चिरम्॥३०॥ The human body is the means for achieving of the heaven and moksa and even after achieving the same, he does not do good to himself. After death he keeps on thinking for a long time. देवासुराणा...

I have heard Ashwatthama who is an important character in the story in the Mahabharata epic and one of the chiranjeevas (immortals) to be the twelfth Rudra. However, he is seen as a cruel person for having the killing all the sons of the Pandavas and siding with the evil Kauravas. My question is ...

Normal duties of Brahmana varna are waking up early morning, learning and chanting Vedas, etc, But if a Brahmin doesn't perform these duties, is he still respected like other brahmins who perform these duties regularly?

As per this link, Parshurama belonged to the Atimaharathi class of warrior, the only other being Meghanaada. But some other links like this mentioned Parshurama as Maharathi. Is there any relevant text mentioned in any of our Epics which clarify this ambiguity. Thanks!

How sanatkumars reach Lord Vishnu's abode? Sanatkumars were also incarnation of Vishnu, but they were only children, how did they in such a small age reached there? This is a difficult task. What technology they used?

As I discuss in this question, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school. But there are five other Astika or orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy: Purva Mimamsa, Samkhya, Yoga, Vaisheshika, and Nyaya. My question is about Samkhya. The Samkhya school believed that ...