In many traditions like sankara dashanami they give up sacred thread while taking up sanyasa But Sri vaishnavas sanyasins retain it Some so called sanyasa upanishads talk of giving up the thread Hence on what grouds do sri vaishnava sanyasins retain the threads? What is the shAstra pramaanam ...

1) What does Manusmriti say about adultery? 2) Are there any punishments given for adultery? Are the punishments different for castes of different people? Are punishments different fro inter-caste adultery? 3) Are there any mentions of adultery done by anybody in it? 4) I want all quotes menti...

1) What does Garuda Purana say about adultery? 2) Are there any punishments given for adultery? Are the punishments different for castes of different people? Are punishments different fro inter-caste adultery? 3) Are there any mentions of adultery done by anybody in it? 4) I want all quotes me...

According to Gaudiya Vaishnavism, The material world is made from the expansion of Maha-Vishnu, means whatever material was made from his body. My question is does each and every atom of this universe is the representation of Mahavishnu? Please give me reply?

The Yog Vasishtha gives an interesting account of all the curses which led Vishnu to be born on earth as Rama: 57Sanatkumara, who was devoid of desires, had been residing at the abode of Brahma, to which Vishnu, the lord of the three worlds, was a visitor from Vaikuntha. 58 The lord go...

Bhishma was given the boon to die whenever he wished to. After seeing all the atrocities against the Pandavas, why did he not take his own life and spared them the trouble of fighting against him?

I am very interested in mahabharat War detail explanation every single plan can any one know which site it is available?

This Wiki page gives extensive details of a character called Barbarika supposedly the son of Ghatotkacha and the Grandson of Bhima. I am unable to find the chapter of Mahabharata where this character is mentioned. I even have a serious doubt whether this character actually exists at all or is th...

I want to know what punishment one is given simply for being an atheist. I don't want to know how atheism is accepted, but rather what some these scriptures want to do you if you practice atheism and do not agree to perform yagnas, pujas, utter om etc For this purpose assume that the atheist ha...

Many Hindus, especially those abroad, love Christmas - for example Christmas at a Ram mandir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV2DzaAsADc . Rajiv Malhotra can be seen hand-wringing at the end of the video - but people are voting with their feet. Wiki says about the immensely popular sai baba: ...

I like to listen to the song. God is a girl. So, I got curious Are there any Godesses in any scriptures who are girls. By girls I mean those that look like they around 13 years old.

The most prolific poster whose points equal the points of the next two posters put together belongs to a sect thats a very small minority of Hindus (less than 1 pct). And that sect has beliefs and practices that are sharply different from those of mainstream non-sectarian Hindus. If everything ...

https://navrangindia.blogspot.in/2015/11/sri-ranganathar-and-his-muslim-consort.html "Lord Ranganatha Swamy appeared in the chief priest' dreams and pronounced that he had now taken Surathani (derived from Sultani) to be his wife and she too had to be given all the temple honors and worship th...

This is my first post on the Hinduism community and I do not have prior knowledge of the rules of the community, so I hope my question is in the right place. I have found that the stories of lore sometimes help solve or at least tackle the same philosophical questions that we face in life. This m...

I remember reading that Madhwas don't believe Sri-vaishnavites would achieve moksha. I also remember reading right on this board Sri-vaishnavite theories as to how people worship other deities for many births until being born vaishnavite to achieve liberation.

I don't know the question is wrong or right. But I want to know that after the death of the person (who are converted from Hindu to some other religion on his own decision may be) having any punishments are waiting on the hell? Note: This is purely my imagination question only. (Not mentioned to...

Devdutt Pattanaik in this YouTube video discusses gender and sexuality in Hinduism. There he mentions an incident from the Hijra Rāmāyaṇa that involves the transgenders and Rāma. From Wikipedia, here's the full story: In some versions of the Ramayana, when Rama leaves Ayodhya for his 14-year ...

There is a thread on firewalking and I added a note linking to what modern science thinks about it. My note was unceremoniously deleted. All kinds of people read the board and people may get hurt following unscientific things posted here.