The Vedas, Upanishads, Ithihasas and Puranas were authored over a period of around 2000 years with thousands of people being the authors. This is what modern historians have concluded and though one might dispute the dates given by them it is extremely hard to argue even from traditional beliefs ...

I have recently read a blog about Hastar. According that blog he gave birth of 16 crore god and goddess. As per our vedas rishi kashyap was father of devas and asuras. So story of hastar is one mythology ?

I read on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiva_Puja that - Fingers should not be put in water, milk and ghee etc., because the touching of nails makes these things inauspicious. But when I offer curd and ghee in Abhishek with just a spoon, without touching the offering with my hand, the cons...

Is it true that you are not supposed to visit other temples after visiting Kalahasti Temple in India?

When Bhagwan Parshuram sees Karna's tolerance, he says that Karna can't be a Brahamana ,he must be a Kshatriya. 1 What is the relation between a person capability and his caste? 2 If there had been a relation, then What was wrong in policy that only Kshatriya allowed to learn archery , ...

Cooked or uncooked rice? Which one? Or is it both?

Did the ancient rishis create these various gods, goddesses, devas etc. out of thin air, which later ended up in the puranas and other scriptures? In other words, are they simply a figment of our imagination?

How does Vendanta(Uttara Mimamsa) school of Indian philosophy prove their Astikya (Theism) using Shabda(or Agama) pramana. It would be great if this question received answer from all Tri-mathasthas's(Advaita, Vishishtadvaita, Dvaita schools of Vedanta) point of view. This qu...