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Chola Empire an ancient roadmap for developed India: PM Modi on Tamil dynasty's contributionsNarendra Modi spoke at the Aadi Thiruvathirai festival. He honored King Rajendra Chola I. Modi said the Chola Empire inspires modern India....
Akbar the JogiEmperor Akbar's enigmatic behavior is subject to various interpretations. Hindu yogis believe he was a Brahmin reborn, atoning for accident...
Steve Jobs' wife Laurene catches allergy as she takes part in MahakumbhAmerican billionaire Laurene Powell Jobs attended the Maha Kumbh mela in Uttar Pradesh accompanied by a 40-member team. Swami Kailashanand ...
The political story behind Modi's new Parliament and SengolModi does not look back to some mythical golden age in the past but India's mammoth pre-industrial manufacturing economy. Instead of the Hi...
Congress, BJP engage in high-pitched battle over Sengol’s historicity"Why does the Congress party hate Indian traditions and culture so much? A sacred Sengol was given to Pandit Nehru by a holy Saivite Mutt f...
Nithyananda’s ‘country’ Kailasa attends UN meeting, claims self-styled godman is being ‘persecuted’Nithyananda is the main accused in several cases, including rape. Kailasa, reportedly located off the coast of Ecuador, and it is said that...
How Hindu were the Cholas? DMK, BJP fight it outThe debate started when filmmaker Vetrimaran speaking in the context of recently released Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan, a movie based on K...
Kashi Vishwanath Corridor: Congregation of spiritual leaders at inaugurationRepresentatives from 13 main akharas, sadhus and priests from holy cities and seers from Shaivite and Veerashaiva traditions were also pres...
DMK government appoints trained aspirants of all castes as priests in templesThe appointments include 24 aspirants who had formally completed training in a state-run centre for becoming priests in Hindu temples, 34 o...
Yogi Adityanath most sought-after chief minister for campaign: Senior BJP leaderIn the past month, the saffron-clad leader has addressed several meetings in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh,
In poll-bound states, Yogi Adityanath in demand as campaignerAditya Nath has already been saffron star campaigner who is effective in polarising Hindu votes and can now add a governance label too with...
In poll-bound states, Yogi Adityanath in demand as campaignerYogi’s stewardship of the shrine associated with the medieval saint Gorakhnath along with his profile as CM of UP saw him campaign in the r...
Gorakhnath Math, that is hub of politics, has non-Brahmin priestsThe Gorakhnath Math in Gorakhpur, where Yogi Adityanath is mahant or chief priest, traces its origin to the 11th century monk Guru Gorakshn...
Learning from the trailblazers: Raghuram Rajan shares workplace tipsThe RBI governor Raghuram Rajan's speech at IIT Delhi included references to physicists, Indian kings, economists, and scientists.
Kumbh Mela begins in Nashik, thousands take holy dipSimhastha Kumbh Mela, the largest congregation of faith in the world, began today with the traditional ceremony of hoisting of flags.
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Discern the culture, between the notesPandit Rajeev Taranath starts his sarod recital with a story. “Hanuman became worried after he burnt Lanka,” says the distinguished maestro...