Mahavir Jayanti: From banks, liquor shops to schools and more, here's what is open and closed on April 10Mahavir Jayanti, a major festival for the Jain community, will be celebrated on April 10 this year. According to Drik Panchang, the festiva...
09 Apr, 2025, 05.31 PM IST
Mahavir Jayanti 2025: Is it a holiday? Date, significance, history, and how it’s celebratedMahavir Jayanti 2025: Mahavir Jayanti, a significant festival for the Jain community, will be observed on April 10, 2025. It marks the birt...
09 Apr, 2025, 09.04 AM IST
"We do not ask people to get married or take up monkhood": Isha foundation issues clarificationThe Isha Foundation, founded by Sadhguru to promote yoga and spirituality, has issued a statement regarding ongoing legal matters surroundi...
03 Oct, 2024, 11.44 AM IST
The path of yogYama and niyam are the basic guidelines for aspirants. Yama entails five moral codes of conduct for interacting with others: Satya, truthfu...
20 Jun, 2023, 11.29 PM IST
New book explores restoration of Tolstoy Farm, the Gandhian ashram of South AfricaThe commune was established by Gandhi during his sojourn in Johannesburg.
30 Jan, 2023, 09.05 PM IST
Everyday tapasyaNext, Vaangmayam Tapasya, of expression, that means the practice of addressing others so as to not cause them anxiety, to speak the truth, ...
19 Oct, 2022, 11.06 PM IST
The path to mokshaMahavir preached that samyak darshan, right faith; samyak jnana, right knowledge; and samyak charitra, right conduct, can together help us ...
13 Apr, 2022, 10.53 PM IST
The Making of MahavirMahavir attained nirvana and his purified soul left the body and achieved complete liberation. He became a Siddha, pure consciousness, a li...
27 Apr, 2021, 05.28 PM IST
Government to release 2D animation videos on Mahatma Gandhi’s message for connect with the youngThis would be unveiled before Gandhi Jayanti on October 2 and the Ministry of Culture has entrusted this job to The Indira Gandhi National ...
23 Aug, 2020, 09.03 PM IST
Women pilgrims forced to return without offering prayers at Lord Ayyappa ShrineThe attempt by the two women - Bindu and Kanakdurga - came a day after a group of 11 women activists of "Manithi", a Chennai-based outfit u...
24 Dec, 2018, 01.07 PM IST
View: Sabarimala judgment is a test, and Malayalis are flunking itThiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor recently argued that the decision is undemocratic, and that faith must be separated from secular reaso...
25 Nov, 2018, 10.52 AM IST
Security beefed up at Sabarimala temple amid reports of entry of womenPolice have tightened the security at Sannidhanam and other areas following the reported move of some women to visit the temple.
22 Oct, 2018, 01.19 PM IST
Miracles, supernatural tales kept Asaram’s cult goingThe dubious stories about his miracles were peddled to keep the faith of supporters reposed in his cult even after he went to jail in 2013.
27 Apr, 2018, 11.42 AM IST
Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi for raising marriage age to 25Jitan Ram Manjhi favoured raising marriage age to 25 in tune with "Ashrama system" prescribed in Hindu philosophy for good health and nutri...
13 Oct, 2014, 04.00 PM IST
Melodies & soul songsIn the Indian pantheon, Ganeshji is like the Prime Minister from the Parliamentary System: “first among equals” in rituals of worship.
29 Apr, 2013, 04.07 AM IST
Fulfilment in relationshipsWe cannot differentiate between love and lust today. Our lives are completely taken over by the fantasy and mental picture that lust create...
05 Feb, 2009, 12.01 AM IST
- Mahatma's last words "Ram...Ram" and not "Hei Ram": FIR
What exactly were the last words of the Father of the Nation when he fell to the assassin's bullets 60 years ago?
30 Jan, 2008, 07.11 PM IST