Tamil Nadu: PM Modi receives blessings from Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple elephantTamil Nadu: In a historic moment, PM Modi made his maiden visit to the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. Arriving ...
20 Jan, 2024, 06.06 PM IST
Thailand's Ayutthaya and India's Ayodhya: Divided by borders, united by faith in Lord RamAyodhya temple trust received soil and water from Ayutthaya, Thailand for the Ram temple consecration ceremony. Hindu temples in Ayutthaya ...
19 Jan, 2024, 01.17 PM IST
RSS body to launch 'Garbha Sanskar' campaign to encourage women to read Gita, Ramayana for birth of 'sanskari' babies"The Garbha Sanska programme has been developed with a holistic and scientific approach towards pregnancy, right from the conception to del...
10 Jun, 2023, 04.12 PM IST
Bhagavad Gita, other Hindu texts part of Sanskrit syllabus of Islamic Institute in KeralaThe Academy of Sharia and Advanced Studies (ASAS) run by Malik Deenar Islamic Complex (MIC) was in the news recently for setting an example...
16 Jan, 2023, 04.56 PM IST
Tulsidas Jayanti: Here are some interesting facts about TuslidasAccording to a legend, Tulsidas took 12 months to come out of his mother's womb, and had 32 teeth from birth. According to a popular belief...
04 Aug, 2022, 03.54 PM IST
PM Modi condoles Sanskrit scholar Govindacharya's demise"Vidyavachaspati Bannanje Govindacharya Ji will be remembered for his great contributions to literature. His passion towards Sanskrit and K...
13 Dec, 2020, 06.18 PM IST
Pro-Left outfit in Kerala announces seminars on Ramayana, CPI(M) denies hand'Karkitakam', the last month in the Malayalam calendar beginning on July 17 this year, is generally observed as 'Ramayana month' in Kerala.
12 Jul, 2018, 02.31 PM IST
Gujarat's Class XII textbook says Rama abducted SitaThe glaring mistake went unnoticed, initially but after being informed, the state board for school textbooks said it was a "translation err...
01 Jun, 2018, 11.40 AM IST
Uttara is a book that makes us uncomfortable: Arshia Sattar'Uttara' is about the last canto of Valmiki Ramayana -the Uttara Kanda -which begins from Sita's banishment from Ayodhya.
22 Nov, 2016, 05.50 PM IST
HRD Ministry reconstitutes Indian Council for Philosophical Research, brings in Sanskrit scholars, BJP manHRD ministry has reconstituted ICPR bringing in Sanskrit scholars, a former BJP member of the Legislative Council, a retired IPS officer, e...
26 Feb, 2016, 01.39 AM IST
Former Odisha CM J B Patnaik passes away at 89Patnaik, a three-time Odisha chief minister, was in Tirupati to attend the convocation ceremony of the Rashtriya Sanskrit University.
21 Apr, 2015, 08.12 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets people on Maharishi Valmiki JayantiBhupinder Singh Hooda also greeted the people of the state on the occasion and asked them to follow the path shown by Maharishi Valmiki.
08 Oct, 2014, 03.36 PM IST
Aziz Qureshi laments Uttarakhand government apathy towards Sanskrit UniversityAziz Qureshi said it was unfortunate that successive Congress governments in Uttarakhand had done nothing for the Sanskrit University.
24 Sep, 2014, 05.08 PM IST
- Angst and Avatar
For those missing the point, the movie’s subtitle, Goliyon ki Raasleela, evokes games of yet another Avatar who presided over the Mother of...
23 Oct, 2013, 04.08 AM IST
- The spectre of A K Ramanujan
There is a Valmiki ashram in Pulpalli, a town in Wayanad, which many locals believe to be the place where the sage poet lived.
03 Nov, 2011, 05.57 AM IST
- Mukherjee presents Padma Bhusan to Chinese Indologist
In a rare gesture, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee today personally presented India's coveted civilian award Padma Bhushan to Ji...
06 Jun, 2008, 03.41 PM IST
- Padma Bhushan for Chinese scholar will foster friendly ties: experts
India's conferring of Padma Bhushan award to eminent scholar Ji Xianlin, who translated Ramayana and other great Indian classics, into Chin...
28 Jan, 2008, 07.41 PM IST