India Behind The Lens (News Centre)

There are two types of ailments. One is infectious. Another is chronic. Infectious diseases are those which happen because of an external invasion. An external organism invades the system and causes a certain trouble, which has to be dealt with ..

The post-monsoon festival season witnesses the death of many demons: Durga kills Mahishasura and Ram kills Ravan during Navaratri and Dassera, while Krishna kills Narakasura during Diwali. This latter festival is popular mostly along the west co..

What are the Vedas? That the Vedas are the very basis of the Indian ethos, their all-inclusive nature, and all-welcoming spirit is brought out in this episode. That this Vedic wisdom provides us the means to beatify individual life, uplift socie..

Bangalore, It was a perfect modern day setting at the second Convocation Ceremony of the Heritage School, Veda Agama Samskrutha Maha Pathshala where newly graduated students were conferred the title ‘Sivagama Vidya Nidhi’ in the pres..

By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

The stories in the Puranas contain many incredible and hard-to-believe occu..

Purpose of Knowledge
 
Knowledge is power. Hence knowledge is meant for the benefit of the totality. If knowledge becomes a means to fatten one’s ego, and if knowledge is used as a sword of destruction, the very purpose ..

Tithi : Shravan Shukla Panchami (Fifth day of the bright fortnight of the Hindu lunar month of Shravan).

History : King Janmejay who performed sarpyadnya (the sacrificial fire of snakes) was appea..

A foreigner asked a saint, “Could you describe the uniqueness of India as briefly as possible?” The saint responded by saying “The Guru-disciple lineage.”

This year festival of Gurupournima falls on 03^rd

America, Hartford, “Among the 12-13 full moons in a year the vaishakha full moon is dedicated to (his birth and enlightenment), jyeshtha full moon to mother earth and the aashadha full moon is dedicated to the memory of masters. This is Gu..

Education in present times teaches one to develop the self, physically and intellectually. The whole aim is to progress materially with scant attention to the spiritual aspect of life; this causes the rise of selfishness. There is more discord i..

Marriage is one of the main institutions  of human civilization. In the sixteen sanskars, emphasis is laid on the sanskar of marriage. Marriage formalizes the relationship between a woman and a man. Similarly the social relations of the..

With the Global Heritage Fund planning to set up the Indus-Saraswati Heritage Centre in association with the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, the mystic River Saraswati has once again become the focus for passionate research. Noted arche..

In older times, it used to be impressed upon the minds of  children that ‘early to bed and early to rise is the key to a long and healthy life’. Today, the routine of most children is just the opposite. The Sage..