The god of preservation and sustenance, Vishnu is one of the most revered deities in Hinduism, known for his 10 avatars, including Rama and Krishna. Vishnu is in charge of sattva guna, the quality ...

It tells the story of Rama, the Hindu god Vishnu in a human form, and his wife, Sita and explains how the festival began. According to the Ramayana, Rama was banished to the forest for 14 years by ...

Themes: the Hindu festival of Diwali ... It had been a gift from the gods, and as Rama took aim, he chanted a prayer that the arrow would meet its target. It shot out of the bow with a blinding ...

In India, monkeys aren’t always viewed particularly fondly. As Philip Lutgendorf, an emeritus historian at the University of ...

Vālmīki’s epic poem “The Rāmāyaṇa” is a great work of literature and a treasure of Indian culture — but its political and ...

More importantly, they said it was standing on ground believed to be the birthplace of the Hindu god, Rama. On that fateful Sunday evening, news about the fallen mosque swept the city. Young men ...

Tyagaraja did not recommend elaborate rituals and ceremonies in order to experience God. Rather, he simplified everything by highlighting the impermanence of temporal goals. Leading a simple, austere ...

The place is said to have been the home of the Hindu god Rama and his consort Sita and brother Lakshman for many years during their exile. And located a little ahead of Panchavati lies Tapovan ...

Located in Nashik, Maharashtra, the Kalaram Temple in Panchavati is dedicated to the Hindu god Rama, immortalized in the epic… Built by Naroshankar Rajebahaddur, a commander of the Maratha ...