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Hinduism
Mahagatha: 100 Tales from the Puranas By Satyarth Nayak Connect the Dots of Hindu Mythology Like Never Before! ‘A great read and a must-have in your home library’– Anand Neelakantan ABOUT THE BOOK Do you know the story where Brahma and Vishnu race against each other or where Shiva battles
Explore India’s heart and soul with Shoba Narayan’s Food and Faith: A Pilgrim’s Journey Through India About the Book All religions have some teachings in common. They all preach the values about leading the good life and developing courage, character and tenacity to cope with the ups and downs of
In every body resides the divine who witnesses, guides, supports and enjoys all that the body experiences. — Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 13, Verse 22 Even the gods and goddesses in Hindu mythic stories exhibit gender fluidity and queer orientations. During this period, many stories emerged wherein gods transition into goddesses and
A wedding (vivah) in Hinduism is a rite of passage (samskara) that transforms a single entity into one half of a conjugal pair (dampatya). Being single, however, does not mean being incomplete. The idea of ‘wholeness’ in Hinduism is not necessarily a matter of the union of two bodies in marriage or even two souls in love; rather, wholeness or completeness in Hinduism can be understood as rising to the fullness of one’s true self and expanding the arena of one’s selfhood (brah – to expand, manas – the mind).