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SEEMA BURMAN writes about the playful faceoff between the villagers of Gokul and Barsana that devotees act out at a local templeThe followers of the Nimbarka and Gaudiya tradition give Radha a higher ...

These structures are classic examples of ancient ingenuity in designing waterharvesting structures writes AARTI KELKARKHAMBETEPeople in the olden times knew the importance of water and had devised a n ...

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Thousands of years ago Allah commanded his prophet Abraham to leave his wife Hajra and her infant child Ishmael alone in a desert Ishmael felt thirsty and started crying Looking for water Hajra ran ba ...

AMISH TRIPATHI author of the recordbreaking Shiva trilogy tells REENA SINGH that he wanted to write a thesis on evil and thought the best hero to convey that philosophy would be the destroyer of evil ...

The Indian diaspora worldwide keeps alive the universal values revealed in the story of Rama reports RANJENI A SINGH Goswami Tulsidas in the 16th century said of Rama in the Ramcharitmanas Jaki rahi b ...

In India eunuchs are known as Hijras or a third gender neither a he nor a she While they were once worshiped in the Hindu world and also worked for Islamic rulers they are now widely feared Even thoug ...

Guru Nanak Dev the founder of Sikh religion observed the pathetic condition of women in the society Guru Nanak comdemned the attitude of maledominated human society denying the due respectable status ...

Ganesha the elephantheaded god is worshipped as the supreme lord of wisdom prosperity and good fortune Ganesh Chaturthi which has been an individual home function for a long time is now a social event ...

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Guru Nanak Dev the founder of Sikh religion observed the pathetic condition of women in the society Guru Nanak comdemned the attitude of maledominated human society denying the due respectable status ...