Understanding Navaratri through Vedanta
Navaratri or the festival of nine nights is one of the most important festivals celebrated by the Hindus across the world. There is a diversity in the way the festival is celebrated in various parts of the country, More...
Made Snana: Another case of dismantling Hindu practices?
The controversial practice of “Made-Snana”, which involves devotees rolling over the food leftover by Brahmins, in certain temples of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, once every year is again in the news. This time, More...
Sabarimala Debate: How Equality discourse is being used to undermine Adhyatmic practices
Since last year, a discourse around the concept of “Right to Pray” is being built by a certain section of feminists, activists, and media, who argue that Hindu practices like restrictions on the entry of women More...
Hindu View of Menstruation- VI: Menstruation Restrictions and Attitudes
[contextly_sidebar id=”8b0F9v71irDQ4RDQyeTZbvv5kZIGwu5t”] In the previous articles, we successively saw how Hinduism associates menstruation with Ashaucha, austerity, self-purification, rest, and sacred More...
Hindu View of Menstruation- V: Menstruation in Ayurveda
[contextly_sidebar id=”LJxtirgPTnAsKfaPocqbIypSsozofB0L”] In the previous articles, we successively saw how Hinduism associates menstruation with Ashaucha, austerity, self-purification, rest, and sacred More...
Sri Dakshinamurthy: Guru, Ishwara, and Atman
ईश्वरो गुरुरात्मेति मूर्तिभेदविभागिने । व्योमवद्व्याप्तदेहाय दक्षिणामूर्तये More...
Hindu View of Menstruation- IV: Menstruation from Yogic perspective
[contextly_sidebar id=”3AbXLg3B9pP55VUte2p6kTzo9zMkV3Rp”] In the previous articles, we successively saw how Hinduism associates menstruation with Ashaucha, austerity, self-purification, rest, and sacred More...
Secularism and Uniform Civil Code
India is probably the only country, wherein the concept of secularism is most perverted, both in principle and practice. After Independence, India, first borrowed this alien principle, without giving a thought regarding More...
Hindu View of Menstruation- III: Menstruation as a period of Rest and Sacred Celebration
[contextly_sidebar id=”VPgWbHGdiIcOqplS7l6JumUg7q0nXynj”] In the previous two articles, an examination into the facet of Ashaucha and the facet of austerity and self-purification associated with Menstruation More...
Hindu View of Menstruation- II: Menstruation as Austerity and Self-purification
[contextly_sidebar id=”WbA9BfmCnyV3bb3XVkWCyl1odybPYUyq”] In the previous article, an examination into the facet of Ashaucha (impurity) associated with Menstruation was undertaken and it was shown how More...