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Agni Nakshatram: The Murugan Temple at Palani Celebrates the Summer Festival

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The Bhavishya Purana: Words of Wisdom from Sumantu to Shatanika

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Hindu Temple Architecture: Garbhagriha, Shikhar, Mandap Are Common Temple Features

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The Vamana Purana: The Dwarf Avatar and the Story of Andhak

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Rama Navami: The Birthday of Rama: “Bhaye prakat kripala” from Rama Charit Manas of Tulsidas

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The Matsya Purana: Vishnu Imparts Words of Wisdom to Vaivasvata Manu

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More on the Manvantaras: The Markandeya Purana Describes the Birth of Manus

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The Markandeya Purana: A Description of the Manvantaras

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Shri Krishna Janma Khanda: The Fourth Section of the Brahmavaivarta Purana

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The Brahmavaivarta Purana: A Eulogy to Krishna

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Varanasi Jyotirlinga: Shiva as Muktidayak, the Provider of Salvation

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Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga: Shiva as the Vaidya or Physician

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Trimbakeshwar Jyotirlinga: Shiva as the Hindu Trinity

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Somnath Jyotirlinga – A History: The Eternal Temple of Shiva

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Somnath Jyotirlinga: A Shrine to the “Lord of the Moon” in Prabhasa

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Shri Sailam Jyotirlinga: Shiva and Parvati Reside at Mallikarjuna

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Rameshwaram Jyotirlinga: Rama Atones for Killing Ravana by Praying to Shiva

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Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga: Shiva as the Lord of Omkar, the Primeval Sound of Aum

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Nageshwar Jyotirlinga: Shiva as the Lord of the Cobras

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Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga: Shiva as the Lord of Time and Death

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Kedarnath Jyotirlinga: The Pandavas Worship Shiva at Kedar

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Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga: Parvati Creates a Jyotirlinga

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Bhimashankar Jyotirlinga: Shiva Slays the Asura Tripura

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The Dwadasa Jyotirlingas: The Ancient Temples of Shiva

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The Descendants of Priyavrata: Agnidhra and Purvachitti

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Priyavrata’s Dilemma: Brahma Advises the Son of Swayambhav Manu

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The Prachetas: The Meetings with Vishnu, Brahma and Narada

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The Descendants of Prithu: Vijitashwa, Havirdhana, Prachinabarhi and the Prachetas.

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Prithu’s Ascension: Prithu and Arci leave for their heavenly abode

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Prithu Completes the Ashwamedha: Vishnu Instructs and Blesses Prithu

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Prithu and the Horse Sacrifices: Indra disrupts Prithu’s Ashwamedha Yagnas

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Prithu Milks the Earth: The Earth’s Bounty Is Rejuvenated

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Vena, the Evil Descendent of Dhruv: The sages kill the son of Anga and Prithu is born from his dead body

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The Ascension of Dhruv: Dhruv becomes the Pole Star

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The Penance of Dhruv: Descended from Manu and Uttanapada, Dhruv realizes Vishnu

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The Genealogy of Akuti and Prasuti: The daughters of Manu and Shatrupa marry Ruchi and Daksha

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The Daughters of Kardam: The births of Dattatreya, Brihaspati, Shukracharya and others

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Kapila and the Sankhya Yoga: Devahuti attains salvation at Bindu Sarovar

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Devahuti and Kardam: The Birth of Sage Kapila

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Swayambhav Manu and Shatrupa: The first couple marries their daughter Devahuti to sage Kardam

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Brahma creates the non-human races: Devas, Asuras, Gandharvas, Apsaras, Yakshas, Rakshasas and others

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Creation in the Bhagavata Purana: Brahma creates the living beings

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The Incarnations of Vishnu: Beyond the Dash Avatar

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Creation in Brahmavaivarta Purana: The Creation of Radha

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The Puranas and the Trinity: The importance of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva

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Introduction to Bhagavata Purana: Suta Goswami narrates Vyasa’s magnum opus

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Veda Vyasa and Bhagavata Purana: Krishna Dwaipayana writes the holiest scripture of Hinduism

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The Itihasas and the Puranas: The Scriptures of the Epic Period

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The Hindu Pantheon: The multiplicity of Gods in Hinduism

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The Supreme Being in Hinduism: The perception of God in the Vedas, Upanishads and Epics

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Ethical Objectives in Upanishads: To Become One with God

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The Humbling of Indra: A Tale from the Brahmavaivarta Purana

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Creation in the Old Testament: The anthropocentric viewpoint in Christianity

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Creation in the Puranas: Brahma creates the Universe

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Creation in the Riga Veda: Creation hymns in Hinduism

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The Little Book of Hindu Deities: Written and illustrated by Sanjay Patel, published by Penguin

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Creation in the Upanishads: The universe is a manifestation of God

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Glossary T to Z: Words beginning with T to Z explained

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Glossary I to L: Words beginning with I to L explained

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Glossary M to P: Words beginning with M to P explained

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Glossary Q to S: Words beginning with Q to S explained

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Glossary C to H: Words beginning with C to H explained

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Glossary A to B: Words beginning with A to B explained

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Brahm, Atma and God: Brahm, Atma, universal consciousness, ultimate reality are all descriptions of God.

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Atma as the Universal Consciousnes: Each one of us has within himself to be a part of this universal consciousness

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The All-pervasive Atma: Prajapati and Indra discuss the Atma in the Chandogya Upanishad

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Samhitas, Brahmanas, Upanishads: The Samhitas, Brahmanas & Upanishads of the Vedas exhibit a trend to

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Introduction to the Upanishads: An enquiry into the ultimate truth

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FAQs: creation,desruction,heaven: The Hindu view on the beginning and the end of the universe.

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FAQs: scriptures, women and caste: All about Shruti, Smriti, Vedas, Puranas, women and the Caste System

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FAQs: many gods and idol worship: Multiplicity of deities and idol worship are central to Hinduism

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FAQs: God, religion and soul: The nature of God, soul and evil in Hinduism and on how Hindus view other religions.

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The Yajur and Sama Vedas: The Yajur and Sama Vedas and the Brahmanas of all four Vedas expound

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The Atharva Veda: Where superstitions and philosophy exist side by side.

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More on the Vedas: The derivation of the names of the Vedas, their functions and propag

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Veda Vyasa and the Mahabharata: Krishna Dwaipayana, or Veda Vyasa, not only wrote the Mahabharata but also played a key role in it.

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The Birth of Krishna Dwaipayana: Krishna Dwaipayana, or Veda Vyasa, is born to Satyavati and Parashara.

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The Four Ashrams or Life Stages: Brahmacharya, Grahasta, Vanaprastha and Sanyasa are the four ashrams

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Vedas: Purpose & Structure: The four Vedas - Riga,Yajur, Sama and Atharva are divided into the S

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Polytheism, Monotheism and Monism: The Riga Veda describes the evolution of polytheistic, monotheistic and monistic conceptions in Hinduism.

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From Polytheism to Monotheism: From pagan origins the worship of One Supreme God emerges

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The Reverse Aryan Invasion: Aryans migrated from the Indus valley to Persia

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Hinduism: A Holistic Way of Life: The Hindu Vedas and Puranas elucidate on not only theology and mytho

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Hinduism and the Aryan Influence: The Aryans from Persia cross the Indus into India and Hinduism origi

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Hinduism and the Environment: The Pagan element in Hinduism advocated Sustainable Development as evidenced in The Riga Veda and The Bhagavata Purana

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The Pagan Origins of Hinduism: The Pagan Deities of Hinduism like Indra, Agni, Varun and Ganga

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