The Mahaprasad is the sacred food-o/ering made to Lord Jagannatha, a revered deity in  Hinduism, particularly in the Odia ...

In “Living Without the Gods,” Chicago-based Indian artist Shaurya Kumar probes the removal of spiritual artifacts under ...

Ancient Indian texts like the Rigveda and Atharvaveda mention foods still eaten today. Barley and ghee were sacred and are ...

Udipi Sirur Mutt Chief Sri Veda Vardhan Teertha swamiji has called upon the people to save Hindu Dharma through protecting the Vedas.

Long before temples echoed with the names of Shiva and Vishnu, long before the Puranas told their grand cosmic stories, the ...

Their names used to reverberate through early morning prayers, fire rites, and sacred chants. As guardians of rain, fire, ...

As historian Knut A. Jacobsen notes in Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition, the Vedas are barely interested in specific sacred sites. In fact, they are overwhelmingly focused on personal names—of gods, ...

Gods, Guns and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity is Manu S Pillai’s fourth major offering. The title of the book is ambitious, but the scope has been delimited by Pillai ...

May we be forgiven our blunders, men are full of all desires. (Rig.1.25. I) (Rig.1.-179A) All-pervading God! Whatever heinous sin we may have committed, Be it one of downright jeering at God—Or scorn ...

Veda Diane Balla (previously Pesda, nee Gillmore) passed away after a sudden illness on Tuesday, January 28th, 2025. A woman of deep faith, she was a tireless advocate for animals in general, but ...

Sacred texts mean vary amongst religions—sometimes they’re essential to belief and other times not. Sacred texts mean different things to different religions—sometimes they’re essential to ...