Lord Shiva wedded mother Parvati on the fourteenth day of a dark fortnight in the month of Falgoon. The marriage was at night. So, it is called Mahashivaratri. It is the marriage anniversary of Lord Shiva and Maa Uma (Parvati).Parvati performed years of tapasya (Sadhna) to have Shiva as her husband....
Banda Singh Bahadur (Childhood: Lachhman Dev; lifetime: 1670-1716 AD), a great warrior, a true Sikh and a distinguished Khalsa commander, was born on October 27, 1670 AD to Ramdev, a poor farmer of Rajauri, Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir). His mother’s name was Sulakhani Devi.Lachhman Dev, who was inte...
Human beings are among the most prominent creatures in the universe, granting them a unique standing in the grand scheme of the divine order. There are two reasons for the superiority and special status of a human being in the Jagata (or Jagat –universe in macro perspective). Firstly, it is the pr...
Ramakrishna Paramhansa Deva was incarnated on Wednesday, 18th February, 1836. Swami Vivekananda and other disciples believed that Sri Ramakrishna Thakur was the embodiment of Rama and Krishna. Thakur had spoken from experiences, inner wisdom, intuition and realisation. Paramhansha said that his...
In its known history of thousands of years, India has maintained the status of an iconic nation in the world. The Indian civilization is one of the oldest civilizations on the planet Earth. The footprints of this civilization speak for the basic character of Indian people in ancient times. People’...
“If I take anything that I do not need for my own immediate use and keep it, I thieve it from somebody else. It is the fundamental law of Nature, without exception, that Nature produces enough for our wants from day-to-day; and if only everybody took enough for himself and nothing more, there woul...
The Holy Bible reveals through the life of Job how the Lord tests the righteous and that faith helps one to overcome life’s adversities. The Lord remained silent when great sufferings were inflicted by Satan on Job, a man of righteousness, sincerity, integrity and was helpful to all. The Lord’s ...
Sri Guru Nanak Sahib was the incarnation of the Lord Almighty, a prophet, a Jagat Guru. Sri Guru Nanak sahib embodies ten divine-forms and Eternal Sri Guru Granth Sahib as one single Divine Entity.Nanak was born in a Hindu family of mother Vedi (Bedi) and father Mehta Kalu at Talwandi (now Nanaka Sa...
Swami Vivekananda, a true Sannyasin (monk), a great reformer, a preaching nationalist, an illuminated soul, lived a reformist active life of nine and half years. He expanded the Hinduism amidst thunder applauded by four thousand people assembled in World Parliament of Religions on Monday, September ...