Sri Ramanujacharya (1017 CE – 1137 CE) was an Indic philosopher with seminal contributions to Hindu traditions. He s one of the primary exponents of the Sri Vaishnava tradition within Hindusim. Sri Ramanujacharya was born in Sriperambudur, near present day …
The Ramayana is one of the two ancient epics of India, the Mahabharata being the other. The epic is attributed to Maharishi Valmiki, and has around 24,000 verses of poetry in Sanksrit. The Ramayana is literally the journey of Lord …
Guru Gobind Singh was born on 22 December 1666 at Patna (in modern Bihar) and his original name was Gobind Rai. He was the 10th and last of the Sikh Gurūs and who created the Khalsa, the military brotherhood of the Sikhs. …
The founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak was born on 15th April 1469, in a Hindu family in the village Talwandi (now NankanaSahib in Pakistan) Punjab. His father’s name was Mehta Kalian Das (Kalu Ji) and his mother’s name was Mata …
Lord Mahavir Swami was born in 599 B.C. on the thirteenth day of the rising moon during the month of Chaitra in the Vira Nirvana Samvat calendar, as Prince Vardhamana. His father was King Siddhartha and his mother was Queen …
Lord Buddha was born as prince Siddharth in a royal family. He was born in the forest of Lumbini near Kapilavastu, Shakya republic of Kosala kingdom (Nepal). As per historical events, he was born in 563 BCE but according to …
Aryabhata (आर्यभट) (476 – 550 CE) was a great Indian mathematician and astronomer who is regarded as a towering figure in both these fields. Several of his calculations have shown remarkable accuracy for the era, while remaining the best available …
“ This knowledge is the king of all wisdom, the king of all that is confidential. It is the purest and the topmost and because it gives direct perception of the self by realization it is the perfection of all …
Indus – Sarasvati civilization is also called Harappan civilization as earlier excavation sites were Harappa and Mohenjo Daro. The initial excavation was carried by a famous British archaeologist Alexander Cunningham in 1853 and then it was abandoned. Later in 1919, …