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, …
The Himalaya is a combination of two Sanskrit words, Himá (हिम ) means snow and A-laya (आलय) which means home, abode, temple or dwelling. The Himalayas are a mountain range that separates the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The Himalayas range has many highest peaks on the Earth, …
The Ganges (गंगा) River begins high in the Himalaya Mountains and merges into the Bay of Bengal. Its made of many tributaries such as Mandakini, Alaknanda and Bhagirathi within the Himalayas. Two main tributaries Alaknanda and Bhagirathi merge at Rudraprayag …