Religious belief and identity are almost a calling card in India today. Sanatan Dharma (like all other religions) is vast and mystical, such that exhaustive knowledge of its foundational texts is ...

Mohini, the goddess of enchantment, was an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He took on the deceptively attractive and irresistible female form to defeat the asuras after the Samudra Manthana, as they were ...

Sage Vasistha’s son was Sakti, whose son was Parasara. Parasara was the author of the Vishnu Purana. His son was Badarayana, also known as Veda Vyasa, and Vyasa’s son was Suka. Just as Vyasa gave us ...

“Describing Krishna’s dance on the hood of snake Kaliya, Vishnu Purana says that he danced with danda paada gati. Explaining this in his commentary, Vishnu Chithiyam, Engalazhvan says that Krishna’s ...