Those who meet with foul death such as committing suicide by hanging from a tree, by poison or weapon, those who die of cholera, those who are burnt to death alive, those who die of foul and loathsome diseases or at the hands of robbers…

Agni, the god of fire (अग्निदेव), is a terrestrial deity स्थलीय देवता . He makes up the Vedic triad with Indra and Surya. According to the Vishnu Purana, he is Brahma’s offspring. As per the Puranas, he is son of Angiras…

The scriptures say: “A forehead without a Tilaka, a woman without a husband, a Mantra the meaning of which is not known while doing Japa, the head that does not bend before holy personages, a heart without mercy, a house without a well, a village without a temple, a country without a river, a society without a leader,—all these are worthy of condemnation.They exist for name’s sake only.”…..

The act of building a temple is wonderful in that it combines the punya obtained from performing …

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The Brahmin who does not recite the Gayatri, who does not meditate at twilight, who is inwardly w…

There are varieties of hells that a Jiva (living) has to experience in accordance with the Karma…

The purpose of fasting is not to starve oneself. A fast is symbolic of self-control. Since food i…