Serious writing on dharmic tradition, ritual and cultural memory.
What does the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) do and believe? When I was young, a person gave a speech on smoking at school. That speech was so powerful that for many years afterwards I used to think that smoking is the root of all the world's problems. I believed that the day smoking ends, the world w
23 October 2026 · 7 min read
'The Authentic Introduction of Shri Sutaji' Author: Pandit Gangadhar Pathak 'Vedadyacharya' Chief Priest - Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Shilabujan, Ayodhya Guide: Sarveshreshwar Jayaditya panchang (traditional almanac), Jaipur The chief priest who had Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi perform the shilanyas (laying of the foundation stone) of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya.
23 October 2026 · 1 min read
'Introduction to Maharshi Valmiki' Author: Pandit Gangadhar Pathak 'Vedadyacharya' Principal: Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Shila Pujan, Ayodhya Guide: Shrisarveshwar Jayaditya Panchang (traditional almanac), Jaipur The chief priest who had Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi perform the groundbreaking ceremony (shilanyas) for the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya
23 October 2026 · 1 min read
'Gavarchanaprayogah' Author: Pandit Gangadhar Pathak 'Vedadyacharya' Chief Priest: Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Shilapujan, Ayodhya Advisor: Shrisarveshvara Jayaditya Panchang (traditional almanac), Jaipur The chief priest who had Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi perform the shilanyas (laying of the foundation stone) for the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya, Acharya Shri Ga
23 October 2026 · 2 min read
'Gavo Jaganmatarah' (Cows are the mothers of the universe) Author: Pandit Gangadhar Pathak 'Vedadyacharya', Principal - Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Shilab Pujan, Ayodhya. Guide: Sarveshvara Jayaditya Panchang (traditional almanac), Jaipur. The chief priest Acharya Shri Gan
23 October 2026 · 2 min read
Shri Surabhi Stotravali Author: Pandit Gangadhar Pathak ‘Vedadyacharya’ Chief Acharya — Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Shila Pujan, Ayodhya; Shri Vrindavan Dham Guide: Shri Sarveshwar Jayaditya Panchang (traditional almanac), Jaipur The chief priest officiating the foundation stone laying of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir in Ayodhya by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
23 October 2026 · 1 min read
'Shri Surabhi Yaga Paddhati' Author: Pandit Gangadhar Pathak ‘Vedadyacharya’ Chief Acharya — Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Shila Pujan (foundation stone consecration), Ayodhya Guide: Shri Sarveshwar Jayaditya Panchangam (traditional almanac), Jaipur Chief Priest Acharya Sh... conducting the shilanyas (foundation stone laying) of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir in Ayodhya with Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
23 October 2026 · 1 min read
Brihaspati Kavach Salutations to Shri Ganesha. Of this Shri Brihaspati Kavacha stotra-mantra, Ishvara is the Rishi (seer), Anushtup is the chhandas (meter), Guru is the devata (deity), *Gam* is the bija (seed syllable), *Shri* is the shakti (potency), *Kleem* is the kilaka (pinion), and the viniyoga (application) is through recitation for the propitiation of Guru. अभीष्टफलदं देवं सर्वज्ञं सुरपूजितम् । अक्षमालाधरं शान्तं प्रणमामि बृहस्पतिम् ॥ 1 ॥ I bow to Brihaspati, the serene deity who bestows desired fruits, the omniscient one worshipped by the devas, holding an akshamala (rosary). May Brihaspati protect my head, my fore...
23 October 2026 · 1 min read
Brihaspati Stotra Salutations to Shri Ganesha. Of this Shri Brihaspati Stotra, Gritsamada is the rishi (seer), Anushtup is the chhandas (metre), Brihaspati is the devata (presiding deity); the viniyoga (ritual application) is recitation for propitiating Brihaspati. गुरुर्बृहस्पतिर्जीवः सुराचार्यो विदांवरः । वागीशो धिषणो दीर्घश्मश्रुः पीताम्बरो युवा ॥ 1 ॥ Guru, Brihaspati, Jiva, preceptor of the suras (gods), foremost among the wise; lord of speech, embodiment of intellect, possessing a long beard, robed in yellow garments, youthful. (1) सुधादृष्टिर्ग्रहाधीशो ग्रहपीडापहारकः । दयाकर Whose glance is nectar, sovereign among the grahas (planets), dispeller of planetary afflictions, compassionate...
23 October 2026 · 1 min read
Church-controlled media has played a major role in preventing the true character and nature of India from reaching the Christian populace or the Western world. Having achieved complete success through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this apparatus had become exceedingly brazen and a "character maker". The Western propaganda apparatus possessed church-driven vas...
23 October 2026 · 4 min read
As far as Christians are concerned, to a superficial observer they appear not merely entirely harmless, but rather the very embodiment of love and compassion for humanity. Their discourses are replete with terms like 'seva' (selfless service) and 'human salvation', and from them it appears as if that omnipotent...
23 October 2026 · 4 min read
Shri Guruji’s explicit view regarding the inherent disposition of Muslims and the impending national crisis arising therefrom is found in his book *Vichar Navaneet* (*Bunch of Thoughts*); Shri Guruji says, “After Partition, there are many who say that the Muslim problem no longer exists at all. Pakistan
23 October 2026 · 4 min read
When Shri Ram, along with Sitaji and Lakshmanji, came to take permission to go to the forest from Dashrathji and Maharishi Vashistha, the cruel Kaikeyi immediately brought valkal vastra (garments made of bark) for all three of them. Shri Ram and Lakshmanji donned the cheera vastra (garments of torn cloth/bark), but when Sitaji began to wear those garments, all the women started weeping and [appealed] to Shri Ram
23 October 2026 · 2 min read
Yudhishthira Ji asked Bhagavan Shri Krishna — "O Purushottama (supreme among men)! Upon whom are you meditating? This is indeed a matter of great wonder. Is all well with the three worlds? The prana-vayu (vital breath) residing in your body has come to a standstill. Your hair is standing on end. You are not moving in the slightest. Madhava! You, like wood, a wall, and stone..."
23 October 2026 · 3 min read
When Bhagwan Shri Ram was leaving for the forest, all the people of the city began to follow him. Among those people were three types of Brahmanas: some were elders by age (vayovridha), some were elders by knowledge (jnanavridha), and others were elders by austerity (tapovridha). Among the elders by age, some were so old that their heads shook upon their necks. Those Brahmanas were calling out from afar— O swift one!
23 October 2026 · 3 min read
As long as madrasas remain in India or any other country, the jihadi mindset and terrorism will remain. The etymology of the word madrasa goes back to the Semitic root "d r s", from which the word *madrasah* was derived in Arabic and is called madrasa in Urdu. Without vowels, no word or root can even be formed; the Semitic root—
23 October 2026 · 4 min read
Before invading India, Babur had come to India in the guise of a Sufi (Islamic mystic) kalandar (wandering dervish). Disguised as a kalandar, he also met the Sultan of Delhi, Sikandar Lodi. He also went to Ayodhya, where two fakirs (ascetics) (Sufis) extracted a promise from him that if he demolished the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi temple and built a mosque there, he would receive the fakirs' bles...
23 October 2026 · 4 min read
It is one hundred percent false propaganda that there was no murtipuja (deity worship) in Sanatana Dharma (eternal cosmic order). India's oldest murtis (sacred images) do not belong to the Jains or the Buddhists. This propaganda was first started by the British—claiming that Greek kings introduced murtipuja in India—and was later carried forward by the pseudo-Christians of the Brahmo Samaj and Arya Samajists like
23 October 2026 · 6 min read
What I am about to write today may cause distress to some. Yet, I write this after deep deliberation: the construction of the Shri Ram temple through a court verdict or with the consent of Muslims will prove suicidal for Hindutva. A Hindu society already slumbering in the stupor of secularism, if the temple is built with the consent of Muslims...
23 October 2026 · 4 min read
Today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Kedarnath for the fourth time, but it is not surprising that the dharmadrohi (hostile to dharma) Hindus themselves are objecting to this the most—some are suffering from diarrhea, others from vomiting. Even a devotee going to worship his ishta devata (cherished deity) at his own sacred place is, by his own svadharmis (co-religionists), being mis...
23 October 2026 · 5 min read
For the common people and sadhakas (spiritual practitioners), the injunction of the shastra (scripture) is to keep their sadhana (spiritual practice), bhajan (devotional worship), and archana (ritual worship) confidential. However, when the wealthy, the affluent, and the rajanyavarga (royalty) discharge their dharmic (righteous) duties, this extremely strict rule of "secrecy" has been dispensed with by the shastrakaras (scriptural authorities) and the leaders of society. And to p
23 October 2026 · 3 min read
Nowadays, concerning certain chaupais (four-line verse form) of Goswami Tulsidas Ji in the *Ramcharitmanas*, there continues to be widespread turmoil and recrimination—from earth to sky, from India to foreign lands, and from the illiterate to eminent intellectuals. The sole reason for this is the failure to comprehend the Indian shastra (sacred treatise) methodology, treating it instead through a novelistic, narrative, or journalistic approach...
23 October 2026 · 8 min read
This dates back to the very nascent phase of propagating the work of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in Bihar. A pracharak (full-time Sangh worker) had been sent to Bihar to initiate the Sangh’s work. When he went to establish contact with an eminent and influential figure, it was only after many days that they were able to meet. When they met, that person ... this p—
23 October 2026 · 4 min read
Bharat belongs only to Hindus, is only for Hindus, and is only by Hindus—this is our unshakeable conviction. And this is also the concept of our Hindu Rashtra (Hindu nation). When we express this thought, even many Hindus, overcome by a timidity ingrained over centuries, end up calling this resolve laughable. They go on to say
23 October 2026 · 4 min read