JyotishFrom the upcoming Samvat 2078, it has been decided by Shri Nimbark Parishad, Jaipur, in collaboration with the Central Sanskrit University, Jaipur Campus, to publish Rajasthan's sole Surya-siddhantic panchang (traditional almanac), 'Shri Sarveshwar Jayaditya Panchang'. For this purpose, regarding the vrat (religious fasts), parva (festivals), utsava (celebrations), muhurta (auspicious timings), etc., in the panchang
23 October 2026 · 4 min read
Politics & HistoryPakistan was created on the basis of that principle of religious fanaticism which holds that Islam cannot coexist with any other culture. This same principle has been the main motivating force of its Constitution. Amidst the partition taking place amidst slaughter, killing and rape, the nascent Islamic state of Pak
23 October 2026 · 5 min read
Politics & HistoryTactics like the Nobel Prize have been openly used in the propagation and promotion of Western culture. Tolstoy was not awarded the Nobel Prize so as not to offend the Russian Tsar, even though everyone in the West, too, has always acknowledged that there was no greater writer in the world than him. The Nobel Prize
23 October 2026 · 10 min read
Politics & HistoryIndia has made a significant contribution to the creation and development of the world's civilizations and cultures. Being among the oldest nations, this country has served as a sanctuary for numerous nomadic communities, tribes, and caravans of the world. Greeks, Iranians, Shakas, Hunas, Pathans, and Mughals have, from time to time, infiltrated India,
23 October 2026 · 17 min read
Dharma & CultureIn Prayagraj, the Ardhakumbh (half-Kumbh festival) is being organized from the upcoming Makar Sankranti (holy festival marking the sun's transit into Capricorn) to Mahashivratri (the great night of Shiva), which is an extraordinary and important part of Hindu dharma (righteous way of life) and Indian culture. The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, is vigorously engaged in the preparations for the Kumbh (sacred pitcher festival). To bring recognition to the Prayag Kumbh across the entire world...
23 October 2026 · 1 min read
Politics & HistoryThe Ardh Kumbh is being organized in Prayagraj from the upcoming Makar Sankranti to Mahashivratri, standing as a wondrous and vital facet of Hindu dharma and Indian culture. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is vigorously immersed in the preparations for the Kumbh. To accord Prayagraj Kumbh recognition across the entire world...
23 October 2026 · 5 min read
Dharma & CultureIn Bharatiya culture, many ideal couples exist, but the pair considered the most ideal among them is that of Raghunandan Shri Ram and Janaknandini Sita Ji. This is regarded as the most ideal couple because the degree of excellence found in the loving relationship of husband and wife in this pair...
23 October 2026 · 6 min read
Sanskrit & ShastraThe Prime Minister has fallen victim to anti-India propaganda. The Tamil language is once again the subject of debate. The reason: in 'Mann Ki Baat', PM Modi stated that Tamil is older than Sanskrit. Prior to this as well, during an interaction with students in February, the exact same claim was made by PM Modi. Knowingly or unknowingly, the Prime Minister
23 October 2026 · 4 min read
Dharma & CultureWhy the ban on the Sanskrit prayer in Kendriya Vidyalayas? असतो मा सदगमय ॥ तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय ॥ मृत्योर्मामृतम् गमय ॥ Lead us from untruth to truth. Lead us from darkness to light. Lead us from death to immortality. Lead me from falsehood to truth, Lead me from darkness to light, Lead me from death to immortality.
23 October 2026 · 5 min read
Dharma & CultureTo defend Vedic dharma (righteous order), Vedic culture, and the Arya jati (people), to revive it from a moribund state, making it once again vibrant and dynamic, and to raise it to the supreme summit, the Arya Samaj has made hundreds of sacrifices. And the foremost blossom in its front rank is Swami Shraddhanand Saraswati, whose 23 Dec
23 October 2026 · 11 min read
Dharma & CultureThe Saga of the Puranas, Part 2: A massive propaganda campaign has been spread among Hindus that the Puranas (sacred histories) authored by Veda Vyasa are modern texts. It is evident from the very name *Purana* that it pertains to that which is ancient. Erasing a culture's history in order to destroy it has been an age-old tradition; denigrating the Puranas is an extension of that very practice.
23 October 2026 · 3 min read
Sanskrit & ShastraAmong those devoted to the study of *vedavidya* (knowledge of the Vedas), Panditji’s name alone serves as a sufficient introduction. He accomplished the monumental task of bringing Vedic literature and Sanskrit within reach of the common populace, much as Swami Dayanand had once aspired to do. By making Hindi the language of *vedabhashya* (commentary on the Vedas), Swami Dayanand had
23 October 2026 · 4 min read
Politics & HistoryThe great karmayogi (one devoted to selfless action) Dr. Harvanshlal Oberoi was born on October 21, 1925, in Rawalpindi, to a Punjabi Khatri couple, Shri Dharmachandra and Ramkaur Oberoi. Following the partition of the country in 1947, he had to come to India with his entire family. Harvanshlal Oberoi ji was a worker of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). B
18 October 2026 · 5 min read
Dharma & CultureOver the past 90 years, the rise of the politics of Muslim appeasement has caused immense damage to Indian culture. By equating 'Ali, Maula, Allah' with Ishvara (the Supreme Godhead), pseudo-secularism has paralyzed our core spiritual and cultural consciousness. Even from a definitional perspective, 'religion' and 'mazhab' (confessional faith) are distinct from dharma (righteous duty and cosmic order)—
18 October 2026 · 8 min read
Sanskrit & ShastraIt will take no more than 30 seconds to prove that the practice of sati was a fictional custom and was never prevalent among Hindus. How????? Look, the word *sati* is derived from the Sanskrit *sat* (truth), meaning truth or truthful. In the context of women, *sati* means a true wife or a loyal wife. The story of Sati Anusuya...
18 October 2026 · 3 min read
Dharma & CultureIn Sanskrit literature, there is a long-standing tradition of *mangalācharan* (auspicious invocation) at the beginning of a text. All the Upanishads have their own *mangalācharan*. If an undertaking is commenced without a *mangalācharan*, there remains the apprehension of obstacles befalling it. Inscribing ‘*Shri Ganeshaya Namah*’ atop a book is also a *mangalācharan*. Yet, the commentator Bhagavan Adi Shankaracharya’s Brah...
18 October 2026 · 2 min read
Sanskrit & ShastraTales from the Puranas (sacred texts), Part 3: When Romaharshana and Ugrashrava of the Suta jati (bardic order) became Brahmanas. "Breaking India" powers attack Hindu culture in order to break India; after all, Hindu culture is indeed Indian culture. Part of that very conspiracy is attempting to prove the casteism that emerged in the medieval period to be ancient, and the so-cal...
18 October 2026 · 6 min read
Sanskrit & Shastra*Sanatana Sanskriti* (eternal culture) is not time-bound, which is why it is called *Sanatana*. That *shashvata* (eternal) *dharma* (cosmic order and righteous duty) which has come down through tradition across the three periods of time and is beyond time itself, is *Sanatana*. Yet, the intellect of those influenced by modern scientism fails when limited to mere physical yardsticks. Much controversy is generated over the birth era of Shri Ram. But the resolution of this...
18 October 2026 · 8 min read
News & MediaDelhi. Temporary lecturers of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, who have long been demanding their regularisation, gathered at Jantar Mantar on Thursday to stage a dharna (sit-in protest) and placed their demands before the government. Under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the country's largest Sanskrit [institution] with more than 10 campuses...
18 October 2026 · 4 min read
Sanskrit & ShastraMost opponents of Eastern cultures have held the belief that the *somarasa* (sacred juice of the Soma plant) drunk by the Vedic *rishis* (sages) was alcohol. Bachchan's father, the elder Bachchan Sahib, has even penned an entire poem around this vile line of thinking:
"Our ancestors drank Soma and *sura* (spirituous liquor), we call it *hala* (wine),
What they called *dronakalash* (wooden Soma-vessel), today is that very same exquisite *madhughat* (wine-jar),
the altar..."
18 October 2026 · 7 min read
Dharma & CulturePrayaga, the site of the ongoing Ardha Kumbha Mela, is the place of what is called the ‘triveni’ (confluence of three rivers) (‘triveṇī’, त्रिवेणी). Where does this word come from? Let us first see what two ‘authentic’ foreign dictionaries say on this word. Wilson Sanskrit-English dictionary (1832): त्रि thre
17 September 2026 · 2 min read
JyotishOn Chaitra Amavasya, 2077 (April 12, 2021), at the Dr. Hindkesari Auditorium of the Central Sanskrit University, Jaipur, the release of Rajasthan's sole panchang (traditional almanac) based on Suryasiddhanta calculations, the *Shri Sarveshwar Jayaditya Panchang*, was conducted by the university's Director Prof. Arkanath Choudhary and the Shri Nimbark Parishad k
17 September 2026 · 5 min read
Dharma & CultureSome years ago, I met an American from Seattle, who studied Sanskrit at the university there. He had come to India to meet his guru and had even taken an Indian name. He told me that westerners, including professors, at his university who had accepted Buddhism had no hesitation t
22 October 2019 · 6 min read
Sanskrit & ShastraIt is no secret why the British replaced the indigenous education system and Sanskrit gurukuls with English education. They wanted to create a class of Indians who think like the British and in this way weaken India. Sanskrit culture und Vedic knowledge was the backbone of Indian
22 October 2019 · 10 min read
