The Vedas have upavedas or secondary knowledge: Ayur-veda or science of medicine in the Rigveda, Dhanurveda or science of archery in the Yajur-veda, the Gandharvaveda or science of music in the ...

Veda Saptaham, seven-day chanting of Krishna Yajur Vedam, is on at Sanskrit College since Wednesday. As many as 80 Vedic scholars, commemorating the eightieth year of Sri Jayendra Saraswati, ...

The four main groups of Vedic texts are the Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharva Vedas. Each of them has different sakhas, recensions, of which many are extinct. In Patanjali’s time, there were a total of ...

Mantra means a sound meant to connect the gods outside (deva) to the god inside (atma). Vedic people were convinced the Rishi did not craft these sounds; they ‘saw’ them in the universe and simply ...

Readers of Friday Review may recall reports of a rare event that took place at Naimisaranyam three years ago. A team of Vedic pandits travelled to the wooded place, hence the name, in Uttar Pradesh ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoisted the saffron flag at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya during a historic Dhwajarohan ceremony.

VHP conference at Srirangam on March 13 to take important decisions. The event was organised at the Sringeri Saradha Peetam mutt branch, said Sri Swaminatha Sharma, a Vedic scholar here on Wednesday.

Punjabi singer Daler Mehndi will display a lesser-known aspect of his music by singing spiritual Sufi numbers at the Bhakti Sangeet Festival to be held at Nehru Park in the capital from April 19.

New Delhi: Can ancient mantras induce rains? Do Vedic chants impact the surrounding environment? A team of scientists will attempt to find out the answers when they descend on the ancient village of ...

CHENNAI: Overseas Indians who wish to go through the annual ritual of changing the sacred thread (poonool) on August 5 (for Yajur Veda adherents), need not worry about finding a guru to perform the ...

From vigyan to gyan -- mind to knowledge. There is a Yajur Vedic prayer to develop a very firm and a powerful mind. I found out this mantra very useful to arrest the oscillating mind - chanchal man ...