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Treasure hunters on prowl, destroy old temples 19 July 2011
After the centuries’ old gold treasure was found in the ancient temple of Sree Anantha Padmanabha Swamy in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, unscrupulous gangs in Andhra Pradesh have embarked on treasure hunting and in the process began the destruction of ancient...
Keywords: huge Nandi in Siva temple atop Madakasira hillock, temple treasure, gold treasure, Lord Vishnu temple in Kambadur
Read MoreHeritage: Today is Vaikunta Ekadasi, dedicated to Lord Vishnu 05 January 2012
According to Vishnu Purana, fasting on Vaikunta Ekadashi is equivalent to fasting on the remaining 23 Ekadashis of the (Hindu) year. Ekadasi is an auspicious day dedicated to Lord Vishnu on the eleventh day of every lunar fortnight in traditional...
Keywords: Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams., Vaikunta Ekadasi, Sri Ranganathar temple, Sri Ranganathar temple
Read MoreKrishnashtami Celebrations 28 August 2013
Sri Krishna the eighth Avatar of Lord Vishnu took birth as an eighth child of Devaki and Vasudeva on this day of Ashtami i.e., eighth day of the Krishna Paksha in the month of Sravana in Rohini Nakshatra, to extinct...
Keywords: Sri Krishna, childhood plays of Srikrishna, Bhagwad Gita, childhood plays of Srikrishna
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