Tiruchendur Muruga temple, Tamil Nadu
Tiruchendur is the place where Lord Muruga is said to have killed Tarakasura. As per the Puranas, Tarakasura was creating havoc as he...
Bull temple, Basavangudi, Bangalore
Hundred of years ago, Sunkenahalli (as Basavangudi was known then) was a fertile farmland dedicated to the cultivation of groundnut...
Mathura, Vrindavan, Gokul | Stories of Krishna where they actually happened
Mathura - the birth place of Lord Krishna is located 180 km from Delhi. The city in the state of Uttar Pradesh is quaint and religiously...
Bhoganandeeshwara temple | Bangalore | Karnataka
This amazingly beautiful 9th century Shiva temple is located at the foothills of Nandi hills, 60km from Bangalore city, Karnataka. This...
Arunachala hill and temple at Tiruvannamalai
According to our Puranas, one day, Vishnu and Brahma had an argument over their superiority. Shiva appeared in front of them in the form...
Kumbh Mela - the world's largest religious gathering!
Kumbh literally means pot. As per our historic writings, the Devas and Asuras together churned the ocean of milk for Amrit (the nectar of...
Kanya Kumari and her love for Lord Shiva, Tamil Nadu
The popular town at the southern most tip of India got its name because of Devi Kanya Kumari (Kanya means – virgin and Kumari means –...
Gokarna & Murudeshwar Karnataka
It dates back to the Treta Yuga – the age of Ramayana. Ravana was an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva and prayed to Shiva for several years...
Hampi Karnataka - Puranic stories and ruins of the pride of ancient India!
All I knew for several years about my country’s history was Mughals and British, as that is what our education system wanted to teach us....
