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Art and Culture with Devdutt Pattanaik | The significance of Vedas and their rituals

August 30, 2024 12:01 pm

The three primary Vedas - Rig Veda, Sama Veda and Yajur Veda - were part of public rituals. Why was the Atharva Veda neither seen as part of the primary Vedic canon nor as part of public rituals?

Masters of Memory: How the ancients learnt the Vedas perfectly

December 06, 2022 11:39 am

The Vedas were composed somewhere around 2000 BC, while writing in India began more than 2,500 years later. So how was this crazy feat of passing on this massive amount of information, without even the smallest mistake, accomplished?

First Things First

June 07, 2014 2:08 am

Roshen Dalal’s book on the Vedas is a comprehensive and intellectual analysis of the foundational texts of Hinduism.

Spreading the message of Gita

December 07, 2010 3:44 am

The Gita is a unique gospel that does not tamper with who you are,what you do.

Once an MP, rape-convict Prajwal Revanna is now a clerk at prison library

Cities6 hr ago

Former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, grandson of former PM H D Deve Gowda, has been assigned clerical duties at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison after receiving a life sentence for rape. He earns Rs 520 per day and faces multiple charges stemming from four cases, with evidence including videos of the assaults recorded on his phone. He was found guilty in one case and still faces trial in the others.

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