Sanatan Archive

Most of us know that India is home to the world’s largest golden temple. What some of us don’t know is that the largest golden temple in India is not the Temple of Amritsar, but the temple of Sripuram in Tamil Nadu. Popularly known as Sri Lakshmi Narayani Golden Temple of Sripuram, it is a divine seat of the goddess of wealth, surrounded by the blissful landscape of lush greenery at the foot of hills in Thirumalaikodi near Vellore.

Lalitaditya Muktapida of Karkota dynasty rose to power in (724 -761) CE. He was the fifth ruler of Karkota Dynasty who ascended the throne after Tarapida. Lalitaditya was the greatest king among the Karkota rulers, who lifted the country of Kashmir to pinnacle of fame. Giving a fillip to art, culture and architecture, the well being of hispeople remained his lifelong passion.

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The Kargil war was won with the supreme sacrifice of brave Indian soldiers who showed indomitable guts on the field to remind the enemy of what India was capable of. One such brave heart was Manoj Kumar Pandey whose story of conspicuous courage will fill your heart with pride.

Long before Yogananda was born a Saint named Babaji lived in the Himalayas. It is learnt, one day Jesus appeared to him and told Babaji to send someone to the West to remind his people that the goal of life is to become one with God through inner communion. That person was to be Yogananda.

Raghurajpur is a heritage crafts village in the district of Puri in the state of Odisha. This village is recognized for its folk art called Pattachitra, an art form which dates back to 5th Century B.C. and Gotipua dance which existed as a predecessor before the emergence of Odissi dance and is hence the home of a prominent visual art as well as a performing art.

“सरफ़रोशी की तमन्ना अब हमारे दिल में है,
देखना है ज़ोर कितना बाजूएँ कातिल में है।”

Purva paksha or the  study of  opponents in a dialogue or debate from their frames of reference so as to make an informed rebuttal is an ancient Dharmic intellectual tradition. Rajiv Malhotra reasons how the loss of the purva paksha tradition has led to serious civilizational and cultural trade-offs for Hindu (Sanatana) Dharma, which is being studied by Western Indology through the lens of Western Universalism.

Antharvedi is located at a distance of 130 Kms from Kakinada, 100 kms from Rajahmundry and 65 Kms from Amalapuram. In Kritayuga, Sage Sounaka and his colleagues gathered in Naimisaranya to conduct Satrayaga. In the their Leisure time, they used to learn about the distinguished and significant historical India Shrines from Suta, a quaranic narrator. One day, they asked him to tell about the greatness and significance of Antarvedi Shrine and of Lord Lakshmi Narasimha. Suta was pleased to tell the story which was once told by Lord Brahma to Sage Narada.

अंग्रेज यहाँ पर आए थे व्यापारी बनकर परन्तु जब वह यहाँ आए तो यहाँ की सम्पन्नता देखकर बौखलाना भी स्वाभाविक था। ऐतिहासिक तथ्यों पर न जाते हुए, वह हमारे सांस्कृतिक तत्वों से कितने प्रभावित हुए और उनमें से वह अपने देश के लिए क्या क्या ले गए, और कितना अनूदित किया, उस पर बात करना अब आवश्यक है। एक ग्रन्थ है रामचरितमानस! आज भी हिंदी का सबसे ज्यादा बिकने वाला ग्रन्थ है, इसके जितना ग्रन्थ कोई नहीं बिकता। यही लोकप्रियता का शिखर उस समय भी था।