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 ...

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 ...

Here is a Veda Patasala that deals exclusively with ‘Atharva Veda’, the most endangered of all the four Vedas. While most such Patasalas teach Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda too, Navajeevan Atharvana ...

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 ...

The 56-day Murajapam ritual at Padmanabhaswamy temple begins with Vedic chanting, marking a significant spiritual event in ...

Veda means knowledge. Here it is not just about any general knowledge but the knowledge of our core existence, it’s cause in tandem with self-actualization and union with the divine. The scriptural ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Murajapam-Lakshadeepam festival, held once in every six years, will begin at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy ...

Hyderabad: A three-day ‘Chaturveda Parayanam’ programme commenced at the Sri Ganesh temple beside Rathifile bus station in Secunderabad on Wednesday. As many as 70 ved pundits of Tirumala Tirupati ...