Indian mythology and its religious texts are full of such characters, who serve as a constant source of motivation and inspiration for millions of Hindus worldwide.
Lord Hanuman is one of the most popular gods in Hinduism. He was one of the Hindu gods who never got married and lived a celibate life. Despite being a god, Hanuman never claimed his godly status. Instead, he presented himself as the greatest devotee and a servant of Lord Rama. People know him best for his undefeatable strength and…
Ravana, one of the popular characters in the entire hindu mythology, is well-known as the most ferocious demon-king of all time. He is the main antagonist in the epic Ramayana. In Hindu society, people know him best as the abductor of Sita, who was the wife of Lord Rama and one of the most beautiful women of her day. Ravana…
Ravana is one of the most famous demons (aka, Asuras) in the entire Hindu Mythology. He is particularly popular as the ten-headed demon-king of the Lanka kingdom, which is the modern day Sri Lanka. People know him best as the undefeatable evil of the epic Ramayana. Who unlawfully abducted Devi Sita (the wife of Lord Rama), believing no one could…
Ravana is popular in the epic Ramayana as the multi-headed demon king of the Lanka kingdom, which is the modern-day Sri Lanka. People remember him best as the embodiment of villainous power who unlawfully abducted Sita, the wife of Rama, believing no one could ever defeat him. But eventually ended up losing a series of epic battles against Rama (the…
Anyone who knows a little about the epic Mahabharata also knows about the Pandavas, or the five brothers of Yudhishthira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva. They were the sons of King Pandu and his two wives, Kunti and Madri. Each one of their sons was born with the blessing of a particular celestial deity, which gave the pandavas their respective…
Every culture in the world has always followed in the footsteps of its ideals, whom it considers to be the most perfect and worthy of admiration. Those who set the milestone and benchmark in society. Hinduism, therefore as the oldest living religion in the world is not an exception either. You can discover a role model in anything here, whether…
If asked, most hindus would name the auspicious love between Lord Krishna and Radha as the definition of divine love. According to some spiritual gurus, their love represents the symbolic reunification of Jivatma and Paramatma. She is so popular that her idol can be found in almost all of the krishna temples in India. People just can’t think of Krishna…
Hindu mythology is full of such female characters that are so impressive, beautiful, and charismatic that sometimes it goes to a point where we start to doubt their existence altogether. However, if we set our doubts aside, these extraordinary female characters from Indian mythology (mainly, the hindu scriptures) may simply challenge our perception of beauty. These gorgeous female characters not…
The Mahabharata is the longest epic poem with over 100,000 Sanskrit verses ever written in ancient India. The epic tells the story of two branches of a royal family who fought in the Kurukshetra war for the ultimate throne of Hastinapura. According to scholars, the epic poem may have been composed in the 4th century BCE or earlier. Being the…
