In ancient India, people aspired to achieve cultural refinement through learning. Sanskrit was the lingua franca and mastery of the language was considered a great achievement, sign of culture and an attribute of nobility. Continue Reading...

Adhik Maas is an extra month in the Hindu calendar that is inserted to keep the lunar and solar calendars aligned. Purushottam is an epithet of Vishnu, to whom the month is dedicated. The position of Adhik Maas amongst the other months is variable, re-occurring about every 32.5 months. Continue Reading...

Here is a list of eccentric temples of India that might blow your mind away. Take a look to see how many you have heard about. Continue Reading...

This is inclusive article about the social status and reputation of women in Vedic and Post-Vedic Period of India. Female and Male are the two basic mechanisms of our human civilisation, depend upon each. Over years sociologists and other scholars have tried to assess the difficulties faced by women and to study changes in their status around the globe in general and in Indian society in particular. Continue Reading...