Articles [Holy Places]

Niru and Nima brought up Kabir as if he were their son. Like his father he learned to weave. He studied the Koran. While working him often sang songs in praise of God. During his face time he killed to be in the company of holy men. He wanted to...

The merchant patted Kurmadas’s head ad wiped away his hearts. He said, ``I am also going to Pandharpur as I have business there. Come with us. We will look after you.’’ After thinking for a minute, Kurmadas said, ``as you can see, I am a cripple....

Many years ago, in the village of Paithan, there lived a pious shopkeeper with his wife and children. They were loving family, content with what God had given them, except for one great sorrow-their son. Little Kurmadas was a cripple, who could use...

Hugh and Colleen Gantzer were ding research on Buddhism. They wanted to visit Lumbini. So they had come to Sonauli, on the Indo-Nepalese border. In the seventh century B.C., a little republic near Sonauli was ruled by Suddhodnhana. His...

Diwali the festival of light   Festivals are to human life what an oasis is to a desert. If there were no festivals, our life would be a long disease without a cure. Cares and worries would sap the very vitality of life. Fortunately India is a...

Sri Meenakshi Amman temple is an historic temple located in Madurai city, Tamil Nadu in India. This temple is1600 years old. At first this temple was built by KulasekaraPandiya. After that the whole temple work was finished in...

After Kabir, another great son of India was born in the Punjab. He was Guru Nanak. Guru Nanak also tried to bring the Hindu religion and the Islam religion closer together, to find a common bond between the two. Like Kabir, he believed that all men...

Spiritual truths are very subtle and cannot be perceived through the cross intellect and an impure mind. Our senses have limitations and cannot go beyond a certain distance. The katha Upanishad says that thought the Atma is present in every being;...

The golden temple at Amritsar is one of the most important pilgrim centers of Sikhs. Guru Nanak’s birth day is celebrated by large number of people here. Guru Nanak dev was the founder of Sikh religion. He was born in 1469 at Talwandi in Punjab....

1. Sri Ranganath temple, Tamil Nadu, India.   This temple, the construction of which started way back in the 17 th century is the only temple in India with seven enclosures (or prahakaras) with a total of 21 ‘gopurams’. The temple complex covers...