Dasharatha of the Suryavanshi (solar) dynasty ruled from Ayodhya. The beautiful city had many 7-storied buildings, theatres, and parks. Ayodhya has innumerable well-decorated temples...
What is Sandhya Vandana?
The Sandhya Vandana ritual is performed for Devi Gayatri, Savitri, and Saraswati, thrice a day:
just before dawn
at noon
in the evening when...
Pitru(s) are our departed ancestors, both on the maternal and paternal sides. Vedic scriptures recommend 5 types of shraadha:
Nitya shraadha wherein we symbolically offer...
Agnisharma (aka Ratnakara) had fallen in the company of wicked people. He became a forest robber on the outskirts of Mulasthana, present-day Multan in...
The lustful Ravana captured Seeta from Panchavati by deceit. Ravana reached Lanka and landed his airborne chariot at Weragantota (tota means a port in...
Skanda Purana describes many teertha locations of Ayodhya in a vivid manner. It gives the exact local directions leading to Shree Rama’s janmabhoomi (birth...