Christians and Jews often see the Hebrew Bible as the world’s oldest book of continuously venerated scripture. But the Bible faces serious competition in this regard from India’s “Rigveda.” The term ...

The Rig Veda is a collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns counted among the four Hindu religious texts known as the Vedas. The Rig Veda was likely composed between roughly 1700–1100 BCE, making it one of ...

Director Vivek Agnihotri’s bio-science film ‘The Vaccine War’ has released a hard rock version of the Rigveda hymn ‘Nasadiya Sukta’. Combining the traditional sonic aesthetics of mantras and its ...

To the Goddess who abides in all beings as the Mother — I bow again and again.” Every year, Navratri shines with devotion to ...

The Vedas are one of the earliest compositions of humankind. While they contain a lot of hymns, they also include a few ...

The texts refer to the «darkness-ridden Sun», whose magic is destroyed by unknown «dark creatures». These are texts from the «Rigveda» — an ancient collection of religious hymns written in Sanskrit ...

LUCKNOW: He has taken ancient Vedic literature out of the realm of mythology and placed it under the exhaustively inquisitive eye of the more 'tangible' history. LUCKNOW: He has taken ancient Vedic ...

Nikhil Chandwani is an author of 10 Books, TED(x) Speaker, and Founder- Writers' Rescue Centre. He was recently awarded the Rashtriya Gaurav Award in 2019 for excellence in social entrepreneurship.