The Nasadiya Sukta, from the 10th mandala of the Rigveda, is often called the "Hymn of creation". Instead of giving us a detailed description of how the universe began, it marvels at the "mystery" of ...

The Rigveda is the oldest of the four Vedas Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, and Atharvaveda. It contains hymns composed in Vedic Sanskrit thousands of years ago. Among its many branches, only the ...

The Rigveda is widely recognized as the oldest surviving Sanskrit text and one of the world's most significant ancient documents. Composed as an oral collection of hymns and prayers, it provides vital ...

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.

Taking forward the research to potentially establish a relationship between the Harappan civilisation and the people of the Vedic age, a group of archeologists are now collaborating with Sanskrit ...

The story of how a 106-year-old institute in Pune came to possess a document now deemed to be a UNESCO 'Memory of World Heritage Starting Saturday, the two-day G20 summit in Delhi will see delegates ...

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 ...

Ignorance is the greatest sin; wisdom is the greatest virtue.