The Latest Breaking News from Adi Shankaracharya

“एकं सद् विप्रा बहुधा वदन्ति।” Truth is one, but it is spoken of in many ways. Ask how many Shankaracharyas India has, and you may hear two confident answers. Some will say four. Others will firmly say five. This difference is not confusion born out of ignorance. It comes from…

Dehradun: Following a proposal to restrict the entry of non-Hindus at 105 ghats in the Kumbh area of Haridwar, the Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) is considering a similar move at the shrines under its control. The committee administers the Char Dham shrines of Badrinath, Kedarnath, and 47 other temples…

Governor of Kerala Arif Mohammad Khan has said that Sanskrit was the binding force behind the survival of the Indian culture and civilisation for centuries. He addressed the inaugural session of the three-day ‘Samskrita Samunmesha’, the National Sanskrit Convention organised jointly by the Union Ministry of Culture, Sahitya Akademi and…

It was built on debris left from landslides and earthquakes. Scientists have long warned it can’t withstand the heavy construction being done to boost religious tourism to Hindu and Sikh holy sites.

For months, residents in Joshimath, a holy town burrowed high up in India’s Himalayan mountains, have seen their homes slowly sink

President Droupadi Murmu, while inaugurating the Dasara festivities in Karnataka, acknowledged the presence of the country’s spiritual centres in the State

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