THE GLORIOUS GOLDEN BEAUTY

Original source: https://poetrypoem.com/cgi-bin/index.pl?poemnumber=1130982&sitename=viswabrahma&poemoffset=6&displaypoem=t&item=poetry Author: Venkat Viswabrahma * THE GLORIOUS GOLDEN BEAUTY *~*~ It was at the moment before Sunrise;Goddess Parvati, the Mother of the universe hadTaken Her bath in the nectar pool of Golden light andCame out with the brilliance of thousand rising sunsDripping light from all Her glistening golden limbs!Although, She wore the lustrous […]

Making sense of Ganesh stories

In childhood years, many Hindu children nowadays are introduced to Hindu sacred stories through the medium of comic books, such as Amar Chitra Katha. These provide a colourful, entertaining and valuable rendering of ancient stories from texts called the Puranas, and most kids read them with great enthusiasm, forming many people’s introduction to the world […]

The Upanishads: The “distilled” essence of Hinduism

The Upanishads – what (or who!) are they?”This would be the response of many Hindus of today if asked about the Upanishads!The Upanishads are in fact Hindu scriptures. They can be thought of as portions of the Vedas, but are also separate texts in their own right. They form the basis of what is known […]