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BY: SUN STAFF - 8.7 2020
India's foremost temple dedicated to Mother Devaki and son Krsna.
Goa, India is home to one of India's most unique temples - the Devaki-Krsna temple in Marcel. Marcel, in Ponda Taluka, is located about 17 km. from the state capital of Panaji. Here is found...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 8.7 2020
Ancient Jagannatha temple now under ISKCON servitorship.
A sketch of the Jagannath Temple at Comilla in 1843
Frederic Peter Layard, British Library
In the Comilla district of Bangladesh is an ancient temple of Lord Jagannath. Following its long and interesting...Read more...
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BY: MAYAPUR COMMUNICATIONS
Each year more than 70 lakh people from different parts of the world visit Mayapur, birth place of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and headquarters of ISKCON. Over the years Mayapur has evolved as a significant tourist destination of not only West Bengal, but the entire...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 30.6 2020
Musk deer
Woodcut from Hortus Sanitatis, c. 1490 A.D.
Just prior to Lord Jagannath's Ratha Yatra in Puri Dhama several years ago, our Sun correspondent reported on the requests being made by the Shankaracharya of Govardhan Peeth to the Puri and...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 30.6 2020
A three-part study of the iconography of Nagas in Orissan art and architecture by Sasanka S. Panda.
Learned scholar Dr. Satya Narayan Rajaguru has categorised the Nagas into three groups.[38] He has put the Naga in the purely reptile shape (snake) in the first...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 30.6 2020
A three-part study of the ancient Naba Kalebar Yatra rites of Lord Jagannatha at Puri Dham.
When the Daru tree is found for Naba Kalebar Yatra, a great holy fire sacrifice is performed there to invite all the gods and goddesses to come and give their blessings at...Read more...
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Nagas in the Sculptural Decorations of Early West Orissan Temples
BY: SUN STAFF - 30.6 2020
A three-part study of the iconography of Nagas in Orissan art and architecture by Sasanka S. Panda.
The Nagas are mentioned in the Puranas as a race of serpents who were inhabiting the...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 29.6 2020
A three-part study of the ancient Naba Kalebar (Navakalevar) Yatra rites of Lord Jagannatha at Puri Dham.
The Naba Kalebar Yatra of Lord Jagannath occurs only every twelve years. Sometimes as many as 500,000 come from all parts of lndia and the world to see this...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 29.6 2020
Sastric and historical references to the Naga kings and their descending lines.
The country known as Cambodia today was previously known as Kambuja, associated with the name of a great brahmana, Kambu. Kambu had once been an Indian king who led a successful...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 29.6 2020
Sastric and historical references to the Naga kings and their descending lines.
The Nagas are borne of Lord Brahma, who lay down while doing the work of creation and dropped hair from his body that transformed into snakes. Even while his body crawled along with...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 17.6 2020
As the annual Puri Rath Yatra season approaches, we revisit this historical commentary on the Puri Jagannatha temple by HDG Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur, written in English in 1871:
"There is not a Hindu who has not heard the name of this temple. The...Read more...
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Posted by Indian Express - 11.6 2020
An ancient temple, submerged in river Mahanadi, has re-appeared after 11 years in Nayagarh district. An archaeology survey team of Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) stumbled upon ‘mastaka’ of the temple...Read more...
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By editor - 8.6 2020
The Only Deity In The World Manifested From The Heart Of Srimati Radharani
At Seva Kunj, Sridham Vrindavana (next to Sri Sri Radha-Damodara Temple)
Sri Vrindavana Dhama is the holiest of all the holy places. Even the denizens of heaven desire to take...Read more...
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By Jaya Vijaya Dasa - 4.5 2020
Sri Ganga-puja, also known as Sri Ganga-dushara (she who removes inauspiciousness), appears in the month of Jyestha (May/June) on the 10th day of Sukla-paksa, or the waxing fortnight of the full moon. On this day, Maharaja Bhagiratha’s desire of bringing...Read more...
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By editor - 1.6 2020
- Tirtha
- Dhama
- Devotees and the holy places
- Sri Balarama's pilgrimage
- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's pilgrimage
If a man wanders from one sacred city to another without repentance in his heart, his going and coming will be in vain. (Bhaktavijaya, ch...Read more...
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TOVP Launches New Talk Show, Grand Opening Still Set for 2022
By: Madhava Smullen - 1.6 2020
The rendering of the ToVP's main temple room.
With architects working virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic, new 3D renderings of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium in Mayapur have...Read more...
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BY: JAHNAVA NITAI DAS - 26.5 2020
Does the 8th century Durga Vishnu temple in Aihole actually show Lord Varaha lifting a globe Earth?
There is a picture often being spread on social media with the claim that an ancient carving of Lord Varaha shows him lifting a globe Earth...Read more...
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How Sri Sri Radha Shyamasundar and Sri Sri Krishna Balarama Manifested in Jaipur With the Help of Sitala devi dasi
By Sridevi Dasi - 26.5 2020
Sitala devi dasi, a resident of Mayapur Dham, had been ordering deities for ISKCON since 1975. Many temples around the world have used her services...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 18.5 2020
By Sarmistha Pasayat for Orissa Review.
The dainandina niti, or daily rituals, of the Shri Jagannath Temple in Puri are a fascinating study. The word niti in Oriya and Sanskrit refers to a principle, a rule or a policy. But in the Temple, this word is...Read more...
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BY: MUKUNDA DATTA DAS - 4.5 2020
Following is a summary of some of the activities of Smt. Candrasasi Mukherjee, better known as Pisima Gosvamini, and her Gaura-Nitai. They are in a very small temple right across the street from Bankhandi Mahadeva, about three doors down from the intersection...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 29.4 2020
The most celebrated, picturesque and one of the large tanks of Orissa is the Narendra Tank. Because of its close relationship with the Jagannath Temple, it is considered by the pious to be a holy tank. According to one legend, Narendra Deva, brother of...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 27.4 2020
Samudra-manthan
Kalyan Mandir Sutra
By Tapti Roy for Kriti Rakshana, National Mission for Manuscripts, India.
In the oft told account of book production in India, print technology is believed to have introduced publication of texts which once printed...Read more...
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By editor - 23.4 2020
Ramtek
Ramtek was the place where Rama, the Hindu God, rested while he was in exile. Lord Ramachandra took a vow to relieve the world from the demons. ‘Tek’ means vow in local language, hence the word Ramtek comes from ‘Vow of Ram’.
History...Read more...
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Bhaktisiddhanta Swami - 22.4 2020
Muktinath in Nepal is an important pilgrimage site for the devotees of Lord Vishnu as well as to Buddhists offering transcendental liberation from this world. There is a spot with burning natural gas. Muktinath is surrounded by two rivers - the Matsyangadi...Read more...
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BY: SUN STAFF - 22.4 2020
Naag Vasuki Murti
The last in a brief series on the places in Prayag (Allahabad) visited by Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.
Naag Vasuki Mandir
While spending time in Prayag, Lord Chaitanya stayed for three nights at Naag Vasuki Mandir. This temple is of great...Read more...
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