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 ...

In the vast expanse of ancient literature, few works shine with the sheer brilliance and mystery of the Rigveda. A revered text in Hindu philosophy and one of the oldest surviving scriptures in human ...

Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 122, No. 2, Indic and Iranian Studies in Honor of Stanley Insler on His Sixty-Fifth Birthday (Apr. - Jun., 2002), pp. 311-317 (7 pages) One of the most ...

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 ...

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.

A forty-day Sampoorna Rigveda chanting, started on November 17, concluded at Sri Balambika Sametha Vaidyanathaswamy Temple at Vaidyanathapuram here on Thursday. The programme was organised by Sri ...