Bhishma Ashtami or ‘Bhishmashtami’ is a Hindu festival dedicated to ‘Bhishma’ of the great Indian epic ‘Mahabharata’. It is believed that Bhishma, also known as ‘Ganga Putr Bhism’ or ‘Bhishma Pitamaha ...

The state forest department this year also set up Ramayana Vatika in Haldwani with plant species mentioned in Valmiki’s ...

A new book from Wendy Doniger always creates a stirâ both friends and foes are eager to see what she has to say. Neither group is ever disappointed, each finds something that fulfils their ...

It is often said that ‘Vedvyas’ wrote the Mahabharata, and Vedvyas was the author of this or that scripture. But, one fact that very few people know is that Vedvyas is not a name! The author ...

Bathinda: Takht Damdama Sahib Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh has once again taken on the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), urging the ...

Chaturvedi said Bhishma tells Yudhishthira in Mahabharata’s Anushasana Parva that the one who plants trees uplifts both the ancestors and the descendants along with their lineage. “Therefore ...