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Exploring famous Jain temples in India

Exploring famous Jain temples in India

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Historical fort cities of Gwalior, Orchha in Madhya Pradesh included in UNESCO world heritage cities list

"After getting included in the heritage city list, the face of Gwalior and Orchha will totally…

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Diwali isn’t just a ‘Hindu’ festival — Here are 5 lesser known reasons behind the celebration of India’s festival of lights

At least, this is what most people across the world have come to identify with the festival of D…

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Young Jains are renouncing worldly pleasures to live with austerity in search of inner peace, higher life

Akhil, who leads a luxurious life till now, will wear white robes, walk barefoot and eat whatever h…

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A woman called Swastika got an apology from Uber after it banned her because of her name

Swastika Chandra, who grew up in Fiji, told Australia's A Current Affair she was "very proud" of he…

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Shells from Gujarat suggest that India’s lush monsoons might've helped attract several invaders in the past!

Periods of robust monsoons, translating to bountiful harvests, coincided with an upsurge in cultura…

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An 8-year-old girl meant to inherit a $61 million diamond business in India has renounced her fortune to become a nun

Devanshi Sanghvi, 8, renounced worldly possessions and pleasures on Wednesday to become a nun under…

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The history of the swastika: From a sign of luck and fortune to a symbol of evil

The swastika symbol dates back 15,000 years, and to many represents good fortune and luck. But Hitl…

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National public holidays in 2022 in India

Some religious festivals have their own local variations in terms of dates and fashion from st…

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Diwali 2023 — Here is a list of warm wishes and messages you can share with your loved ones

Diwali is also considered as a new beginning that brings a lot of freshness, hopes, and happines…

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Some lesser known facts about Diwali-- a festival that has many versions in India

Diwali is celebrated as the festival heralding the victory of good over evil. Diwali is one notabl…

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list of Holiday Calendar 2020 For India

India declares holidays on national festivals and that of various religions. The major religions…

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The bizarre story of one of the world's first modern vegetarians - and how his diet made him an outcast from society

What's more, in the times of Pythagoras, meat was prized in Greece as the food to fuel Herculean mu…

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Celebrate this 21st June with 6 simple Yogasanas

Having its origin almost 26 thousand years ago during the Sat Yuga the existence of this form surfa…

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Friday the 13th! A joyous 'Bhai Dooj' for India, but a 'haunted' day for the West

Call it irony but India’s famous Hindu festival of love 'Bhau Beej' also called 'Bhai Dooj' has sur…

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The Mysterious Origins Of The Swastika

All of these examples occurred before the Nazis adopted the swastika as their symbol (and changed i…

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Grammy-winning DJ Afrojack explains how declining a credit on a song that went multi-platinum taught him the most important lesson of his career

Afrojack: Well, I got very lucky, so three years ago I was in Japan, in Tokyo, for the first time. …

Richard Feloni,Sarah Wyman