The Secret of the Veda
Most people are perplexed about the Vedas. Very few have read them, and those who have find them difficult to understand. They can’t make sense of its many divinities, sacrifices,…
Ancient Hindu Science
Cosmology and Consciousness: A Comparative Study of Hindu Metaphysics and Physics
The latest theory of Cosmology, ‘Cycles of Time’, as put forth by Roger Penrose and debated by others including Stephen Hawking who has written the magnum opus on Brief History…
The Magnetic Pull of Bharat’s Soft Power
The word “soft power” was first coined by Harvard scholar Joseph Nye. He described this term as the ability to attract and co-opt, rather than using coercion which was called…
Bharatiya Traditional Knowledge: A Public Policy Perspective
Recently, twitter witnessed huge outrage over an article tweeted by American Scientific Association which referred to the ancient yogic technique of Pranayam as “Cardiac Coherent Breathing”. This article raises the…
The Axis and the Perimeter of the Temple – Part 3
The Axis and the Perimeter The Agniksetra or the later temple plan of the Vedic ritual represents two significant numbers, 180 and 54, which, when doubled, correspond to astronomical knowledge related to…
The Axis and the Perimeter of the Temple – Part 2
The Altar as a Representation of the Cosmos The Śatapatha Br. informs us that the altar is to represent the mystery of time. Its dimensions are to represent earth. “As large…
History of Medicine: Ancient Bharatiya Nose Jobs & the Origins of Plastic Surgery
Think plastic surgery is a modern luxury? Think again. It turns out that the roots of cosmetic and reconstructive procedures go back more than 2500 years. It’s a common misconception…
The Axis and the Perimeter of the Temple – Part 1
Canonical texts describing the plan of the Hindu temple allude to its astronomical basis, and in this Bharatiya sacred geometry is not different in conception from the sacred geometry of…
Science And Democracy Are Fundamental Requirements For Spiritual Quest
There are challenges in applying scientific methodology to validate answers of one’s own spiritual questions and to replicate such findings of self-experience in another person individually or collectively. One’s mind…
Ancient Naval Defence System in Bharat
The history of Bharat’s shipping and maritime activities goes back probably to the early times of the Rigveda. The Jatakas, the Greek and Roman authors, the early Tamil poems as…