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Thursday, 10 September 2026

Valmiki’s Ashram in Bithoor (near Kanpur)

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While the Mahabharat was written by Vyas ji in Naimisharanya (please see earlier posts here), the Ramayan, consisting of 24,000 shloks, ...
Monday, 8 January 2018

Hanuman garhi in Naimisharanya. And Mishrikh, both near Lucknow

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Hanuman garhi in Naimisharanya: Ahiravan (the younger brother of Ravan) had captured Ramchandraji and Lakshman in Lanka and taken them to ...
Tuesday, 26 December 2017

Vyas Gaddi at Naimisharanya near Lucknow

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An important site in Naimisharanya is Vyas Gaddi - the seat of Ved Vyas or Krishna Dwapayan (in the present yug). It was at this spot that...
Friday, 22 December 2017

Chakra Teerth, Naimisharanya near Lucknow

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Chakra Teerth: The central point of Naimisharanya is the Chakra Teerth. The story in Shiv Puran goes that the devtas once went to Brahma j...
Tuesday, 19 December 2017

Naimisharanya : Where Ved Vyas is said to have written the Mahabharat and the Purans

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Naimisharanya, or Neemsar, is a not-so-well-known teerth spot less than 100 km away from Lucknow. Though many people have not heard of it,...
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Sunday, 14 February 2016

Guru Shishya Parampara

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The cover of the book is a collage of various ideas and experiences related to the topic. The pictures below reflect the “guru shishya pa...
Saturday, 22 August 2015

Rituals and Mantras in our Hindu religion

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Our Hindu ancient books are generally not taught in any schools, perhaps for fear of being bandied anti-secular. And they are not formally...