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Hindu Temple Architecture: Basic Structure of a Hindu Temple

A simple Hindu temple comprises the following the following parts essentially: Garbhagriha: It is a cave-like sanctum. In the earliest temples, it was a small cubicle with a...

May 1, 2016

Basic Knowledge About Islam

The religion of Islam teaches that in order to achieve true peace of mind and surety of heart, one must submit to God and live according to His...

April 29, 2016

Modern Indian Sculptors

The modernism in Indian sculpture has come via the transition from academism of the 20th century to well-defined non-objectivism of recent times. In early 20th century, the Indian...

April 29, 2016

Medieval Indian Metal Sculpture

In the early medieval period, a great relationship of adoration and love was developed between devotees and the deities worshipped in the Brahmanical traditions. The human form of...

April 29, 2016

Basic Knoweldge About Sikhism

Sikhism began about 500 years ago by Guru Nanak and preaches a message of devotion and remembrance to God at all times, truthful living and equality of mankind...

April 28, 2016

Ancient Metal Sculpture in India

The lost-wax process for casting is known to Indian from as long ago as the Indus Valley Civilization. The process of making alloy of metals by mixing copper,...

April 28, 2016

Basic Knowledge about Buddhism

Buddhism is a religion indigenous to the Indian subcontinent that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, who is...

April 27, 2016

Basic Knowledge about Jainism

The distinguishing features of Jain philosophy are its belief on independent existence of soul and matter, absence of a supreme divine creator, potency of karma, eternal and uncreated universe,...

April 26, 2016

Major Sects in Hinduism

Academics categorize contemporary Hinduism into four major denominations: Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Smartism and Shaktism. The denominations differ primarily in the god worshipped as the Supreme One and in the...

April 25, 2016

Wahabism

Wahabism was the first great modern expression of the awakening of the Arab Islam in the 18th century. Its founder was Muhammad Ibn Abd-al-Wahab. He preached and propagated...

April 25, 2016

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