Yesterday i.e. 6th Oct., 2014 I went Kaladi which is 5 Kms from the bustling Cochin International Airport is a census town located east of the Periyar river. Sankaracharya was the greatest reformer of ...

Very few know that Sham Lal was well versed in Sanskritic tradition and philosophy, but he never wrote on those subjects. Once Sham Lal was asked if he would write for The Speaking Tree column. He ...

Coimbatore, July 12: On Guru Purnima, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev unveiled the statue of Adi Yogi at the Isha Yoga Centre in Coimbatore on Saturday. The statue is over 21 feet tall and weighs 30 tonnes. It ...

Adi Shankaracharya Jayanti: The 1233rd birth anniversary of Adi Shankaracharya is being celebrated today. Adi Shankara, also known as Jagatguru Shankaracharya, was an iconic religious leader and ...

India may soon celebrate the 8th Century theologian Adi Shankaracharya's birth anniversary as Philosopher's Day every year. BENGALURU: India may soon celebrate the 8th Century theologian Adi ...

Dawn in the south Indian pilgrimage town of Sringeri, in Karnataka. It’s a brief mom­ent of stillness and cool. Walking sleepily in the half-light, I’m startled by som­e­­t­h­ing coiled on a veranda—a ...

Pavan K Varma, diplomat, writer and politician, embarks on a quest about Hinduism's great thinker's stay in Varanasi. IMAGE: The murti of Adi Shankaracharya at the SAT temple in California. Photograph ...

KOCHI: In an era of unrest, where the clouds of a third world war is looming large, Advaita Vedanta offers a fountain of hope, said Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. While Lord Ram ...

Vedic Rishis are imagined with long hair, tied in a topknot. But Adi Shankara, the Vedanta philosopher, is depicted in popular artworks with a shaved head, covered with a drape. An enquiry into how ...