We can perform the best kind of yajna if we do all our daily activities as offerings in the service of the supreme God, writes Dr Asha Goswami The word sacrifice, which forms an equivalent term to ...

Discover the profound wisdom of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 4, Verse 30, where Shri Krishna explains the essence of yajna (sacrifice). Learn how yajna purifies the soul, removes impurities (yajña ...

I chose to use them because two of them don’t have appropriate English words. The closest English word for yajna is sacrifice, which is defined as giving up something valued for the sake of ...

Hindu priests sit inside barrels containing water as they perform special prayers in order to appease Varun, the Hindu rain god, in a temple in Mumbai Credit: REUTERS Ten priests stood neck deep ...

At the ‘Maha Yajna’, around 100 quintals of ‘aam kath’ (mango wood) and ‘bael kath’ (bilva wood), and two quintals of ghee will be used, another official said. On Wednesday, the 'Pran ...

King Daksha conducted a yajna, where he was insulted by Lord Shiva not standing. Enraged, he excluded Shiva and Sati from a second Yajna. Sati attended despite Shiva's refusal, but was insulted by ...

A large gathering of thousands of devotees from all parts of the country and performing yajna simultaneously at 21,000 hawan kund (place made to perform these yajna) marked the conclusion of the ...

A bee attack at a post-Kumbh yajna killed a 75-year-old man and put many of his family members and villagers in hospital in MP's Shahdol district on Thursday evening. The incident took place at ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Transport Minister Antony Raju said a three-month-long special file settlement yajna will be held in the district from July 15 to clear the pending files in various government ...