Sanatan Archive

People in Sikkim will celebrate the Tibetan New Year, Losar, on February 21 this year. In light of the state-wide celebration of the occasion, all banks will be closed on Tuesday. While net banking and online services will remain functional on the day, the physical branches of all the banks in the state will observe the holiday. People are advised not to schedule any tasks that require a visit to the bank for February 21.

Yadagirigutta is a census town in the Nalgonda district in the Indian state of Telangana.

The sweet aroma of jaggery, the sound of traditional mortar and pestle, the continuous chatter of relatives, and loud playful children are the signs of a festival in Uttara Kannadahouse .there are hundreds of festivals in a year.

Natyashastra is the earliest literature on music and drama – written somewhere around 500 BC by Bharata Muni. Comprising 6000 couplets in Sanskrit and spread over thirty-six chapters, Natyashastra’s focus was on dance and drama, with music as an aid. The title is a combination of two Sanskrit words – Natya and Shastra.

GitaGPT: Following OpenAI’s release of the ChatGPT AI chatbot, tech giants Microsoft and Google unveiled their own versions of it. Google introduced the Bard chatbot, while Microsoft integrated ChatGPT-like technology into its Bing search engine.

An ancient temple dedicated to Sri #Endala_Mallikarjuna_Swamy is in the village of Ravivalasa. This linga believed to be swayambhu (self-manifested), measures about 20m in height and 3m in width. According to legend, the Pandavas visited this temple during their exile and met Maharishi Markandeya here.

What is the history of Shivalinga situated at Tongaji Temple, Nagoya, Japan? 

The Temple Varadharaja Perumal Temple located in the city of Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu is dedicated to Lord Vishnu. It is one of the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Lord Vishnu and is of immense religious importance.

Ukkirapandi MuthuramalingaThevar ( உக்கிரபாண்டி முத்துராமலிங்க தேவர்) (October 30, 1908 – October 30, 1963), also known as Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar was an Indian politician. He hailed from the Maravar community, the dominant warrior caste group in his home district in southern Tamil Nadu.

The British polymath Thomas Carlyle’s wrote in his much celebrated work ‘Heroes and Hero Worship, (1841) “[Edmund] Burke said there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the Reporters’ Gallery yonder, there sat a Fourth Estate more important far than they all.”