Navam Poya, observed today, is an important Buddhist celebration in Sri Lanka, Thailand,Cambodia, and Laos. It marks the formation of the ...

The BGS Sabha Bhawan at Sri Adichunchanagiri Mahasansthan Mutt resonated with the spirit of knowledge and innovation during ...

Dayanand Saraswati was devout Shiva worshipper, but a temple incident led him to reject idol worship early on, and go on a mission to transform Hinduism, ultimate founding the Arya Samaj and bringing ...

Among key attraction of the Amrit Snan is the magnificent procession of saints and ascetics, including the ash-smeared bodied Nagas, from the Akharas (monastic orders ... of ‘progressive educational ...

As we commemorate Shiv Jayanti (February 19) and Ramdas Navami (February 22), it is pertinent to explore the profound ...

Another example of these reforms was the introduction of continental monasteries. The monastic order most closely associated with Norman rule was that established by St Benedict. And just as the ...

A well-stocked medieval monastic library contained only a few hundred books ... Luther even commented that “God invented the printing press to reform his church.” Printing also resulted in new forms ...

St. Basil the Great is considered the founder of monasticism in the East ... St. John Chrysostom sought to reform the clergy in Constantinople. He was an exceptional preacher whose homilies and ...

Cromwell was not, MacCulloch argues, ideologically wedded to complete appropriation of monastic assets; the Court of Augmentations ... as the Reformation divide widened. His moral centre (reform of ...

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has said the party now has more than 200,000 members and is aiming to overtake the Labour Party's total of 309,000. Speaking to delegates at a regional conference in ...