For ages, sages, philosophers, and spiritual masters across many cultures (from Pythagoras to the Thirumoolar) have promoted a vegetarian diet, stressing that a meat based diet is detrimental to ones well being (mental, physical, and spiritual). It is only in this last decade people have come to acknowledge many health problems as directly related to [...]
Many people think that Hindus can’t eat because their “religion” prohibits them. Often the question is asked, “so you can’t eat meat?” or “he can’t eat meat”. No, it’s not that I can’t, but I don’t.
For me as well as most Hindus it is a conscious decision (as opposed to following some religious doctrine blindly). [...]
The picture above is the base of the vimanam of Periya kovil, the people in the picture give you an idea of the relative size of the temple and also the detail of artwork.
Periya kovil (also known as Brihadeswara Temple), is located in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The temple was built around 1000 CE by Raja [...]