Explore Hindu Mythology
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Hinduism is the oldest Indian religion. Hinduism is based on some antique sacred writings and ...
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According to Hinduism, every part of the cosmos is seen as an action of a god. Time is the ...
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According to the epic Mahabharata, composed in about 500 B.C., the stars of the Big Dipper ...
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In the Hindu mythology, it is said that the stars of the Big Dipper were the seven sages called ...
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According to Hindu mythology, Svaha represents the star Zeta Tauri, which is the tip of one ...
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In the Rig Veda, which is a collection of antique Hindu hymns, Indra is described as the king ...
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Garuda is an ancient Indian mythological creature, believed to be a devourer of serpents and ...
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In Hindu mythology, the planet Mars is known as Mangala. The planet of Mars is identified ...
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In Hindu mythology, Sani was identified with the planet Saturn. ...
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Daniel Wolf Savin, a senior research scientist at Columbia University's Astrophysics Laboratory, has published a paper on the research he and his colleagues have done on how stars began. In their research,...
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