The 739-page Economic Survey 2025-26, tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, draws extensively from ancient texts ...

A new study challenges the long-held belief that Vedic culture was isolated to India. Research reveals a musical link between the Rig Veda and a 3,000-year-old hymn from the Mediterranean, ...

A flowery passage in a 6,000-year-old Hindu text may be the earliest known reference to a solar eclipse, describing the sun as being "pierced" with darkness and gloom and proposing that evil beings ...

Amid the Rig Veda's meticulously organised Mandalas, Anuvakas, Suktas and Riks, lies mentions of potentially the earliest occurrence of what the modern scientific world identifies as a solar eclipse.

Astronomers studying the Rig Veda, an ancient Hindu text, believe they have discovered the oldest known reference to a solar eclipse, dating back approximately 6,000 years. This finding highlights the ...

The passages are flowery but fitting for an eclipse, describing the sun as being "pierced" with darkness and gloom and proposing that evil beings had caused the sun's "magic arts to vanish." When you ...

A dance performance in Times Square brought the ancient Sanatan Nasadiya Sukta from the Rig Veda to life. The flash mob captivated onlookers with its vibrant choreography and celebrated diverse ...