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Muthuvel Karunanidhi (3 June 1924 – 7 August 2018), popularly known as Kalaignar (Artist), was an Indian writer and politician who served as Chief Minister...

Vaishnavism (Sanskrit: वैष्णवसम्प्रदायः, romanised: Vaiṣṇavasampradāyaḥ), also called Vishnuism, is one of the major Hindu religious traditions, that considers...

The Smarta tradition (Sanskrit: स्मार्त, IAST: Smārta) is a movement in Hinduism that developed and expanded with the Puranas genre of literature. It reflects...

Taxila (Punjabi: ٹيکسلا, romanized: Ṭhaḵsilạ, Urdu: تکشیلا, romanized: Takshilacode: urd promoted to code: ur , Sanskrit: तक्षशिला, romanized: Takshashilacode:...

The Pratihara dynasty, also called the Gurjara-Pratiharas, the Pratiharas of Kannauj or the Imperial Pratiharas, was a prominent medieval Indian dynasty...

In Indian religions, a homa (Sanskrit: होम), also known as homam (plural: homams) or havan, is a fire ritual performed on special occasions. In Hinduism...

The history of agriculture in India dates back to the Neolithic period. India ranks second worldwide in farm outputs. As per the Indian economic survey...

Jain literature (Sanskrit: जैन साहित्य) refers to the literature of the Jain religion. It is a vast and ancient literary tradition, which was initially...

A matha (/mʌt/; Sanskrit: मठ, maṭha), also written as math, muth, mutth, mutt, or mut, is a Sanskrit word that means 'institute or college', and it also...

Greater Noida is a planned city located in the Gautam Buddha Nagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city was created as an extension...

Tirtha (Sanskrit: तीर्थ, tīrtha) is a Sanskrit word that means "crossing place, ford", and refers to any place, text or person that is holy. It particularly...

Elattuvalapil Sreedharan (born 12 June 1932) is an Indian engineer and politician from the Indian state of Kerala. He is credited with changing the face...

Anushilan Samiti (lit. 'Practice Association') was an Indian fitness club, which was actually used as an underground society for anti-British revolutionaries...

Vrata is a Sanskrit word that means "vow, resolve, devotion", and refers to pious observances such as fasting and pilgrimage (Tirtha) found in Indian religions...

Patuakhali District (Bengali: পটুয়াখালী জেলা, romanized: Pôṭuakhali jela) is a district in south-central Bangladesh in Barisal Division. This district...

Gauḍa (also known as Gaur, Gour, Lakhnauti, Lakshmanavati and Jannatabad) is a historic city of Bengal in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent,...

Anganwadi (Hindi pronunciation: [ãːɡɐnɐʋaːɖiː]) is a type of rural child care centre in India. It was started by the Indian government in the state of...

Adi Dharm refers to the religion of Adi Brahmo Samaj (Bengali: আদি ব্রাহ্ম সমাজ, romanized: Adi Brahmô Shômaj) the first development of Brahmoism and includes...

India–Philippines relations (Filipino: Ugnayang Pilipinas-India), also known as the Indian–Filipino relations or Indo–Filipino relations, are the bilateral...

Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) was a process of assessment, mandated by the Right to Education Act, of India in 2009. This approach to assessment...