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566 Questions

Is the Anukramani index of sages and deities of the Rig Veda available online?

Who is Govindaraja and how is he related to Venkateshwara?

What is the story of Nara and Narayana's brothers Hari and Krishna?

What is the story of Alambusha, demon son of sage Rishyasringa?

Why do the Vedas need to be recompiled every Dwapara Yuga?

When was Ravana hit by the Sudarshana Chakra?

Why does each incarnation of Vishnu need an “officiating priest”?

How did Varaha's son Narakasura become evil?

What percentage of Hindus belong to a sect that subscribes to the Vedanta school?

How did Dasharatha become friends with Jatayu?

How did Krishna get Vishnu's Sharanga Bow?

What is the story of Mahabali's sister's attempt to destroy the world?

Does the Jataka account of Krishna have any basis in Hindu scripture?

What do we know about the future Mahayugas?

What did Kashyapa do with the Earth after he received it from Parashurama?

What are the Avatarams of Vishnu described in the Yuddha Kanda of the Ramayana?

When did Chandra defeat the Asuras with Arjuna's chariot?

Is the complete English translation of the Padma Purana available online?

What scriptures describe Shanta as Dasharatha's daughter?

What does it mean to say that Vishnu worships those who worship him?

What did the Pandavas do with the oldest sword in the world?

What form did Vishnu take in the Battle of Ten Kings?

What scriptures describe the story of Krishna killing Ekalavya?

What is the story of Hiranyakashipu's son Mandara?

Who is the Samaveda-singing Brahmin incarnation of Vishnu prophesied in the Skanda Purana?

Who were the previous Indras that incarnated as the Pandavas?

Did the Churning of the Ocean happen again in the Vaivasvata Manvantara?

What is the earliest Hindu work refuting Mleccha religions or philosophies?

What scriptures discuss Ghandaberunda, the bird beast created by Narasimha?

When did Vibhishana stop being king of Lanka?