Om is a household word nowadays: It's emblazoned on T-shirts and in New Age marketing slogans, it's hummed in yoga classes. But underlying this seemingly simple mantra is a 5,000-year-old Indian ...

Islamic educational institutions and the Dar-ul-Uloom slammed the Union HRD ministry directive to chant ‘Om’ at yoga practice in schools, colleges and universities on the International Day of Yoga on ...

The mantra is a sacred utterance of a syllable or a group of words in Sanskrit, believed to have spiritual powers. Modern science sees the whole existence of everything as reverberations of energy.

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There has been a controversy over performing Suryanamaskar and chanting Om, with Muslim groups saying their faith does not allow such a practice. ‘Suryanamaskar asana’ will not be part of this year’s ...

When I was in college one of my roommates asked me, “What did you do with that money your mother gave you?” I said, “What money are you talking about?” She laughingly said, “The money she gave you for ...

The reasons for putting in the hours on the mat are bountiful: visible triceps, a steady mind, licence to spend silly money on a yoga bralette. Less appealing to many is that bit, post-savasana, when ...

The Sanskrit syllable recited by Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs and followers of Jainism around the world will be at the center of an immersive sensory experience at a museum in New York City in February.

ON AUSPICIOUS OCCASION OF GAYATRI JAYANTI, 07 AUG 2017: Gayatri is the feminine form of gāyatra, a Sanskrit word for a song or a hymn, having a Vedic meter of three padas, or lines, of eight syllables ...