
Road to Divinity
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Road to Divinity features incidents, stories, articles, and lastly, teachings of the great Swami Vivekananda.
Road to Divinity
1w ago
Mathura is the birth place of Lord Krishna. I am just back after finally paying a visit to this holy place. The town has a temple named ‘Janmabhoomi Mandir’ dedicated to Krishna at a place where his birth took place. Unfortunately, we are not allowed to carry any camera, mobile phones or bags inside the ..read more
Road to Divinity
3w ago
Chad Caruso is a well-known skateboarder and content creator. He holds the Guinness World Record of skating solo across the United States of America. He has written down his experience of setting this record in the book titled ‘Pushing Through America’. Along with his day-to-day experience, the book also has more than 200 photos clicked ..read more
Road to Divinity
1M ago
Kumbh Mela is a spiritual event for Hindus across India. It takes place at Haridwar (Uttarakhand) at river Ganga, Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) at river Shipra, Nashik (Maharashtra) at river Godavari and Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) at the confluence of three rivers, Ganga, Jamuna and Saraswati. This year, the Maha Kumbh Mela will be held in Prayagraj ..read more
Road to Divinity
2M ago
The theme of ‘rags to riches’ has been explored plenty of times in movies and books all over the world. It basically means the story of someone who had nothing in life and then went onto achieve a lot through sheer hard-work and dedication. Author Kofi Douhadji’s book ‘Unbroken Optimist’, which is his autobiography, also ..read more
Road to Divinity
2M ago
The city of Nathdwara in Rajasthan is known for its revered temple or haveli of Shrinathji, a form of Lord Krishna worshipped in this state and Gujarat. But for the last two years, the place has also become famous for the Statue of Belief built here in October 2022. It is Lord Shiva’s tallest statue ..read more
Road to Divinity
3M ago
Lord Krishna is worshipped with different names and forms across India. In Rajasthan and Gujarat, he is known as Shrinathji. The epicentre of the worship of Shrinathji is the temple or haveli in the city of Nathdwara in Rajasthan, nearest from the city of Udaipur. I visited Nathdwara, which is also unofficially known as Shrinathji ..read more
Road to Divinity
3M ago
Saturday November 2, 2024 happens to be the all-important festival of Govardhan Puja, which is celebrated by the devotees of Lord Krishna all over the world. The day is remembered for Krishna giving shelter to the villagers of Vrindavan from torrential rains that created havoc for days. There is an interesting back story to this ..read more
Road to Divinity
4M ago
“Education is not the amount of information that is put into your brain and runs riot there, undigested, all your life. We must have life-building, man-making, character-making assimilation of ideas.” ***************************************************** The aforementioned quote by Swami Vivekananda is not just bold but also more relevant in today’s era. In fact, most of his quotes, which ..read more
Road to Divinity
4M ago
Today, India and the world celebrates Dussehra or Vijayadashami. It is the day of celebration of good over evil. There are more than one reasons for this. In the epic Ramayana, it was on this day that Lord Ram killed the evil Raavan, who had kidnapped his wife Sita. There is another story which says ..read more
Road to Divinity
4M ago
Yudhishthir was known not only as the most pious of Pandava brothers but also as one of the most truthful characters from Mahabharata. That’s the reason he was conferred with the title ‘Dharmaraj’; someone who kept Dharma or righteousness above everything else. It was because of this quality that his chariot used to be few ..read more