A film that its makers say is fast becoming one of the year’s box office successes in France has an unlikely Indian connection — a 100-second fight sequence from one of Tamil superstar Rajnikant’s blockbuster hits.

After the Chinese, US gift and collectible major Lenox has begun manufacturing idols of popular Hindu god Ganesha after being convinced by an Indian American of their huge market potential.

Founded in 427 A.D. by Buddhist monks at the time of Kumaragupta I (415-455 A.D.), Nalanda was an extraordinary centre of learning for seven centuries.

An ancient Vishnu idol has been found during excavation in an old village in Russia’s Volga region, raising questions about the prevalent view on the origin of ancient Russia.

Image: Image of a temple in Ahmedabad. (nothing to do with the temple in the story)

Every second Israeli one meets has either just returned from India, or is about to go there, or has some close relative or friend who is currently living it up in Manali or Goa.

It was a proud moment for Captain Tunku Ismail Ibrahim, grandson of the Sultan of Johar, when he saluted President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, leading the mounted column of the Jaipur-based 61st Cavalry at the Republic Day parade.

An ancient coin of the Chera kings made of silver, with the portrait of a Chera king wearing a Roman-type bristled-crown helmet has been found on the riverbed of the Amaravathi near Karur in Tamil Nadu.

The Yamuna Biodiversity Park is a “joint collaboration project” of the Delhi Development Authority and the Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems, University of Delhi. Their mission is “to serve as a repository and heritage of biodiversity of Yamuna river basin with ecological, cultural and educational benefits to the urban society and having conservation [...]

Sasha Jezdic from Bosnia is better known by her Vedic name Karmyogi. Serbians like Slobodan Milioenic have become Swami Chidanand, Petar Putnik is Siddharth, Milorad Bera is Kailash Puri and Joran Rakosic is now Chitrapuri. Women like Dina Putnik and Ashya Putnik prefer names like Agni Devi and Purnima, respectively.