Jacobsen notes in Pilgrimage in the Hindu Tradition, the Vedas are barely interested in specific sacred sites ... Oddly enough, though, the Manusmriti (Book eight verse 92) claims that pilgrimage ...

God chooses Bezalel, his assistant Oholiab, and every skilled craftsman that God has found (male or female) (Exodus 31:1-6). Skilled craftsmen, like God, are creative. They, like the Sabbath, are the ...

This is very rare. She learned from her father, who was also a priest.Hindus have a lot of holy books. The authors are called the Vedas and the Upanishads, and they're mostly used by priests ...

Author Manu S Pillai dives deep into primary and secondary sources to show the trajectory modern Hindu identity formation followed.