The Chiranjivi are a group of immortals who are believed to remain alive on Earth until the end of the current age known as the Kali Yuga, according to Hindu literature. The term is a combination of chiram, ‘permanent’, and jīvi, ‘lived’. It is similar to amaratva, which refers to true immortality. According to legend,…
Beneath the surface of the Earth, hidden away from the light of the sun, lies a labyrinthine world of shadows, serpents and untold secrets—the Seven Underworlds of Hindu cosmology, known as the Sapta Patalas.
Hindu Vedic texts describe four yugas (world ages) in a Yuga Cycle—Krita (Satya) Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dwapara Yuga, and Kali Yuga—where, starting in order from the first age, each Yuga’s length decreases by one-fourth (25%), giving proportions of 4:3:2:1 As a Yuga Cycle progresses through the four Yugas, each Yuga’s length and humanity’s general moral…
