Blogs — Hayagriva Jayanti

Picture a sky without a single star of wisdom left in it. No hymn. No verse. No memory of anything sacred. Somewhere in that darkness, two demons named Madhu and Kaitabha had done the unthinkable — they'd stolen the Vedas themselves, right out of Brahma's hands, while he slept. And in that silence, before anyone else even understood what had been lost, Lord Vishnu became something new: a being with the strength of a warrior and the face of a horse, so that knowledge could be carried back into the world. That night is why we celebrate Hayagriva Jayanti. When...