How old is Sanatan Dharm?

Sanatan Dharm (Hinduism) is the oldest religion known to mankind. It predates recorded history. Thus, Sanatan Dharm has no start date. This makes perfect sense as there was no way to measure time as we do now with the calendar system. So Hinduism goes back all the way to very start when creation happened. The […]

What is Dharm?

Closest word in English to Dharm is religion however the word religion it is very limited. Sanatan Dharm is best translated as eternal Dharm. Dharm can be best described as one’s quest to find the truth that leads them to GOD (Parmatma). Dharm can be different from person to person as Dharm is relative to […]

What is Sanatan Dharm and Hinduism, Is there a difference?

The word Hindu is a combination of the first letter “Hi” of Himalayas and the last compound letter “ndu” of the word Bindu. It refers to India as Hindustan, a country between the Himalayan Mountains and Bindu Sarovaer (cape Commorin Sea). Sanatan Dharm is the correct name for Hinduism. Sanatan Dharm means eternal Dharm. So […]

What does “Hindu” mean?

There are many theories on how the word Hindu came about. The word Hindu is a distorted version of the word Sindhu. It is believed that the ancient Persians, who lived on the other side of the river Sindhu, pronounced the letter “S” as “H”. So the word Sindhu became Hindu over time. However this […]

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