कर्मवाणी The Voice of Karma
Sanatana Dharma, Thoughtfully Written
KarmaVaani
कर्मवाणी · The Voice of Karma
A modern Hindu knowledge and storytelling platform rooted in scripture, temple culture, and lived practice.
Shloka of the moment
From the Bhagavad Gita
KarmaVaani
karmaṇy-evādhikāras te mā phaleṣu kadācana, mā karma-phala-hetur bhūr mā te saṅgo 'stv akarmaṇi
You have the right to perform your prescribed duty, but never to the fruits of action. Do not let the fruits of action be your motive, nor let your attachment be to inaction.
DutyBhagavad Gita 2.47
Today’s Panchāng
आज का पंचांगReckoned for New Delhi from sunrise. Times are local; your own city may differ by a few minutes.
Reading today’s panchāng…
Coming up
आने वाले पर्वReckoned for New Delhi from sunrise. Open the calendar for your own city.
Kartika Krishna Paksha
How to observe
Kartika Krishna Paksha
Also: Narak Chaturdashi
How to observe
Kartika Shukla Paksha
How to observe
Where to begin
प्रवेश के चार द्वारRead the scriptures in full, learn the tradition step by step, keep a small daily practice, or put a question to the texts themselves.
The Library
The complete Gita, Ramayana and Mahabharata with the Sanskrit, and the Rigveda, Upanishads and more in public-domain translation.
Guided paths
Short lessons for newcomers, from what dharma means to how a puja is done at home.
Japa · checklist · calendar
Count a mala, keep a short sadhana and see which festival or Ekadashi is next for your city.
Answers with citations
Ask a question and get an answer drawn only from the Gita, the Ramayana or the Mahabharata, with the verses it used.
Understand the tradition
इतिहास, ग्रंथ और तीर्थFollow four thousand years on a timeline and a turning globe, see how every scripture grows from the Vedas, and find a temple anywhere in India.
12 eras · 7000 BCE to today
Slide through the ages and watch the globe turn to where each one was centred, told as the tradition remembers it and as historians read the evidence.
Vedas to Agamas
The Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, epics and darshanas as one family tree, with public-domain translations to read in full.
3,468 temples
India drawn by hand, every state shaded by its temples; choose one to see each temple in the colour of its architecture.
The blog
Reflections, stories and long reads from our writers and readers.
Shivika ·
Thirty minutes ago I questioned whether I really knew my own religion. What started as doubt turned into a quiet inventory of everything Hinduism had already given me, temple bells at dawn, shlokas at my nani's house, the halwa and poori of Navratri's ninth day, and a way of living I had been practicing without naming.
Sanidhya ·
Seva is usually translated "selfless service" and then left there. But selfless does not mean self-erasing, and it is not a claim other people get to make on you.
Shivika ·
The Gita was not written to help you choose a job. Here are ten of its teachings, each with the verse behind it and the part that is harder than it sounds, starting from the fact that Arjuna is told to fight.
Temple Atlas
भारत के तीर्थFrom the Himalayan dhams to the southern gopurams, step into the living architecture, rituals, and bhakti traditions that hold India together.
ShivaRudraprayag, Uttarakhand
JagannathPuri, Odisha
Devi and ShivaMadurai, Tamil Nadu
ShivaVeraval, Gujarat
DeviGuwahati, Assam
Weekly Dispatch
साप्ताहिक पत्रOne long-form essay, one shloka reflection, and one temple spotlight, delivered to your inbox. No ads, no noise.
Your privacy is respected. Unsubscribe anytime, no ads, no third-party sharing.
