Here is the explanation by the dualists (the ISKCONITES) :
Unintelligent men, who do not know Me perfectly, think that I, the supreme personality of Godhead, Krsna, was impersonal (avyaktam) before and have now assumed this personality (vyaktam).
Due to their small knowledge, they do not know...
There's a lot of focus of forms of Viṣṇu and Śiva, but the Vedas emphasize Indra, Agni, Soma and others.
The academic view is that Śiva was native to the Indus Valley, Viṣṇu's various forms were native to the Ganges plains, and that the Aryans brought the Vedic religion. Over time these were...
I am reading everywhere online that Rivansh means Lord Vishnu but I am not sure how the name is associated with lord vishnu.
Rivansh can be divided as Rivan and Ansh. Rivan can mean ocean and ansh means part. So Rivansh could mean Part of Ocean.
Also it is believed that Lord Vishnu can be...
It is believed that the Demon king Bali did "Yagya" for expanding his Kingdom. During the puja ceremony Lord Vishnu came as a little beggar and asked him just 3 steps measured land for "Sandhya Vandan". As Bali was a great donor he agreed to do so. His religious teacher Shukracharya stopped him...
*Important: All the below expound the secrets of Vedam, and are absolutely in line with it, will add others later. This serves as reference so that we can learn about vaishnavism from any of these texts and myself should start reading these:
Ramayana
Mahabharata
BhagawadGita
Tiruppavai
Vishnu...