India has a long, continuous and cumulative tradition of commentaries on seminal intellectual texts. Knowledge has always enjoyed a privileged status in India; the sheer amount of knowledgeliterature, text of knowledge available...
Read MoreThe temple of Lord Jagannath at Puri, a coastal town near Bay of Bengal popularly known “Mahodadhi” occupies a distinct place in the entire religious world. The word “Puri” has been derived from...
Read MoreFor centuries, Hindus crowded the banks of the Yamuna for religious ceremonies. Today, no one can take a dip even on festivals because the river overflows with filth, effluents, dirt and even dead bodies. It is a sorry tale all...
Read MoreThe Masters of tens of millions of lives live here. They rule from a barrack-like building, set in grounds holding huge masonry structures that look like enormous versions of a child’s geometry set. And, in a way, that is what...
Read MoreThere was a massive elephant blocking our way in that bamboo flanked dusty tract. We had stopped the vehicle and waited silently, too numb to respond to a tusker in the wild. But the guard accompanying us into the Chandaka...
Read MoreAs reported in an article by Charles Arthur in the June 8, 1999 edition of The Independent in England, new information has been gathered by scientists at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, India, regarding how the...
Read MoreAlong with the magnificent temple artifacts found in Central Java, the sculptures at Angkor Wat offer an amazing visual record of many famous transcendental pastimes. The Churning of the Milk Ocean is one such inconceivable...
Read MoreOn the outside-facing walls of the central cella of Lord Brahma’s temple at Prambanan are a number of relief panels that portray 27 groups of Brahman holy men, or rishis. Scholars have concluded that the figures in these...
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India’s Ramayana refers to an island called Lanka somewhere in the southern ocean beneath...
Read MoreThe Goddess Mahalakshmi is connected with ‘Mahat Lakshana’, i.e. having noble characteristics. Lokamataa: ‘World Mother’. She is the mother of all the people of the world, distributing affections and...
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