A Bull Fighting Indian Hero – Saving the Ancient World from its Demons The popular story of ‘The hunter in the tree, the tiger and Shiva’ (associated with MahaShivaratri) is related to a similar recurring…
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Kanvar Mela – Adventure Holiday in Indian Style All over India, an interesting phenomenon can be observed. On one hand, materialism is on the rise, and on the other hand, the popularity of rituals and religious…
The Balochistan Sphinx Temple Complex: Is It a Man-made Architectural Wonder? Concealed within the desolate, rocky, landscape of the Makran coastline of Southern Balochistan, Pakistan, is an architectural gem that has gone unnoticed and unexplored…
Defence by History: Open Letter to Chief Justice by an Ayappa Devotee on Sabarimala Hon’ble Chief Justice of India Your Honour Most Respectfully showeth Leave our faith with our Lords! Your comments made on…
Serving the Shakti – The Divine Feminine; 64 Yogini Temple of Hirapur, Odisha One of the first thing you notice in Odisha is the thriving culture of temple going. In every village, I see people…
The Origin of the 108 Bead Japa Mala – A Different Interpretation In response a few weeks ago to a short article by Dr. Subhash Kak about the number 108, someone wrote the following: “[…]…
Ramayana is True; Why History Needs to be Rewritten to Fill the Missing Gap ‘See Venice and die’ This is the proverbial proverb, from the West. This is a small part of a huge…
Why Would the West Learn Sanskrit? Startling Revelations! Why would the West learn Sanskrit? What made them set up Sanskrit Chairs at different Universities and spend millions of pounds in learning this language? A lot…
लिंग शब्द का संस्कृत अर्थ “प्रतीक” है, शिवलिंग का अर्थ “शिव का प्रतीक” शिव-लिंग को गुप्तांग की संज्ञा किसने और क्यों दी? लिंग और योनि का वास्तविक अर्थ संस्कृत शब्दकोष के अनुसार क्या है?…
Gurukulas and Universities – When the Civilized World Sent Its Best Students To India Just a thousand years ago, India was dotted with gurukulas, universities and myriad varieties of educational institutes where students gathered to gain credentials…
