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Grateful To Gurus 2023 Awardees
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"Grateful To Gurus 2023 Awardees", Indica, July 2, 2023:
चित्रं वटतरोर्मूले वृद्धाः शिष्या गुरुर्युवा ।
गुरोस्तु मौनं व्याख्यानं शिष्यास्तुच्छिन्नसंशयाः ॥३॥
"The Dakshinamurthy Stotram marvels at the sight...
Tales of Bharat – little known Dharmic stories
Tales of Bharat by Rati Hegde Ji is a collection of stories from the glorious epics, legends, folklore, and history that attempts to bring...
Book review: Essence of the fifth Veda
It is rare to come across a book that captures the essence of Ramayana and Mahabharata, Bharat's foremost itihas granthas, along with providing geographical...
Deconstructing Devdutt Pattanaik
The erudite Nityanand Mishra deconstructs the false narratives peddled by Devdutt Pattanaik in a conversation with Rajiv Malhotra. Deeply disturbing, it raises a plethora of problematic issues. Context matters. Delinking and decontextualising narratives from the Dharmic eco system renders our traditions and heritage vulnerable to cultural hijacks, balkanisation and homogenisation
Sthala purana of the Andal Temple
Andal, the 9th century Sri Vaishnavite poet, is the first woman Bhakti poet of the country. The sthala purana of the Srivilliputhur temple associated...
Exploring the Mahabharata Within
Mahabharata within, an online exploratory workshop blended Bharatiya Knowledge Traditions such as Yoga, theatre, dance, art, contemplative conversations and process work using the Mahabharata as a framework to explore the human psyche
Book review: “From the Beginning of Time – Modern science and the Puranas” by Ganesh Swaminathan
It hardly ever happened in recent times that I read a book from cover to cover within a few days, due to the huge...
Puranas – Smriti granthas that are also known as the fifth Vedas
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In this article we shall discuss the Puranas, having learned about the Shruti granthas in the first three parts of this series (read parts...
Beautiful rendition of Sanskrit shloka from Markandeya Purana goes viral
Social media is sometimes reviled for driving unsociable behavior and for reducing human connections. But there are times when social media can exhilarate, connect...