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The Love-God’s Mother
Published on 5th April, 2020, in Mid-day Between the 5th and 10th century C.E., we …
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One Idea, Many Expressions
Published on 15th March, 2020, in Mid-day In a typical Hindu temple, we do not …
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Mahabharata On the Hills
Published on 26th January, 2020, in Mid-day Badrinath and Kedarnath are two major centres of …
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Goddess of “X” factor
Published on 29th December, 2019, in Mid-day In temples like Jagannath Puri and in many …
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Gods Love Water
Published on 22nd December, 2019, in Mid-day Hindu mythology is full of symbols associated with …
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The Crocodile-Wrestling Hero
Published on 15th December, 2019, in Mid-day In Egyptian, Persian, Assyrian and Sumerian imagery, kings …
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Swastika in the Stars
Published on 22nd September, 2019, in Mid-day If you look to the sky, towards the …
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Dharma focuses on empathy, not justice
Who is a Hindu? Published on 4th August, 2019, in Mumbai Mirror Once upon a …
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Sacred Seven
Published on 7th July, 2019, in Mid-day Once Vishnu and Laxmi had a quarrel. Laxmi …
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Who is a good Hindu father?
Published on 23rd June, 2019, in Mumbai Mirror Indians are obsessed with their mothers. An …
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Is Shiva the corporate destroyer or Kalki?
Published on 15th June, 2019, in Economic Times. Kalki, the tenth avatar of Vishnu, is …
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Narada, the cursed
In the Puranas, we are told that Narada, the mind, was born from the thoughts of Brahma, and like all sages had the knowledge of Brahma vidya, or the ultimate truth of the world. He would go around the world sharing this knowledge and enabling people to break the cycle of birth and death. …
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Northeastern love for Krishna
Published on 3rd February, 2019. When one speaks of Krishna, one usually speaks of North Indian traditions of Surdas and Mirabai, or South Indian traditions of Andal and the Alwars…
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Of hunger in heaven
We realise the three Swargas in Hindu mythology are designed very differently from the single heaven of Abrahamic mythology…
