Ganesha’s arrival, in the latter half of the monsoon, marks the transformation of Shiva, the hermit, into Shankara, the householder. …
The South has been the home of Sugriva, king of monkeys (vanara) and Ravana, king of demons (rakshasa). …
We can argue that goddesses have been integral to Hinduism since Vedic times. But of the 1,000 hymns of the Rig Veda only the maximum number of hymns dedicated to a goddess as the 21 hymns for Usha, the dawn-goddess…
Published on 14th May, 2023, in Mid-day. There is one temple of Sachi, wife of …
Published on 14th July, 2022, in The Hindu. How old are the goddesses of India? …
Published on 11th July, 2021, in Mid-day. Hindu mythology uses metaphor of human relationships to …
Published on 22nd November, 2020, in Mid-day. We often forget that there are still many …
Published on 22nd November, 2020, in Mumbai Mirror. Every Indian village is personified as a …
Published on 15th November, 2020, in Mid-day. About 400 years ago, a Shakta text was …
Published on 18th October, 2020, in Mid-day. The concept of Nava-durga is extremely popular during …
Published on 16th August, 2020, in Mid-day. One of the things in the about-4,000-year-old Harappan …
Published on 29th March, 2020, in Mid-day In ancient India, the village fields did not …
Published on 8th March, 2020, in Mid-day Harappan civilisation, which thrived over 4,000 years ago, …
Published on 29th December, 2019, in Mid-day In temples like Jagannath Puri and in many …