Puranas

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Tales of Bharat by Rati Hegde Ji is a collection of stories from the glorious epics, legends, folklore, and history that attempts to bring...

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...

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

Andal, the  9th century  Sri Vaishnavite poet, is  the first woman Bhakti poet of the country.  The sthala purana of the Srivilliputhur temple associated...

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

It hardly ever happened in recent times that I read a book from cover to cover within a few days, due to the huge...

In this article we shall discuss the Puranas, having learned about the Shruti granthas in the first three parts of this series (read parts...

Social media is sometimes reviled for driving unsociable behavior and for reducing human connections. But there are times when social media can exhilarate, connect...