tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89997002024-03-17T11:19:27.174+05:30Indian Temples & IconographyKavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.comBlogger403125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-14984890696502294612020-03-26T16:20:00.000+05:302020-03-26T16:20:41.100+05:30A Sweet Smile of Sublime Beauty
It was the first glimpse I caught of her, she appeared settled on the sacred seat within the sanctum of the Kanchi temple. Kamakshi Amman smiled back at me in quiet demeanor. My thoughts flew off my mind as my eyes rolled over every aspect of the sanctum, taking her form in. Her face smeared with sandal wood housed the most beautiful smile and her eyes gazed straight back at me.
My heart welledKavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-32878421475689187652019-10-28T08:14:00.000+05:302019-10-28T08:14:03.983+05:30Kamakshi or Kamakhya - It is the power of the Goddess that matters
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In the dark environs of Tantrik supremacy, every step into a physical temple is a leap into once own divine self. Kamakshi, as she is called, gives a deep flavour of the nature of Sati, that of Parvati, that of the consort of theKavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-41548383258504266202019-08-26T20:56:00.000+05:302019-08-26T20:56:33.846+05:30The Art of Information Architecture in Temple Architecture.
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We have been told that Information Architecture tries to map the mental model of the end users. What is this mental model and are they really users?
First let’s define whether they are “users” or “be-ers”. The idea of information architecture is to dive into the universe of what makes these Kavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-28449191573433909262019-08-06T10:11:00.000+05:302019-08-06T10:12:11.320+05:30The Art of Wow Factors in Ancient India
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While going through sacred texts I can’t but help draw a parallel between the works of Adi Shankaracharya in the Soundarya Lahari and the poetry of Bharavi in the Kiratarjuniya Mahakavya, both poets were contemporaries of each other ranging between the 6th century and 8th century. There was a flurry of activity in the Kavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-55584978624336247622019-07-21T09:26:00.000+05:302019-07-21T09:26:41.007+05:30Time - A Concept apparently Understood but not Realised
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They say the only constant is change.
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Spiritually speaking there is a big flaw in this statement. On the face of it, it is as true as it can get Kavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-85053122584516892832019-03-16T09:51:00.000+05:302019-03-16T09:51:48.262+05:30Conversations with the Dead
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With every passing day of life and despite the integral presence of the mundane, (which is nice but I don’t always appreciate it) the thought that I am here for a limited period of time has not failedKavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-32428778638431765902019-02-09T13:27:00.001+05:302019-02-09T13:27:07.387+05:30The Dilution in the Institution of Marriage
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Originally, when this ideology was formulated there were 4 stages to living that were tuned towards the overall development of a person from Birth to Death. These 4 stages were conditioned to Kavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-25316599549278599922019-01-28T09:02:00.000+05:302019-01-28T09:02:06.814+05:30Faith - A Subtle Lesson in the Spiritual World.
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I wonder sometimes why spiritualism has not active takers, true seekers I mean. I realise one has to be as close as sage like, confronting every thought or concept around oneself. It takes a Kavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-41863449310195887732019-01-19T22:45:00.000+05:302019-01-20T11:14:21.033+05:30Relevance of Akharas in the Mahakumbh
Nagas at the Kumbh
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Flamboyant pictures of Naga Babas and ascetics in various expressions of Sanatana Dharma have descended Kavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-46065581944150769082018-10-16T10:02:00.000+05:302018-10-16T10:12:08.178+05:30The Inherent Bliss in Worship
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My current destination is to explore the abode of the netherworld, the 7 great Patalas. While its interesting to go into the depths of darkness to understand nature of life here in the celestial spaceKavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-1326895067326188792018-07-17T09:11:00.000+05:302018-07-17T09:29:44.048+05:30Discovering the Panchagni Ritual
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As I dive deeper into the scriptures I have come to realize that almost every subtle logic of existence has a gross counterpart in karmic terms. The basic premise of Hindu texts emphasises on the factKavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-11901388174339875622018-05-02T09:35:00.000+05:302018-05-02T09:58:22.206+05:30A Journey with Jagannath, Relived
The thrill on my son's face, the enjoyment of a new world... Nothing could beat this smile that brought back past memories.
While we spend most of our lives robotically leading it, there are some things that don't die.... They stay dormant in the crevices of the mind only to surprise us when a connect with the past is made.
Jagannathpur Ranchi, Jagannath Mandir
The innocence of Kavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-91395651633251464772018-04-22T08:39:00.001+05:302018-04-23T07:45:26.803+05:30The Unexplored world of Surasundaris, their Personality, their Potential
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She twirls around the branch of a tree
As she pull a thorn off her delicate feet
Her graceful curves entwine a branch
As she holds onto it like a fragile creeper
She calls the green parrot, plays with its red beak
The sign of sensuality, the pleasures of love
She gently smells the Kavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-50447599344639992432018-03-26T08:38:00.000+05:302018-03-26T08:38:02.434+05:30An Ode to Bhasavanna
At these troubled times, when politics decides to divide a society and rule them, where selfishness takes over principles of good governance, I am wondering how Bhasavanna would have reacted to this madness. Is this what he had envisioned when he founded the sacred extension of Shaivism in Veera Shaivism bringing about the Lingayat community? Today, these two brothers stand split up, when their Kavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-21864284665404128992018-01-03T09:56:00.001+05:302018-01-03T09:56:59.879+05:30The Strange Joy within Sakhya Bhava
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Kavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-54400261983057404352017-12-28T14:56:00.000+05:302017-12-28T14:56:32.527+05:30The Magnificent World of Elephanta
Elephanta is a silent world just off a busy coastline of Mumbai. In contrast to the modernity of the Mumbai shores, Elephanta speaks loads of the fantastic past of Classical India.
This is not just a gateway to a rock cut world of the Kalachuri dynasty that stood up to it's rival in Buddhism, but a much more silent world of divine shaivism practised on earth. This rock cut cave is Kavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-49763463458281362752017-10-04T09:36:00.000+05:302017-10-04T10:00:09.870+05:30Journey to Find My Constant
The true nature of Shiva and Shakthi is not a heavenly couple with human attributes. Their nature is not a human family with children. The mythological story is not wrong, but it is a metaphor for a far deeper and subtle concept that needs to be understood.
When we look at Kali and Parvati, they are representations of "Shakthi". What exactly would that mean? Shiva and Parvati – Kavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-32046912448582830982017-09-20T10:07:00.001+05:302017-09-20T10:07:41.500+05:30Sacred Ritualism - The True Path of Devotion
Its been a while since I took to serious worship, and when I say serious worship I mean a certain level of orthodoxy being practiced in my daily lifestyle. What started out as a need of the hour activity in my spiritual realm has now culminated into a deep, well nourished experience in sync with divinity. Have I felt the Gods yet, weirdly yes, but I can't explain it.
I took to TantraKavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-38124643801996855622017-09-12T09:07:00.001+05:302017-09-12T13:39:25.130+05:30The Hare and the Tortoise
It was a realization this morning that the story of the hare and the tortoise can be interpreted in more ways than one. While the common sought after and understood symbolism tickles our aspirations for success and ambition, there is a completely different revelation that invokes our spiritual side. It made me dwell deeper into the possible nature of both these creatures and it was extremely Kavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-60839435803347547252017-09-04T09:31:00.002+05:302017-09-04T09:39:23.105+05:30The Shiva Path
The Shiva Path is a state of mind that raises me from the dead...
||Om Namo Bhagavate Rudraya||
To live the state of Shiva
Is to give up the luxury of life
Is to dive deep into the basics of my existence
Is to dive into the reason for living
Is to dive deep away from this maya
From this noise
To live the state of Shiva
Is to question every rule in the rule book
Is to discover myself
Not as anKavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-77514894195750101552017-08-21T10:26:00.000+05:302017-08-21T10:26:25.388+05:30A Spark of Potent Divine Love
I have been spending a good amount of mind time trying to understand what led up to the transformation of Karaikkal Ammaiyar - from a devoted house wife to a demon devotee.
This is not just a social transformation, this is a transformation at many levels which simply baffles me ... on what really happened. The recorded story and its dilutions just talks about her ability to muster up the power Kavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-679445520147226142017-08-15T13:20:00.001+05:302017-08-15T15:52:39.165+05:30A Dance with the Divine Mother
Shiva Nataraja dances for Karaikkal Ammaiyar
I have lived and I have wondered all the time, what's the real point of this life. I don't see much sense in it. I just move from one whirlpool of human interaction to another, how does it help me. I get moralistic messages every morning advising me on how I should lead my life but isn't all this just a bunch of points of view? What is the real Kavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-86907283837629668872017-06-07T09:35:00.000+05:302017-06-07T09:45:21.924+05:30The Secret World of the Green Parrot
Have you ever wondered why green parrots were chosen for
being pet birds? In mythology, there has been a strong association of the
damsel in love to carry a cage with a green parrot in it which has through ages
been associated with the flavor of sensual love. In mystic poetry, green
parrots hold the secret of her love mate, and have often spilled those beans
when someone comes along and lets Kavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8999700.post-5885346393586188302017-05-28T22:31:00.002+05:302017-05-28T22:31:14.716+05:30The Journey from "I Do" to "I Am"
For a very long period of time I believed that the answer to my quest for the supreme resided in my actions. It was all about doing, what do I need to do to reach the Gods? Clearly, I didn’t get the complete answer, but I did find pockets of divine excitement when I saw a smile on the next man's face if I did something nice for them. Karma marga, supported by the boundaries of one's own dharma Kavitha Kalyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00813712305535152213noreply@blogger.com1