Indian Temples & Iconography

The term "love" has many depictions in the scriptures, from rapturous sensuality as a form of expression to divine intoxication....

 Mount Kailasa depicting the sacred family. The Gods are clever; they gave us a mind to think and also gave it the nature to wander. We are...

Om Prabhaayai namaha: I bow to Her, who is radiant like the sun, surrounded by a golden hue she glows like a thousand brilliant suns. Om ...

When the fire of pure knowledge burns When the fragrance of divinity embraces the air When the aura around her is resplendent with her be...

  He lay there on his deathbed, his eyes graying within their dark circles as he furiously fluctuated between this world and the other. He b...

The three eyed Lord, is a term that has often echoed in my head and left me intrigued and jolted over the presence of an invisible third eye...

Buried deep within the mountains, cut away from all the noise and secluded in this quaint valley laced by the river Mandakini is the sacred...

I sit here swinging between two worlds. I met her, a practicing tantric and what a wonderful woman she turned out to be. She unraveled her l...

The literal translation of the RUDRAM as follows: A call to the Great Lord Aghora Rudra, who should not reveal himself in a form that scare...

||Om Aham Gangai Mata Namaskaromi|| Gaumukh is the source of the river Bhagirathi that flows from the melting glacier feeding the Ganges as ...

My love for you doesn't seem enough My thoughts fail me My contemplation doesn't appear deep enough Where are you O Shambho, O Mahad...

One of the greatest known in the Bhakti movement and better known as a follower of Vaishnavism was Chaitanya Mahaprabhu who composed the Shi...

"Bhikshaan Dehi... Bhikshaan Dehi" This echo at the door brings every lady of the house, every grihasta to offering annam, or rice...