Indian Temples & Iconography

This is the journey of the seeker, the seeker in me. I have been going from pillar to post, trying to dig up my roots, understand my past, f...

Kalahasti, 43 kms from Thirupati: Abode of Shiva The Lord has strange ways of displaying his presence, here he does it with wind. I will not...

Tirupati: This is the richest temple in the Indian subcontinent, and truly, you know it when you are there. Getting a glimpse of Lord Venka...

Declared as the most hygienic meal in the world, this is a spread to be seen, tasted and enjoyed. Authentically speaking, the dishes are ser...

Excuse my attempts at Tamil here but i shall try to make it sound as authentic as Iyer athu tamil. Strategy, fun and one of the few things t...

On the roads, Tamil Nadu country side: Coiled serpents on a stelae, sounds like something out of a fantasy in the middle ages. Well, not exa...

The real Hinduism, is something of much debate. What is our culture, our real culture i mean. Culture is a good word, sounds great, everyone...

We sat back having lunch, thinking about all the good old days when we were young, living the typical orthodox lifestyle as administered bac...

Girivalam, Thiruvannamallai (3 hours from Chennai), is a 14km stretch that circles the imposing hill, believed to be Lord Shiva himself. Wha...

I have been studying a lot of art history and it has led me into a lot of other fields, made me ask questions, try and find answers which i ...

The misconception to Tantrik cults in India is that it appears to be an orgy of sorts. The other biased opinion is that sex is wrong or bad....

The Nataraja: The origin of this sculture in its prototype can be taken right back to the Indus valley civilization with the seal that depic...

Kiratarjuniya panel, Mahabalipuram: I would wonder whether this panel is a tribute to Lord Shiva or a tribute to the beautiful verses of Bha...

Mahabalipuram: Few people would imagine that an entire dynasty looked at plain rock surfaces as a canvas to depict mythology, and fewer woul...

i am currently neck deep into shaivism trying to understand if not realize its various facets. i have reached the end of the road as far as...

Mahabalipuram, Trimurti cave, Tamil Nadu: Its a cave i have been missing for a while, and a long while at that. 7 years is a long time, to m...

Kiratarjuniya Panel, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, India: Beauty of this sculptural panel is that it is the depiction of the poetry of Bharavi, ...

Cave shrines at Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu: Deviating from Shiva, Vishnu is depicted in a limited set of forms across Mahabalipuram. Well to ...

He sits there silent, stone cold, like nothing ever bothers him. He is passive silent distant and truely unapproachable. His potency spreads...

Shiva, is self taught, raw, unadutrated truth, too hard to digest, too hard to comprehend, too hard to accept in our pathetic lives. he is t...