Indian Temples & Iconography

5.30.2005

The seed of potency, the grid of power.

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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...
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5.26.2005

Kalahasti - the land where Vayu is felt

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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...
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5.24.2005

A Glimpse of the Lord - Govinda Gooooovinda!

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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...
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5.17.2005

A wholesome brahmin meal!

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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...
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5.13.2005

A game of dice - dayakattai

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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...
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5.11.2005

Coiled serpents on a wayside stelae

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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...
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5.10.2005

The real Hinduism

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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...
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5.05.2005

The fun in a Brahmin household.

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We sat back having lunch, thinking about all the good old days when we were young, living the typical orthodox lifestyle as administered bac...
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5.03.2005

Girivalam - the journey

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Girivalam, Thiruvannamallai (3 hours from Chennai), is a 14km stretch that circles the imposing hill, believed to be Lord Shiva himself. Wha...
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4.25.2005

Hinduism and its secrets

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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 ...
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4.16.2005

Tantrik Cults and temples

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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....
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3.22.2005

the truth

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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...
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3.19.2005

A tribute to Shiva.

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Kiratarjuniya panel, Mahabalipuram: I would wonder whether this panel is a tribute to Lord Shiva or a tribute to the beautiful verses of Bha...
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3.17.2005

Shiva the hunter

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Mahabalipuram: Few people would imagine that an entire dynasty looked at plain rock surfaces as a canvas to depict mythology, and fewer woul...
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3.15.2005

The world beyond the senses.

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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...
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3.08.2005

Its called the Trimurti cave

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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...
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2.24.2005

Importance to Vishnu in Kiratarjuniya Panel

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Kiratarjuniya Panel, Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, India: Beauty of this sculptural panel is that it is the depiction of the poetry of Bharavi, ...
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2.17.2005

Vishnu on ananta - Mahabalipuram

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Cave shrines at Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu: Deviating from Shiva, Vishnu is depicted in a limited set of forms across Mahabalipuram. Well to ...
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2.14.2005

Shiva - the enticer

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

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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...
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