Indian Temples & Iconography

Ramanuja says that in the age of Kaliyuga, a person can get moksha or salvation from bondage and hence the cycle of rebirth if he/she simpl...

A beat of the drum A tap of my feet A move of my limbs A strange freedom of the senses A constant vibration Deep within the heart A new worl...

The Mahabharata: In the Mahabharata Kunti is considered the epitome of all goodness, an honorable and respectable queen mother to her childr...

I held up my hands in prayer to God this morning and as I opened them I stared into them and my palm and wondered about the power they held....

Home! Home means different things to different people. Home means family to some and complete intrigue to others. I have a home, what I call...

Srirangam Tamil Nadu, time unknown: Mangalam Pati is an orthodox lady I heard, oval faced, lean, always in a 9 yards saree and wearing gold ...

A place in my heart Just for the Lord To dance his way through Its inner chambers It’s a wild heart Crazy in love Just that the lord Knows w...

A high mountain Cold winds blow A forbidden world Silent, constant forever A majestic mountain Kissed by a thin cloud That amb...

Kapaleeshwarar temple, Mylapore Chennai: This is a strange happiness I felt when I went to the temple last Saturday morning. I had my ipod p...

It's been an interesting week at Thiruvannamalai, it always has something new to offer on a platter. I would believe getting personalize...

The sound of the damaru A new life is born A new rhythm set in divine motion The dance of life The dance of procreation It is the churn...

I have reached the gates of heaven It was a tough slow walk up On hard pebbled pathway laiden with still air and burning hot Tiresome is the...

Bhojpur Madhya Pradesh: There was this little kingdom ruled by Raja Bhoj in the 10th cen AD, who had very ambitious plans for his kingdom. A...

The realm of Vishvakarma revealed to man a world of secrecy brought down in stone. Sinking the energy into the rock from a world deep wi...

When there is a convergence of two sciences, a truth is revealed. When there is a merger of two resonating sounds the reverberation is felt...

The backbone of temple architecture is the presence of Guilds across various kingdoms in India. Their orders come from the royal architects ...

Girivalam, in silence: On a full moon night Thiruvannamallai has a charm of its own. On one end it hosts a million pilgrims who walk the sa...

Thiruvannamallai - 3 hours from Chennai. Its a full moon night, Poornima, and the moon beams its gentle rays down on earth and lights up sma...

This is not about temples, but about the Self. Today, i went back to Google search, to refresh my decaying knowledge in Math and went throug...

Elephanta caves, Mumbai: A moment longer at Elephanta caves can give a life time of happiness. Sounds strange, but when you discover the val...