Indian Temples & Iconography

I heard praises Praises of another being A being I had wanted to be A being I have not yet achieved And yet it brought Tears to my eyes To ...

Amarnath Shiva Linga. Om Namah Shivay The last hope The saving grace The heart clings With dear faith To survive Fears unkn...

It had been a while since Srinivasan had heard from his Guru. This left him feeling fairly uneasy over the unpredictability of his Guru'...

Ekapada Shiva, Someshwara temple Andhra Pradesh Shiva, a common name around the house, yet an unknown icon when it comes to deep spiritualis...

Its might appear very strange and intriguing that Shiva Lingas get unearthed at construction sites or any place when people dig the earth up...

It would look like another day to anyone, a typical day with a new share of problems that we would have to solve, new challenges that we wou...

The nature of classical music brings out the emotions within, in a controlled self-contained way where the energy within is channelized into...

The realm of Vishnu and Brahma on Ananthasayanam: Life as we see it is a time period we exist in current consciousness and depart without kn...

It was a calm morning while Srinivasan sat down to offer his puja to Lord Shiva. Having organized every thing for a morning abhishekam, he l...

A moment of stillness All time stops, the world freezes I take a single breath A fresh breath of life As I look around me People lost in the...

The temple courtyard my floor The pillared halls echo the rhythm The calling, a beat the mridangam resounding into the air The grand theater...

We are all aware of the Great War where the demon King of Mahisha, Mahishasura was slain by the Goddess Durga. These days of war had a lot m...

Navaratri is attributed to 9 days when Shakti is worshipped in all her forms. The three primary forms of Shakti worshipped are Durga, Sarasw...

"Mere kismat mein likha hai" or "My talai ezhutu" It is an expression in Hindi as well as in Tamil, which reflects those...

A gesture simple A face so divine A form so glorious A world so new A hand so firm A blessing so true Fear not, The Lord is here Oh Lord I s...

Hinduism is a whirlpool of knowledge, that which cannot be understood at first glance. To be a Hindu is not just about being gifted, but it’...

She woke up in cold sweat, What was that? All she remembered were those eyes. A man moved around, A lightning in the dark, two eyes so power...

Kanchipuram, 1 hour from Chennai: This is a brimming temple town, which hosts temples to all the Gods. This was the first time I had entered...

It was a silent evening at home while I watched my mother prepare for Varalakshmi Nombu. The priced wooden temple came out of its bag and I ...

Haridwar: Along the Ganges Going back to the north after about 10 years was indeed very nostalgic as I walked out of Delhi airport to take a...