Indian Temples & Iconography

To the Great Lord Trimurthi I see your reflection in my hand I see your three eyes shine bright I see the knowledge of life unfold I see t...

Ranchi, 1984 Ravan Dahan The day came to a close with the rising moon and I shut out the lights for a good night sleep. But sleep, there w...

To Lord Nandikeshwara I pray O Drummer to the Lord's dancing feet One of Lord Shiva's divine sons His mount, His vehicle An inmate o...

Click on the photo to enlarge. The traditional world: Chidambaram An ancient temple, seeped in its old orthodox ways of living, is precise w...

An atheist decided to blow up a bridge, a bridge that holds the belief of one billion voices. A bridge that stands as a legacy to the most a...

An open truth for the world to know the Lord brings out from the world of Dhyana Sprinkling the syllables potent letters of life for us to l...

When you walk into the Chidambaram Nataraja temple as a non entity, the feeling of divinity doesn't cover you half as strongly, as much ...

It was during the hour of twilight that the Devas and the Asuras began to churn the ocean of life to bring out the promised Amrit(elixir of ...

Lost in a small village in Madhya Pradesh are a series of 20 temples profusely carved, gigantic and dominating the otherwise insignificant c...

From the clouds of the heavens descends the all-encompassing strength of the universe, of all the Gods. A fury within the mind, vigor in the...

In todays world it is difficult to get the levels of intensity in devotion that our ancients had. Devotion is something that is freely avail...

View geographical location of this temple Grishneswar, 11kms from Daulatabad and Aurangabad , is the last of the 12 Jyotir Lingas in t...

View location map of this temple. In the cold bleak regions of the Garhwal Himalayas lies one of India's holiest spots. The Jyotir Linga...

View geographical location of this temple. Brahmagiri hills are a part of a charming countryside, in the wilderness of Maharastra surrounded...

View location map of this temple! Kasi-kshetrancha Kalabairava darsanam| Prayaga madhavam Trushtva Yega Bilvam Sivarpanam|| Maha-Smsana Nila...

Nageswaram Naganatham Nagabrana booshidham | Nataka-pradham Navarasa Pradham Jyodhir-Swaroopam Vandhe Namami || The Jy...

I do not reply to many forwards, I scarcely react to most of them, but there was one series i felt strongly towards...The doubt in the minds...

Rameshwaram – Temple for a cosmic bath It was a moment, a moment recorded in faith, not written on a tablet or a wall but in the mind’s of t...

View location map of this temple! Kshetragyam Kshetrapalancha Parartyaika prayojanam| vyomakesam Jyothir-swaroopam Beemasankaram Namamyaham|...

Click on the photo to enlarge it. Trithalam trigunadhaaram trinetram chatriyayudham | Trijanma-papasamharam Yega-vilvam Sivarpanam || Though...