Indian Temples & Iconography

It was a run, from the world familiar, a fast run away from reality as we know it. A breathless run until Srinivasan chanced upon a wall, a ...

I was once asked about who was my inspiration to keep writing to my blog. I had no answer then except the name of Lord Shiva that echoed in ...

The form of Bhairava is considered to be fierce and terrific, one that infuses more fear than love towards Lord Shiva. Bhairava is known to ...

Pashupatinath Temple, Nepal Click the photo to enlarge When beauty transforms itself into grim reality When all curtains of illusion fall ...

The Vishwarupa Darshanam of Lord Krishna has been elaborately described in the Gita, but few know or realize that of lesser known Shiva. Thi...

Please click on the photographs to enlarge them 64 Yoginis come into focus when references are made to the dark side of Tantricism. The c...

Click on photo to enlarge Sammidheshwar temple, Chittor Fort, Mewar, Rajasthan: Lost in the ancient sands of the Thar, dotted with the ruins...

Hampi, Vijayanagar: Along the stony granite landscape of a once heavenly city now in ruins, lie remnants of a tradition silently living amon...

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...