Indian Temples & Iconography

नर्मदायै नमः प्रातः In the wake of dawn Calm reigns supreme The waters at the Narmadakund rise Life giving waters for the living She origi...

In the sun light from heaven a thousand Lingas shine the Lord is present in every stone divine The holy river waters flow a constant worship...

I am an illusion I am an enigma I am that which I myself don’t know I am not the person you see I am just a drop In the ocean of life I am t...

In the ocean of knowledge Lord Brahma resides On his lotus throne Creating the world Creating live He breathes in life Lets loose the pearls...

It might be a misconception that Tantrik cults are over and done with, for the essence of it still continues to prevail rather openly in Wes...

When power is felt up close, When the female energy in all its fury hits the eye, When the sound of the conch shell deafens the ear, Where i...

The name Eklingji is not that of a temple as much as it is the name of a place. Eklingji hosts approximately 108 temples scattered around th...

The ancient city of Varanasi is more than just a pilgrimage center, or a land where the dead are cremated. Varanasi has been described in th...

It was a mournful morning, as Srinivasan watched a family cremating their loved one at the Harishchandra Ghat. The Ganges flowed by in all h...

Varanasi, city of lights, city of color and city of spiritualism hosts the most ancient cremation grounds in the Indian subcontinent. Manika...

Varanasi, the land of lights, and host of one of Shiva’s Jyothir lingas has been celebrated through centuries as a place of high spiritualis...

When the heavens open bring forth the force the wilderness the heat the power alive the potency let lose the divine embrace such energy rele...

Eklingji Temple near Udaipur, Rajasthan: There was chill in the air as Srinivasan walked on the cold stone floor of this remote temple, nea...