Indian Temples & Iconography

F ar above all humanity, on a rocky hill, a man discovered an ancient temple of Lord Shiva. Such was the power of the temple, and the shrine...

Shiva consciousness brings alive an enhanced feeling of bliss that is awakened when the hrudaya kamalam blooms. But what is Shiva consciousn...

I am I am the fire I am the water I am the earth I am the wind I am ether I am no longer "I" I am and as a jiva I offer myself to ...

The fire of life The fire of energy Is in the form of Shakti The fire of enlightenment The fire in the awakened third eye Is in the form of ...

When it comes to divine love, Lord Krishna describes it best. Love, that captures the mind, where he conquers every mind at the same time, w...

Tradition brings with it certain happiness, which is first followed mechanically and then realized along the way as the heart grows fonder. ...

The ancient occult sciences refer to yantra and mantra as a method used to connect with the divine in a realm of orthodoxy, and purity if on...

The idea of a Shamshan ghat brings darkness and death to the mind. It brings a gloomy picture to those who visit it to cremate their dead. Y...

I have reached a strange feeling in my journey in Shiva realization. A series of thoughts just hit me one one after another. I feel a strang...

When I am dormant The energy lies within me Atma lingaaya Nama Om The flame of this energy Rises into divine vision Into Rudra, the divine s...

Srinivasan sat down to pray, he was tired, tired of life, its miseries, tired of people. He sat down to spend some time with the Lord, wishi...

Amidst the entire fan fair that surrounds the mela of the Jagannath Rath Yatra, the three deities Krishna Jagannatha, Subhadra and Balabhadr...

To Lord Lingodbhava within the wall of fire I pray To Lord Rudra , the vanquisher of evil, I bow To Lord Nataraja who dances with g...

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