Indian Temples & Iconography

The tiny drop of water fall from the heavens as the grey clouds cover the land. The lush green trees shimmer as the smell of wet earth awake...

The world that Shiva Nataraja paints to us is very different from what we get to see around us daily. It requries some amount of imaginatio...

The aura: An imposing form that towers over the landscape which appears to stay still and aloof even as my car speeds ahead to make it to th...

Fear not! The hand stays still promising peace and tranquility in ones life when the Bhakta submits to the great Lord. Fear not! For this i...

Lost in the surrounding din my little mind tried hard to keep the internal silence intact. Words, sounds and all the wasted energy continued...

Mythology makes regular references to various levels of consciousness, specially those that range between the super gods and mere mortals li...

At the moment of death, experienced doctors say, there is rarely a chance that a person is going to be aware or has the consciousness to rea...

The literal translation of the RUDRAM as follows: A call to the Great Lord Aghora Rudra, who should not reveal himself in a form that scare...

The green leaves The blissful shade Cutting out the strong heat This pure air The gentle breeze Singing in my ears As I sit here Below this ...

Lost in his world of devotion to the Lord, the divine verses fell out of the great Shankaracharya 's mind: Aaradhayami mani sannibham at...

Srinivasan took out the wooden box that lay untouched within his puja room and laid it on the floor. He stared at it closely and thought to ...

Along the stone walls Srinivasan walked, trying to listen to the sound reverberating within them. People busily rushed ahead of him, pushing...

||Om Aham Gangai Mata Namaskaromi|| Gaumukh is the source of the river Bhagirathi that flows from the melting glacier feeding the Ganges as ...