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Pagal Baba’s Profound Discourse on Kundalini
Team Dharma Dispatch
7 min read
Ghar-Wapsi in an Era of Mounting Losses and Existential Crisis: The Conclusion
Sandeep Balakrishna
7 min read
The Controversial Episodes in the Ramayana Demystified
Arjun Bharadwaj
5 min read
An Avadhoota from Old Bangalore: Swami Mahadeva Sastri
Team Dharma Dispatch
7 min read
Duryodhana and Karna: A Friendship that Never was
Sandeep Balakrishna
5 min read
Deewaar: The Classic Cinematic Textbook Celebrating the Worst of Nehruvian Secularism and Communism: Part 2
Sandeep Balakrishna
5 min read
The Exalted Life of Manu and a Chapter-wise Synopsis of the Manusmriti
Team Dharma Dispatch
5 min read
The Concept of Širk: What it Meant Before the Advent of Islam
Koenraad Elst
23 min read
A Glimpse of the Daily Routine and Life of a Brahmin Patriarch
Sandeep Balakrishna
6 min read
The Story of Manasa Devi the Naga Goddess of Bhagirathi
Team Dharma Dispatch
5 min read
The Devala-Smriti: A Brief Introduction
Sandeep Balakrishna
5 min read
Vandalising Mricchakatika: The Artistic Fraud Called Utsav
Sandeep Balakrishna
11 min read
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Virakta Kavya or Renunciate Poetry in the Indian Literary Tradition
Exploring the splendid tradition of Virakta Kavya or Renunciate Poetry in the Indian tradition since the Vedic times to the 20th Century
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
4 min read
Hindu Cultural Conquest of Alien Lands: The Story of Jvalaji Temple in Baku
The Ateshgah Fire Temple in Baku, Azerbaijan, was originally the Hindu temple named Jvalaji built in 1745
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
5 min read
What Happens when a Hindu Temple is Destroyed
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
10 min read
The Triumph of Sri Venkannayya’s Rama Bhakti
A real-life episode from the 19th century narrating the extraordinary devotion that Sri Venkannayya had for Sri Ramachandra
By
Team Dharma Dispatch
5 min read
The Delightful Story of the Cussword, “Moo Devi”
The Puranic roots and cultural metamorphosis of the expletive, "Moo Devi" prevalent in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
5 min read
How the Bhakti Movement Gave Hindus a Breather and the New Indian Renaissance
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
5 min read
The Fascinating History of Flags in Ancient India
A bird's eye view of the fascinating and extraordinary history of flags and emblems in ancient India.
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
4 min read
Deewaar: The Classic Cinematic Textbook Celebrating the Worst of Nehruvian Secularism and Communism: Part 1
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
5 min read
The Kumbha-mela – Savouring Immortality
Exploring the philosophical and cultural dimensions of the Kumbha Mela
By
Arjun Bharadwaj
3 min read
In the Company of Sadhus: Sri Sri Naga Baba, the Digambara Sadhu of Varanasi
The first episode of a series documenting the exalted spiritual lives of obscure Sadhus and Sanyasis.
By
Team Dharma Dispatch
4 min read
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