Notes on Culture

A moving and evocative story of Devara Rangamma, a pious devotee of Sri Venkateshwara Swami of the 18th century who was visited by Bala Krishna everyday and ate butter from her hands.

The unknown folklore of Manasa Devi, the snake-goddess worshipped in the Bhagirathi-Hooghly region about a century ago.

The Udyoga Parva is one of the most glorious sections in the Mahabharata offering a wealth of insights and guidance for the contemporary Hindu society.

ಎಸ್. ಎಲ್. ಭೈರಪ್ಪನವರ ಮಹತ್ಕೃತಿ "ಪರ್ವ" ಕ್ಕೆ ತಾವು ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡ ತ್ರಿವಿಕ್ರಮ ಸಿದ್ದತೆಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಹಾಗು ಅವರಿಗೆ ಮಹಾವಿದ್ವಾಂಸರಾದ ಪಾಂಡುರಂಗ ವಾಮನ ಕಾಣೆ ಅವರೆಡೆಗೆ ಇದ್ದ ಗೌರವಾದರಗಳ ಕುರಿತು ಮನಮುಟ್ಟುವ ಮಾತುಗಳು ಈ ಲೇಖನದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತವಾಗಿ ...

This is an abridged English translation of D.V. Gundappa's brilliant and moving profile of Bangalore Nagaratnamma, a musician par excellence who built a memorial for Tyagaraja in Tiruvayur.

A bird's eye view of the fascinating and extraordinary history of flags and emblems in ancient India.

Srimad Ramayana is an immortal work of poetry imbued with great artistry. It is not a treatise on history, geography, anthropology, flora and fauna although these elements occur profusely in the epic. ...

In this episode, D.V. Gundappa examines the Manusmriti from the premises set out by Manu himself.