Notes on Culture

The daily routine and conduct of Nalla Pillai, the schoolmaster of Kelambakam offers an extraordinary glimpse into a one-man institution of nation-building, which has now become extinct.

The 900-year old Belur Chennakeshava Temple is one of the greatest treasure-houses of Indian art, architecture and sculpture, all of which was accomplished by the motivation of Sanatana piety. This es ...

The first episode narrating a profound incident that occurred in the childhood days of Travancore king Karthika Tirunal Rama Varma

A tribute to the legendary D.V.Gundappa or DVG on his 138th birthday

The Puranic roots and cultural metamorphosis of the expletive, "Moo Devi" prevalent in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

The second and concluding episode of this series provides some glimpses into the technical and literary education in the Vijayanagara Empire.

This is a heartwarming and evocative profile of Swami Mahadeva Sastri, an Avadhoota in Bangalore hailing from the pre-Independence era.