Tracing the origins of the dateless and profound tradition of Devi Bhagavati worship in Kerala. In many parts of South India, the Goddess is also known as the Malayala Bhagavati. This is Her story.
Srimad Ramayana has been justly hailed as the Adi Kavya (The First Poem) and Maharshi Valmiki as the Adi Kavi (The First Poet). The Rāmāyaṇa, however, paved a hitherto untrodden and unrealised path – ...
The concluding episode of the story of the making of the Jayachamarajendra Vedaratnamala. The great Maharaja had subordinated his royal crown at the vedayajñavedi – the altar of this great Vedic Yajna ...
The Nazar system was a defining feature of Islamic regimes in India. In practice, it normalised political and official corruption at all levels beginning with the monarch himself, and was responsible ...
A brief history of the magnificent world of ancient Indian perfumes and cosmetics lost in time. India was the world leader in the perfume industry for more than five hundred years.