Notes on Culture

How Rajaraja Chola's Brihadeeshwara Temple Built a Pan Indian Hindu Cultural Complex
How Rajaraja Chola's Brihadeeshwara Temple Built a Pan Indian Hindu Cultural Complex
The concluding part narrates the story of how by building the Brihadeeshwara Temple, Rajaraja Chola built an entire civilisation itself.
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
6 min read
Ghar-Wapsi of Mlecchas
Ghar-Wapsi: Meos, Malkana Rajputs and a Saga of Missed Opportunities
Ghar-Wapsi of converted Hindus was a continuous process until it suddenly stopped due to the depleted vigour of the Hindu society
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
5 min read
An Unknown Anecdote of an Old Woman and the Brihadeeshwara Temple
An Unknown Anecdote of an Old Woman and the Brihadeeshwara Temple
A little known story of an old woman who visited the Brihadeeshwara Temple at Thanjavur and her service to it.
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
6 min read
Contrast between Western Materialism and Indian Society
How Western Materialism Erodes Hindu Ethics
Pramatha Nath Bose, the father of Indian Geology was also a devout Sanatani. In this forgotten essay written in 1914, he warns how Western materialism was assaulting and distorting the profound Hindu ...
By
Team Dharma Dispatch
4 min read
Illustration of Srinatha engaged in a poetic debate
Dindima Kavi’s Defeat and Srinatha’s Magnanimity
The Art of Intellectual Combat: Srinatha vs. Dindima in the Vijayanagara Court
By
Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
5 min read
Rama and Guha in a boat
The Controversial Episodes in the Ramayana Demystified
Several famous and popular episodes and stories in the Ramayana are actually interpolations added to the epic over time. This essay unravels some major such episodes using evidence-backed scholarship. ...
By
Arjun Bharadwaj
5 min read
The Delightful Story of the Cussword, “Moo Devi”
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
The Story of Manasa Devi the Naga Goddess of Bhagirathi
The Story of Manasa Devi the Naga Goddess of Bhagirathi
The unknown folklore of Manasa Devi, the snake-goddess worshipped in the Bhagirathi-Hooghly region about a century ago.
By
Team Dharma Dispatch
5 min read
A Guide for Hindu Parents to Prevent Their Children from Becoming an Incurable
A Guide for Hindu Parents to Prevent Their Children from Becoming an Incurable
Outlines of a recent social and cultural phenomenon that has infected our youth and invaded their psyches
By
Sandeep Balakrishna
6 min read
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