Dharmasthala

Essays

The Genius of the Sanatana Social Organization: A Bird’s Eye View

The Genius of the Sanatana Social Organization: A Bird’s Eye View

There is a profound and dateless reason that Sanatana civilization and culture continues to survive in a largely unbroken fashion as the last and only non-Abrahamic civilization. When we examine the phenomenon on the philosophical plane, it becomes clear that the term “civilization” cannot be accurately or meaningfully applied

What is a Hindu Temple: A Brief Introduction

What is a Hindu Temple: A Brief Introduction

The conception, origin, evolution, and development of temples as physical, architectural, and later, artistic structures is perhaps as old as the dawn of human civilisation as we know it. Temples embody one of the finest, deepest, grandest, and most profound expressions of the Human Spirit of awe, wonderment, and a