Varanasi

Essays

Kalinath Baba Masters the Power of the Khechari Vidya

Kalinath Baba Masters the Power of the Khechari Vidya

Gopinath Kaviraj records how Kalinath Baba's mastery of the Khechari Vidya gave him immense powers of clairvoyance

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Pagal Baba’s Profound Discourse on Kundalini

Pagal Baba’s Profound Discourse on Kundalini

The Mad Baba of Benares delivers a profound and detailed discourse on the Yoga of Kundalini

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The Mad Sadhu’s Expositions on Śūnya, Bhakti and Avatara

The Mad Sadhu’s Expositions on Śūnya, Bhakti and Avatara

Pagal Baba or the Mad Sadhu delivers profound expositions on the nature of Śūnya, Bhakti and Avatara

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When Warren Hastings Received a Certificate of Good Conduct from the Sanskrit Pandits at Kashi: An Untold Story

When Warren Hastings Received a Certificate of Good Conduct from the Sanskrit Pandits at Kashi: An Untold Story

After Warren Hastings was acquitted from his impeachment trial, he received congratulatory letters from groups of Sanskrit Pandits from Benares.

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The Mahakala Corridor: A Corridor to the Sanatana Cultural Reclamation

The Mahakala Corridor: A Corridor to the Sanatana Cultural Reclamation

Commentary on the civilisational significance of the newly-inaugurated Mahakal Corridor in Ujjain.

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The Kashi Vishwanath Corridor as a Passage to Sanatana Cultural Resurgence

The Kashi Vishwanath Corridor as a Passage to Sanatana Cultural Resurgence

Commentary on Narendra Modi's inauguration of the first leg of the Kashi Vishwanath Dhama and its epochal civilisational significance.

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Turushka-Danda: A Hindu Fiscal Response to Early Islamic Invasions

Turushka-Danda: A Hindu Fiscal Response to Early Islamic Invasions

A little-known fact of Hindu history that shows how the mighty Gahadavala Empire built a solid deterrent against alien Islamic invasions using a fiscal measure called the Turushka-Danda.

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The Majestic Vision of Madhusudana Sarasvati, Our Eternal Debt to the Naga Sadhus and the Eternal Stupidity of Warren Hastings

The Majestic Vision of Madhusudana Sarasvati, Our Eternal Debt to the Naga Sadhus and the Eternal Stupidity of Warren Hastings

The luminous Advaita philosopher, Acharya Madhusudana Sarasvati interceded with Akbar to protect Hindu Sanyasis and founded the Akhada system. The Naga Sadhus took his inspiration and organised an armed resistance against Muslim hordes and protected Hindu pilgrims at Varanasi and Prayag against Musl

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The Hebbale Inscription: An Unremembered Miniature of Hoysala Service to Sanatana Dharma

The Hebbale Inscription: An Unremembered Miniature of Hoysala Service to Sanatana Dharma

An essay on the civilisational, cultural and spiritual value of the Hebbale Inscription of the Hoysalas

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