LOOKING BACK…By Girija Madhavan Story-telling is a treasured bond, knitting the family together; familiarity and repetition being the key to success here. A friend’s grandson often asks her to tell him the Kannada story of Punyakoti, the cow that kept her word to the tiger and went back ready to be killed. Small children love…
The story of Rishyasringa Muni is found in the Ramayana. Dashratha had three wives, but no children. So, he called a sage to perform the ritual that would get him children. The rishi selected was Rishyasringa Muni. In Odia miniature paintings, Rishyasringa is depicted as having two horns. His father Vibhandaka was a rishi. Vibhandaka…
Travelogue: North-East Indian States By Bhamy V. Shenoy [Continued from yesterday] While travelling to Tezpur from Shillong, en-route there is Maha Mrityunjay Temple at Nagaon which has the world’s largest 126 foot Shivalinga. Construction work started in 2003 and the temple was inaugurated last year. It was a big disappointment when we reached the temple…
Travelogue: North-East Indian States By Bhamy V. Shenoy [Continued from yesterday] In comparison to Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya has far more attractive sight-seeing places. Cherrapunji, the rainiest place in the world with an annual precipitation of 463.7, is one of them. In Cherrapunji, Seven Sisters Fall is a tourist spot. However, when we were there, there…
Travelogue: North-East Indian States By Bhamy V. Shenoy In recent years, North-East (NE) India has come on the tourist map to attract mostly Indians. Even in the case of Indians, for it to reach the status of Alps of Switzerland, National Parks of the US, Safaris of Africa or lush forests of New Zealand, NE…
Title : ‘A Call For Progressive Spiritual Hinduism — The Vivekananda Way’ Author : Swami Muktidananda Year : 2022 Pages : 112 Price : Rs.75 Publisher: Advaita Ashrama (Publication House of Ramakrishna Math) Swami Muktidanandaji, President of Sri Ramakrishna Ashram, Mysuru, has written an interesting book, directed at all Hindus titled ‘A Call For Progressive…
Second book of Sai Deepak’s Bharat Trilogy launched HH Sri Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar Foundation has organised an insightful talk and interaction session on the book ‘India, Bharat and Pakistan: The Constitutional Journey of a Sandwiched Civilisation’ by its author J. Sai Deepak, who is also a Supreme Court Advocate, at Vijnana Bhavan in Manasagangothri, Mysuru,…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Of the thousand songs in the Rig Veda, we find 200 songs praising Agni. In fact, the first song of the Rig Veda is a praise to Agni, who is called the priest and messenger of the Gods. Agni must be placed in the eastern direction…
By C.P. Belliappa Title : The Wild Cat’s Compendium Author : Dr. Nima Poovaya Smith Year : 2022 Pages : 51 Price : Rs. 449 (Kindle version) Publisher: Caracal Publications, United Kingdom Dr. Nima Poovaya-Smith (parental home Ammanichanda) has just launched a delightful book titled The Wild Cat’s Compendium, which is a collection of 45…
A few decades ago, while performing a jugalbandhi at Sheshadripuram Ramotsava Samithi in Bengaluru, Vid. N. Rajam, the legendary violinist along with Vid. Mysore M. Nagaraj, spoke a few words on how a jugalbandhi should be. ‘It must be like each artiste, adding a flower to make a beautiful bouquet’ was the wonderful approach of…
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