Rejoinder to the Criticism of the Article on Pashubali
In the context of the article on pashubali in Tantra-s, there have been a lot of comments and email. Some were clearly from individual who were outraged, while others were of support especially from those who are More...
A Case for Pashubali in the Light of Vamacara Tantra
Recently there was a judgment from the Tripura HC banning the ritual of pashubali in the famous Tripurasundari Mahavidya temple as well as all other Hindu places of worship in the state. In a series of such judgments More...
Nara, Nārāyaṇa, and the Bhagavad Gita
Probably one of the most revered, loved and worshiped god among Hindus is the 8th son of Vasudeva, the 8th Avatara of Vishnu and the reincarnation of Rishi Nārāyaṇa, who, along with Nara is supposed to be engaged More...
New Tactics: Attack Yoga to malign Hindus
On the occasion of the International Yoga Day there was an article published in the Scroll, by one Vikram Zutshi, arguing against the Hindu roots of Yoga, and questioning why Patanjali’s yoga is given so much More...
Deconstructing Arun Shourie’s “Two Saints”
Two Saints: Speculations Around and About Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Ramana Maharishi by Arun Shourie has been published by Harper Collins and is available on Amazon. Arun Shourie’s new book, “Two Saints” More...
A brief study of possession in Hinduism-II: The Spiritual Context
[contextly_sidebar id=”JJfzmWQUKhdNCtXJr0s5A2odKlfpfRP4″] Japanese scholar of Sanskrit and Buddhist literature, Minoru Hara, in his study of the Mahabharata lists nearly sixty semantic contexts in which More...
A brief study of possession in Hinduism-I: Introduction
The English word possession and spirits when taken together have come to indicate a certain unfriendly, disturbing, yet exotic area of life whose detailed knowledge, though scanty or rare, is nevertheless peppered More...
Importance of Pitr Karma
Every year during the second fortnight of the lunar month of Bhardrapada, right after the Ganesha puja, a period of 14 days is set aside for offering reverence to ancestors, known as pitrpaksha. During this time, More...