Temples and the State in the Indian Tradition: Part 3
The third part of the series on Hindu Temples, their conception, history, heritage and legacy authored by M.D. Srinivas. [contextly_sidebar id=”xUvEeUBwpbitTV9kizglKYHk5hfeLZ4r”] The state in India had no power to define or legislate what is dharma. On the other hand, the Brihadaranyaka Upanishat states that:19 Kshatrasya kshatram yaddharmah Dharma More...
Temples and the State in the Indian Tradition
The second part of the series on Hindu Temples, their conception, history, heritage and legacy authored by M.D. Srinivas. [contextly_sidebar id=”v2jfBCeWdvzl1KSZqmbtexmsOWV4u55h”] Kings were the premier More...
Temples and the State in India: A Historical Overview
This is the first of a new comprehensive series on Hindu Temples, their conception, history, heritage and legacy authored by M.D. Srinivas. Introduction India indeed is a land of temples. Indian civilisation More...
Showcasing North-East India Through Music and Dance
During the last couple of years been fortunate to attend festivals across India namely Sangai in Imphal, Hornbill in Kohima, Hampi, Jaisalmer Desert, Bundi, Dev Deepavali in Kashi and Trissurpooram in Kerala. These More...
Integral Humanism of Deendayal Upadhyaya
It is a testament to Deendayal Upadhyaya’s foresight that much of what he suggested fifty years ago may seem unsurprising to many since it is now part of the established discourse of Hindutva. His four lectures More...
The Colonized Indian Mind
An excerpt from Michel Danino’s book Indian Culture and India’s Future. In the clash of two civilizations – for it was undoubtedly one – the European, younger, dynamic, hungry for space and riches, More...
Reconceptualizing India Studies: Book Review
S.N. Balagangadhara Rao, better known as Balu, is Professor of Comparative Culture Studies in Ghent University, Belgium. Balu is a Kannada Brahmin by birth, a former Marxist, and his discourse has a very in-your-face More...
Pāṇini, Xuanzang, and Tolkāppiyaṉ: Some legends and history
Pāṇini stands at the pinnacle of Hindu intellectual achievement. His sūtra-pāṭha may be considered a monument in the same league as the invention of the śūṇya-based numeral system for which the Hindus More...
Seminar on Intellectual Traditions of Ancient India: Day 3
Day 3 of the Seminar on Intellectual Traditions of Ancient India started with a talk on “Cryptographic Poetry in Sanskrit” by Professor K.S.Kannan. One elementary technique that has been put into a high More...
Seminar on Intellectual Traditions of Ancient India: Day 2
Day two of the seminar on Intellectual Tradition of Ancient India (ITAI) started with a talk on the “Origin and Growth of Astronomy in India” by professor Mayank Vahia. The origin and development of More...