Seminar on Intellectual Traditions of Ancient India: Day 1
A three day National Seminar on Intellectual Traditions of Ancient India was organized by the Center for Ancient History and Culture (CAHC), Jain University Bangalore, starting on 27th of August. It started with an inaugural address by Prof. Iyengar on the importance of bringing India’s ancient traditions to the modern generation. Prof. Sudershan More...
Decoding Gandhi’s Letters to Hitler
Mahatma Gandhi’s admirers are not in the habit of confronting embarrassing facts about their favourite saint. His critics, by contrast, gleefully keep on reminding us of a few facts concerning the Mahatma More...
The Present State of Hindu Temples: Morena as a Case Study
[contextly_sidebar id=”Ydn8o3zcQLram6hyZ9Razq7H10rpOPnV”] The ancient Hindu temples in most places in north India were either destroyed or desecrated in the Medieval Era and hence were abandoned by Hindus. In More...
Rearming Hinduism: Book Review
Rearming Hinduism: Nature, Hinduphobia and the Return of Indian Intelligence Paperback, by Vamsee Juluri He who controls the history of a people controls the people. Colonization of the land is easier to More...
Acharya Pullela Sriramachandrudu: A Tribute
This essay in Kannada authored by Shatavadhani Dr. R Ganesh was originally published in the daily, Vijaya Vani in July 2015. Translated by Sandeep Balakrishna. Any sensitive Indian who has dipped into the ocean More...
The Kachhapaghata Wonders of Morena
[contextly_sidebar id=”pta8wp0MlUBKZ6lHJHRWF8ZWMyJ0SLIX”] Morena witnessed the last great bout of temple-building activity in the Kachhapaghata Era, lasting from late 10th century to late 12th century More...
Morena: The Architectural Workshop of the Gurjara-Pratiharas
[contextly_sidebar id=”sJTSIHbAzTsYuMBDApx2Yj0zTOFpQdqW”] If there is one dynasty in north India which has left a lasting imprint on the architectural style of the region than any other, it is the Gurjara-Pratiharas. Morena More...
The Mandapika Shrines of Morena
[contextly_sidebar id=”JQJC1s6ElIEN9TbeXYg8LBmfW6aobyt9″] The ancient Hindu temples of Morena do not date back to any one era. One can find temples from the earliest period of Hindu temple architecture More...
Ancient Temples and Modern Dacoits: The Story of Morena
The first image that rushes to one’s mind when the name of Morena is mentioned is that of turbaned dacoits on horses, clothed in black, guns in their hands, and rushing through the ravines, leaving a trail of More...
The Hindu View on Food and Drink
Co-authored by Hari Ravikumar In 2007, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations conducted a survey of meat consumption per person in every country. India came last. Food: Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian Further, More...