If Tamil Nadu sang of devotion through the Alwars and Nayanmars, and Karnataka echoed with the vachanas and keerthanas of…
When devotion became the language of the people, poetry ceased to belong only to the learned. It was no longer…
Tradition says that when Ādi Śaṅkarācārya performed penance to Lord Shiva, the Lord appeared and placed in his hands four…
Among the many legends surrounding Ādi Śaṅkarācārya (8th century CE), one of the most cherished is the divine gift he…
Navaratri—literally “nine nights”—is one of Bharat’s most-loved festivals, a collective bow to the Divine Feminine (Shakti) in her myriad forms.…
Among the many radiant figures in the history and folklore of Bhārat, one name echoes with extraordinary brilliance—Vikramāditya. His story…
When we look at the sweep of human history, one fact stands out: Bhārat, the land of the Vedas, has…
From the earliest hymns of the Vedas to the later Purāṇas and Dharmaśāstras, the land we today call India has…
One evening, I shared this story with a few young friends who had gathered around me. “There was once a…
When we utter the words Bharat Mata, we are not speaking merely of a landmass, a political entity, or a…