Invoking the sun in stone - The sun temple at konārk and the sūriyanār temple in kumbhakoṇam- structure, significance and symbolism...

-- Prathik Sudha Murali There is a famous Tantric couplet that orders its adherents to drink as much as they can. It reads, “PItvA pItvA...

- by Prathik Sudha Murali Apart from foreign traveler accounts that give detailed information on Kashmir, indigenous sources about its...

- Prathik Sudha Murali (In the previous article on Kashmir’s history, the records of Chinese pilgrims and early mentions of Kashmir were...

- Prathik Sudha Murali Early references to the institution that is termed ‘marriage’: The institution of marriage is as old as the Rig...

As Amir Khusro’s famous couplet in Farsi goes, “Agar firdaus bar rU zameen E ast, hameen ast” meaning, If heaven was to be situated on...