MMyth The rite of gondhaliMay 27, 2018No comments A dramatic rite of goddess worship, the gondhali is a popular practice among many households in Maharashtra. The… Read More
EEpics The story of UttankaMay 6, 2018No comments As a young and diligent student in the ashrama of Rishi Veda, Uttanka found himself in a dilemma… Read More
MMyth How fire came to manApril 16, 2018No comments There was a time when the ancestors lived In Wota-emi and when the creator god Bilik lived across… Read More
MMyth The moon and her husbandApril 10, 2018No comments The commonly held belief among most tribes in the Andaman Islands is that the sun is the wife… Read More
EEpics The legend of KurukshetraMarch 26, 2018No comments In the Mahabharata, Kurukshetra is where the great battle between the Pandavas and Kauravas was fought. It has… Read More
FFolktale The song of BabirMarch 13, 2018No comments For long have ancient cultures had the tradition of deifying ancestors, worshipping them as heroes or as incarnations… Read More
EEpics The sons of DasarathaFebruary 28, 2018No comments Among the Karbi tribe in North East India, the Ramayana is preserved as an oral tradition in the… Read More
EEpics Shantanu and DevapiFebruary 4, 2018No comments Shantanu, king and father of Bheeshma the great grandfather of the Pandavas and Kauravas in the Mahabharata, is a familiar… Read More
FFolktale The yatra of Ram MamaJanuary 8, 2018No comments A nomadic tribe from western Maharashtra, known as the Nandiwalas (Nandiwales)*, follow an interesting annual and sometimes even… Read More
MMyth The marriage of two riversJanuary 1, 2018No comments Across the states of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra two rivers Hirri and Wainganga follow a winding path, tumbling… Read More
