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
MMyth The story of KaveriDecember 18, 2017No comments One of the prominent rivers of South India, in the Coorg region, is the Kaveri. She is worshipped… Read More
BBeliefs and Traditions The worship of Macandri deviDecember 10, 2017No comments Across cultures, the mother goddess is invoked during harvest festivals. She is associated with the earth, with fertility… Read More
LLegend Devi SeranvaliNovember 2, 2017No comments Indian goddesses have long been associated with the act of possession. Temples, large devotional gatherings, jagrans—these are spaces… Read More
MMyth Sunahshepa and VishwamitraOctober 9, 2017No comments There was once a king of Ayodhya called Ambarisa. He was preparing for the grand yagna when Indra… Read More
MMyth Korpalu ParvatiSeptember 3, 2017No comments Shiva and Parvati had a bitter quarrel one day. It was about the usual problems that Parvati had… Read More
