The most powerful pilgrim spot is the roadside shrine. Across India, in villages and towns, in the...
I went into solitude and I heard them weeping.“They quarrel in our names, they who call...
In a very old town, there once was an ancient church whose walls had started collapsing. It was...
It stands on top of a hill and looks like a fort, until you notice the temple-like structures on...
“This happened before his great revelation to Arjuna at Kurukshetra,” said Madhava.At a...
In the state of Chhattisgarh, in Khapri village in Durg district, there is a temple dedicated to a...
Buddhism rose in India 2,500 years ago. It played a key role in spreading monastic ideas across the...
The mother-daughter bond is considered the strongest, most beautiful and sensitive of the...
It is difficult to forget the day we spent with him, last year: it was sacred to us as his...
More than a decade has flown by but the memories of our visit to Manali, soon after my board exams,...
“Whether it is the individual human body or the larger cosmic body, essentially, they are made of...
Mysuru’s afternoon sun burned brightly, but it wasn’t as scorching as we’d anticipated. After...
The sanctity of a temple is due to the purity and holiness of the deity that is installed and...
The island of Bali is believed to be the abode of the gods. There’s a temple in every nook and...
Walking can be a meditative experience. It helps an individual focus on the mind and the body. It...
"I have created all worlds at my will without being urged by any higher being, and dwell within...
Every pilgrimage has something in store for a pilgrim. It may be the calm one is looking for, or...
Every tourist who comes to Coorg, a hill town in the state of Karnataka, is told a visit to...
For an Odia like me, despite being born and raised in faraway Mumbai, visiting Jagannath temple in...
