Ragas: The Healing Therapy of India
Who does not like the melody of music? Whose emotions do not vibrate and flow with the sonorous tunes and rhythm of music? Indeed, we
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Who does not like the melody of music? Whose emotions do not vibrate and flow with the sonorous tunes and rhythm of music? Indeed, we
“Thank the Lord he is dead, this son of a gun”: That’s a lift from the epitaph Khushwant Singh wrote for himself. Khushwant Singh, modern
Please click on images below to view in full: A few hundred Japanese, mostly middle-aged women, congregate in the courtyard of the Asakusa Shrine in
Four centuries ago, Raja Serfoji II, a Maratha ruler of the city of Thanjavur, is said to have performed eye surgeries among the various forms
“Those who first arrived on the continent later to be known as America were group of men driven by that mighty current that set out
Far better it is to win a few moments of life in India than aeons of life in Celestial regions (heavens). ~ The Bhagvata (V.
The 12 Jyotirlingas of Lord Shiva — where each stands, its sacred story, and how to make the Dwadasha Jyotirlinga pilgrimage in person or in spirit this Shravan.
The Rudrabhishek is the abhishekam said to please Lord Shiva fastest. What it is, the meaning of each sacred substance, the Sri Rudram, and how it is performed at home this Shravan.
Shravan runs July 30–Aug 27 in 2026, with four Sawan Somwars (Aug 3, 10, 17, 24). Why the whole month belongs to Mahadeva — the churning of the ocean, the poison He drank, and how to keep the Sawan vrat.
Thiruvonam 2026 falls on Wednesday, August 26 — the crown of Kerala’s ten-day festival. The Bhagavata story of King Mahabali and the Vamana avatar, and why Onam is a homecoming, not a defeat.
On Monday, August 17, 2026 — a Shravan Monday — Hindus offer milk and prayers to the serpent. The stories of Shesha, Vasuki, Kaliya and Astika, and the puja vidhi for Nag Panchami.
Sanskriti comes from the Sanskrit root “kr” which means to do or to make prefix “sam” is applied before it to convey a sense of embellishment. It means actions done for the holistic refinement and perfection all the potentialities within a human being.
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