Ashok Ogra Lord Shiva is a symbol of profound contradictions that, when understood deeply, dissolve into unity. Shiva is both ...

Had it been centrally governed like today, India, too, could have been a thalassocracy as were once Athens, Carthage, Great ...

Mantreshwara is the god of mantra in Kashmir Shaivism. Tantras are monotheistic; gods are aspects of the Supreme Deity and are generated by His Shakti. Each deity has two forms, the visualized and the ...

Avarana means a cover or concealment and is opposed to vikshepa (projection). In the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta and Kashmir Shaivism, this concept plays a very vital role in explaining the creation ...

Dr Ramesh Raina Lalleshwari – the great saint-poetess ever produced by Kashmir, was born to a Brahmin family in 1335 AD at ...

Kangana’s tweet resonated with themes of empowerment and self-acceptance that are central to Akka Mahadevi’s legacy. I am currently writing a book on Lal Ded, a Kashmiri mystic from the Kashmir ...

Dogra kings played their cards well with the British and supported them in the 1857 revolt. They are remembered for rapacious ...

On the island of Java in Indonesia, Ganesha was worshipped as a tantric deity who removes obstacles in magical rituals by King Kritanagara. This came as a blend of tantric Buddhism and Shaivism ...

The heritage walk concluded with an in-depth interaction on the unique aspects of the Sri Jagannath Temple and the cult and how the various other traditions like Shaivism, Shakti worshiping ...