Category dharma
Yajnopavita for Shudras
yajnOpavItaM is an important symbol in the Hindu culture. It is a symbol of the devata-s and is a very important tool in performing yajna. I used to hear from my elders that yajnOpavItaM is only for brAhmaNa, kshatrIya, and vaishya varNa-s. My inquiries into why led me to various answers from elders. Some of […]
Curious Case of Nilakantha Goreh
There is a sense that Hindu pundits were not bothered about the mass conversions that Christianity brought to India. It was, however, not that Hindu pundits were sitting quiet as Christian evangelists were on a rampage. In their efforts to engage Hindus at a philosophical level, Christian evangelists tried to prove Christian religion as a superior religion. […]
Modi and Integral Humanism
There have been many commentaries on Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya’s Integral Humanism for a long time now. In fact there is a complete website dedicated to criticizing Integral Humanism point by point. Most of these commentaries can be summarized in one or two lines – “Integral Humanism is a confused man’s invention which is neither a […]
त्रिपुरान्तकाय नमः शिवाय
tripurAntakAya namah sivAya || In vedic tradition, rudra praSna is probably the most important point of culmination of physically observable and unobservable aspects of mahAdeva. Some vedic scholars believe that rudra prashna might have been a result of observing tripurAsura samhAra. In the story, as mahAdeva starts his journey to battle tripurAsuras, devatAgaNa makes a […]
Sri Garikipati Avadhanam
On 15 Dec 2013, in J P Nagar Sri Garikipati Avadhanam was conducted. Sri Garikipati is a well known Sahasra Avadhani in AP. Avadhanam itself is a great art. This was his 286th Avadhanam. He did 6 Sata Avadhanam, 2 Dvi Sata Avadhanam, 1 Sahasra Avadhanam. Here are some of Sri Garikipati’s poems. These were […]
Vivekitam 