Dasha Mahavidya Release Function: Report - By Ragini Sanath

Saturday, 2nd October 2021 was a very significant day to most of us in our own ways. While the nation was celebrating the birth of the father of the nation,…


Devi the Mother Goddess - A Vedantic Perspective

Chamunda Kali, Vaitala temple, Bhuvaneshwar, Odissa Shakti is synonymous with the term Devi, who is worshipped eternally by one and all. Although it…


A Documentary on Dasha Mahavidya - The Ten Cosmic Powers

  This Six-hour documentary spread across in 12 segments, gives an overall view of Dasha Mahavidyas. Each Deviis described as referred in Tantra and…


Virtues of Bhagavan

Prayers go up and blessings come down Each Yuga prescribes certain things to get blessings of Lord or Bhagavan. In Krta yuga or Satya Yuga, more emphasis…


Bharatiya Samskriti Darshana- 18 - Guru Vandana

“Na Gururōr adhikam tatvam | Na Gurōr adhikam tapaḥ||   Tatva gñānāt param nāsti | tasmai Śri Gurave namaḥ || As part of the 18th  program…


SADHANA SHIBIRA ON DURGA SAPTASHATI - Narayanan Iyer

The moment a Sadhana Shibira on Durga Saptashati was announced by the Vanamala Centre for Arts and culture a couple of months back, it struck an immediate…


Virtues of Guru

The Hindu scriptures are invariably cryptic. One has to know the proper way of analysing the scriptures by the following means:  Vyakarana (Grammer)-…


Muni Yajnavalkya (Vaajasaneya)

Muni Yajnavalkya is a well known Acharya in Vedas. He was bestowed with great wisdom right from his childhood. When he was learning Krishna Yajurveda in…


Vaikunta Dwaram – Vedantic Perspective

Vedas and Upanishads (especially Prashna and Aithireya) mentions about Shukla Patha (pure or bright path) and Krishna Patha (dark path). Shukla patha leads to…


Uddhava Gita / Hamsa Gita

Srimad Bhagavatha, in its 11th chapter (Ekadasha skanda) depicts Lord Krishna’s last days. From 6th to 29th chapters there is a narration of Uddhava Gita…