Tag: Culture and Tradition

The lotus in Indian Art

The Lotus in Indian Art

In the vast repertoire of Indian ornamental motifs, among the symbols and devices that recur in traditional art and architecture, the lotus occupies pride of place. Unlike western art, in which great emphasis is laid on photographic realism and the...

/ 2015-03-06

My Son Sanctuary – Shiva temple in Central Vietnam

Between the 4th and 13th centuries a unique culture which owed its spiritual origins to Indian Hinduism developed on the coast of contemporary Vietnam. This is graphically illustrated by the remains of a series of impressive tower-temples located in a...

/ 2015-02-18
Headless Buddha statue.

Headless Buddha Statue Found in Tamil Nadu

A headless sculpture of Buddha belonging to the Chola period of 10th century AD was excavated from a sugarcane field at Manalur village in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. Both the head and the right hand of the granite statue were missing...

/ 2015-02-05
Aerial view of Sri Yantra carved on dry lake bed in Oregon

Mystery of Sri Yantra Geoglyph in Oregon Dry Lake Bed

On 12th September, 1990 Boise TV station aired the story about the discovery of a giant pictograph about a quarter of a mile wide appearing in a dry lake bed east of Steens mountain, about 70 miles S.E. of Burns,...

/ 2015-01-07
Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir

World’s tallest Krishna temple to be built in Vrindavan

Mathura and Vrindavan are important places for Hindus all over the world. Vrindavan is especially a very revered and sacred place for the devotees of Lord Krishna. In fact, the Holy Land of Vrindavan can be considered to be the...

/ 2014-11-22
largest Harappan Site Rakhigarhi

Rakhigarhi is now largest Harappan site

Rakhigarhi is a village in Hisar District in the state of Haryana in India, around 150 kilometers from Delhi. Spread over 350 hectares, this nondescript village is biggest Indus valley Civilisation site in the world, a city that was much larger...

/ 2014-10-07
Stone_Erections_of_Willong_Khullen

Stonehenge of Manipur

Located at a distance of 39 kilometers from the Maram Village in Manipur, Willong Khullen is characterized by its numerous stone erections which are similar to the Stonehenge. The tallest of the stones are as high as 7 meters and...

/ 2014-10-02
Indian caste System

Misconception of Indian Caste System

Casteism in India has gotten a lot of criticism, and rightly so. The way casteism is at present should not even exist. We should throw it out. Casteism as we find it today is now nothing more than a misrepresentation...

/ 2014-08-06