Aruna Raje's psychological horror-thriller, Gehrayee, was inspired by unsettling black magic rituals found in her Bengaluru garden. Raje, a...

Abhishek Kar, who faced backlash for making offensive remarks about Assam's history on social media, has apologized publicly. He clarified ...

Lord Ganesha, known as Kangiten in Japan, has been worshipped since the 8th-9th centuries CE. His worship is linked to tantric Buddhism and...

Shabda, sound, is the first and subtlest expression of vibrational flow in the universe. It is the first expression of Karya Brahmn, Effect...

There are hundreds of guthis across Nepal, just as there are hundreds of tharavads across Kerala, indicating a continuity of culture. Even ...

Although today she is seen as an intimidating yet capricious deity in Bengal, Goddess Kali was once a terrifying figure existing in the fri...

The Karmapa, who arrived suddenly in India in 2000, in 2017-18 acquired the passport of the Commonwealth of Dominica. The thirty-six year o...

Menstrual taboo is at the heart of the shaming and exclusion of women in Swaminarayan sect’s hostel and Sabarimala temple. Can we look at m...

He is a personal astrologer to ministers, ambassadors, senators across the globe.

Long hours of meditation, organic meals coupled with cultural immersion, that’s a perfect yoga holiday for you.

Narendra Dabholkar, my friend and fellow campaigner, invited me to return to India and even promised to protect me if I went to Mumbai.

At the Hemis Monastery, this festival shall mark the birthday celebrations of Guru Padamasambhava, which begins in the courtyard of the mon...

Carvaka’s lasting influence may even have played a part in the development of the tantric movement a thousand years later.

The Hemis Festival is only a two-day festival but the celebrations are huge enough to be remembered throughout the year.

But the floridly transgressive sage (Unmatta pishachavritti) is also enlightenment embodied (Jnanamurtim). We bow to Him, the Remover of Du...

Oceans of ink have been devoted to the description of Samadhi or the state of enlightenment.

Over a month after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out raids at the monastery where the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje is residi...