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In Buddhist Jataka, Buddha once turned himself into a red fish and offered his flesh to people to save them from starvation and cure them of a skin...
Myth manifests not just as stories but also symbols and rituals. Sikhism is full of rich mythic symbolism.
Most likely, modern film adaptations will ignore the part why Parashuram picked up the axe (parashu) in the first place.
This film (U for Usha: U Ushacha) won the Satyajit Ray Short Film Award in 2019. It was described as “courageous”.
But it forms a love triangle: Bhima loves Draupadi, Draupadi loves Arjuna—or is it Karna?
Lately, however, Ravan is being portrayed as a Muslim
The earliest images of riding stirrups in the world come from Stupa art of Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh dated to 2200 years ago
Ram wins a wife by stringing a bow, Arjun wins a wife by striking the eye of a fish, and Krishna wins a wife by yoking seven wild bulls.
Reformers argued Buddhism was anti-caste, anti-fatalism and had nothing to do with rebirth doctrine.
The idea of a god wielding a weapon made from animal products can be unsettling Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik Ram once raised his bow to shoot an...
After the rise of Buddhism, the world changed dramatically. Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik In ancient Vedic culture, the number three held great...
Santa comes from modern Christian mythology, and is barely a century old, but has become the dominant theme of Christmas Illustration/Devdutt...
The former is being resurrected by New Age babas with gumption. Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik A new-age guru has been establishing a monastic...
Lions have long been symbols of royalty across the world. In India, kings sat on lion thrones (simha-asana), and Durga, the patron goddess of royal...
They preferred woollen fabrics until the discovery of the Americas, from which cotton was sourced from regions like Mexico and the Aztec Empire...
In Japan, killing oneself by using a sword to tear one’s own bowel, following which another person chops the head off is glamorised in many samurai...
Countries like China, Japan, and India did not care much about either symbol because they did not hold such strong views Illustration/Devdutt...
The oldest form of Buddhism was a rejection of the world. It was a flee response. Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik When a human being is confronted...
The Ocean Sutra is a 1,500-year-old Mahayana Buddhist manuscript that shows a strong influence of Tantrik Shaiva ideology. It was composed in...
Tantra is closely linked to the body (tanu) and the act of weaving (tanti). It argued that while an individual thread (sutra) has value, it cannot...
But today Navaratri and Diwali festival is all about Ram and Krishna Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik In Hindu mythology, the four months of the...
These needs draw him towards holy men, gods, and various spirit deities whose powerful rituals give immediate benefit to material problems...
In the south, megaliths were being raised to the dead, and herdsmen were piling dung and establishing ash-mounds Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik If...
They found almost 48 theories of the Buddha’s date based on Tibetan, Mongolian, Indian, Burmese, Senegalese, Chinese, Japanese, German, and English...
As the wedding ceremony is underway, he is told about cows being stolen in the village Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik The story of Veer Tejaji...
It is here that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) becomes important. Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik How do we know our past? Our history?...
A hundred years ago, on September 20, 1924, the world learned about the Indus (Harappan) civilisation for the first time when John Marshall, then...
Much like modern poets, the ancient poets survived because of patronage Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik Many today think of the Vedic mantras as...
Here, women are ever-present, as wives and queens and heroines. Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik In the 19th Century, UV Swaminatha Iyer found palm...
These clearly reveal different ways of thinking and are probably very strongly linked to Tantra. Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik When one travels...
In fact, no one knows when the worship began. Temples were built over them much later. Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik In the month of Shravan,...
It is a practice mostly seen in South Indian Vishnu temples. After the devotee pays obeisance to the deity (darshan), the priest places a crown on...
According to legend, when the Buddha died, the kings of India fought over his bones, which were eventually divided into eight parts Illustration/...
The organisers had to apologise for hurting sentiments, without meaning to Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik At the Paris Olympics, a dance...
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