By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist To understand why Ganesha is worshipped as the remover of obstacles and invoked before every Hindu ceremony, we must understand — and appreciate…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist
To understand why Ganesha is worshipped as the remover of obstacles and invoked before every Hindu ceremony, we must understand — and appreciate — the role elephants have played in Indian history and imagination.
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Few animals have shaped Hindu imagination as deeply as the bull and the cow. Shiva’s mount is Nandi, the great humped bull, while…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist About a thousand years ago, when Rajasekhar wrote his discourse on poetry, the Kavya Mimansa, Aryavarta stretched from the Himalayas down to the…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In Hindu thought, Vayu, Marut, Vata and Prana represent different ways in which breeze as well as breath were imagined. Vayu is the…
