Category: Culture

Myths, mythology, folklore and the minds of our fore bearers at work.

How Shiva lost his manhood: The mythological origin of the Shiva Lingam as a phallic object.

An amusing account of how the Shiva Lingam came to be, as narrated in the Puranas.
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The peculiar idol of Hanuman.

A unique idol of the Vedic demigod Hanuman that may also be one the earliest to be created
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All in the divine scheme of things.

Sculpted with gold and silver, a Himachali deity from the village of Banjar in Himachal, India.
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Tears of Shiva.

A giant size statue of Shiva and consort Sati enact a passage from Hindu mythology
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The invincible buffalo demon.

Thousands of miles away from the labyrinth of the Minotaur, is another tale of a bull-man creature
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The untimely awakening.

The origin of the custom of Akaal Bodhan, during the festival of Durgostava
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The wrath of God.

Narasimha the 'man animal' avtaar of the Hindu god Vishnu
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Culture

The pure copper in Buddha.

Ancient Tibetans valued pure copper as a sacred metal but didn't mine it themselves
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Wars of Humayun.

A list of battles of the second Gurkani emperor Humayun.
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How the Bengal army came to be an army of robust Sepoys.

Delving into the fascination of populating the Bengal army with impressive Prussian type native Sepoys.
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John Murray and his photo of the infamous well of Bibighar.

One of the earliest photos of the infamous well of Bibighar in Cawnpore, British India.
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