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Category: Culture

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

How Shiva lost his manhood.

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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The indomitable Saraswati.

Named after a river with crystal clear waters, Saraswati remains an influential Vedic goddess
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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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The pure copper in Buddha.

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