1082 words | May 25, 2026
The Goddess Who Summoned a Spring
A tale from a sthala purana of a time when a Goddess expressed her desire to dwell in a spot.
Akshay Jha
1793 words | Nov 14, 2022
Chaṭh - a Living Tradition and Cultural Homecoming
Chaṭh as lived civilizational memory - a personal account of returning to Bihar for the festival, and what the survival of this demanding, water-centered rite reveals about the deep roots of Hindu devotional practice in the body and the land.
2425 words | Aug 19, 2022
Kṣetra, Śāstra, Utsava
On the axis connecting festival (utsava), sacred geography (kṣetra), and scripture (śāstra) - how Hindu festivals are to time what temples are to space - gradients of divine access that structure both the year and the land.
Pankaj Saxena
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