Is Madurai, the Athens of East? This is not hyperbole. The city is as old as Athens and proved by recent excavations corroborating a developed 600 BC civilization underneath. The city overwhelms with many water bodies, ancient temples, caves and two millennium old inscriptions. Today city pans out in modernity but still antiquity sits on […]
Keeladi – Antiquity Of Man in Tamil Nadu
June, 2024. Dismayed. The key to the buried ancient treasure of civilization of Tamil Nadu was lost for 120 years. Again we got the key in 2015 and since then a series of excavations is on now.
Please forward this travelogue to ‘Keeladi’ of Tamil Nadu to make the world aware of Southern India river valley civilization.
A Traverse into Ancient Vietnam
Vietnam is not an ordinary country. It is the live example of the series of invasions, unabated unrest, continuous struggle for the identity of independence, unrest and highest degree of agony a country can face. Still they survived. It was an experimental ground to dislodge democracy and communism or vice versa facing the highest amount of bombing on any country since humans invented bombs and explosives. It was reduced to an experimental lab to test the supremacy of one on other.
The shadow still sits on their faces. We can sense it.
Sringeri – A Sanatan Vedanta Spiritual Sphere
Sringeri is a small taluk in Chikmanguluru distt, Karnataka, It is located on bank of Tunga river. It is proud owner of the first mutta (matha) founded by Adi Shankara (9th century AD), a Hindu saint who gave the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta. The name Sringeri is derived from a nearby hill Rishyashringa Giri which […]
Omkareshwar – A Pilgrimage
Omkareshwar was along awaited destination and I remember when I was in Ujjain in 2017 I missed the direct bus to Omkareshwar which was about 4-5 hours journey. After 5 years we planned the visit to Mandu, Maheshwar and Omkareshwar and it was all by taxi from Indore. How to reachNearest major railway and bus […]
Maheshwar – City of Rani Ahilyabai
I was under misconception that Maheshwar (ancient name Mahismati) was a pilgrimage like Omkareshwar. But after coming here I found that Parikrama pilgrims mandatorily visit this place in thousands to have pious darshan of Maratha Queen Ahilyabai who was revivor of the Hindu temples and religion which had severe onslaught from Muhammad Ghori to Aurangzeb […]
