Deepotsav 2022
We missed witnessing the Deepotsav at Ayodhya this year too but it was wonderful to see PM Modi and CM Yogi at the decked up Ramanagari.
Ramayana
Historical Krishna – 5626 BCE
Nilesh Oak says Krishna was born in the year 5626 BCE and lived upto 101 years. Do listen to his talk on dating the Mahabharata and Ramayana.
Vaali Vadh and a Sadhu’s lynching
In the Ramayana, Vaali and Sugriva are twin brothers and Vaali is the King of Kishkindha (probably modern day Hampi). They both are powerful and great warriors. The brothers have a fallout and Vaali forcibly keeps Sugriva’s wife with himself, while banishing Sugriva from his kingdom. Rama and Lakshmana meet up with Sugriva and his … Read more
Naming conventions during Ramayana and Mahabharata
#LockdownTales As we watch re-telecast of Ramayana and Mahabharata, its fascinating to see how the warriors and other important characters are addressed. As I was thinking about it, Kiran KS, made my life easy by posting the following note on his FB timeline. This is so powerful…. even as we celebrate a few men in … Read more
Great Power = Great Responsibility
As we watch the reruns of Ramayana and Mahabharata, one of the things that stands out is the number of curses that great warriors/leaders have to face. For instance Emperor Dasaratha is cursed by Shravan Kumar’s blind parents that he would die of “Putra Shok” or “Sorrow due to his son’s separation”. A little background … Read more
Hanuman, Jambavan and Lessons for life
Hanuman, Jambavan and potential 🙂 This is one of the most popular blog posts of mine. I was reminded about this yesterday as I saw the episode of Ramayana on TV about precisely this exchange between Hanuman and Jambavan. There are so many life lessons that I pick up everyday in nearly every episode. Am truly … Read more
Book review – The scion of Ikshvaku
Krishnan and I just loved the Shiva Trilogy – The Immortals of Meluha, The secret of the Nagas and The oath of the Vayuputras. Infact Krishnan managed to read “The oath of the Vayuputras” before me and I was miffed for a few hours. All three books were “un-put-downable”, just gripping and brilliantly written. Amish … Read more
Lord, Why don’t you do the firewalk ?
Tomorrow is Karva Chauth, the day that North Indian married women keep a fast for the long life of their husbands. God bless them and the it’s great to see the tradition being kept alive … The Mehendi, the dressing up and ofcourse the moon sighting and many modern husbands keep the fast too. Great … Read more
Hanuman, Jambavan and potential :)
Most Indians would be familiar with Hanuman, the monkey God as he is called. He had an important role to play in Ramayana in finding Seeta and during the war, reviving Lakshman by bringing the entire Sanjivani hill. He is considered “chiranjeevi” or the deathless one. He also played a part in Mahabharata by sitting … Read more