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Category: mythology

  • A vanquished tribe

    Originally posted on My Bookshelf: Author:    Anand Neelakantan Publisher:   platinum Press. ISBN: 978-93-817577-05-2 First time author Anand Neelakantan, treads the murky waters of telling the tale of the Ravana, here neither Rama nor Ravana are heroes, Ravana is the protagonist. The book is a fiction based on the stock characters from Ramayana. The tale is…

  • the duality of Lakshmi.

    The duality of Alakshmi fascinated me. For if the Amritha or the nectar of immortality emerged when the Ocean of milk was churned so did the pollutant Halahala or the cosmic poison. The Vaishnava legends claim that Alakshmi the twin of Lakshmi is the embodiment of Halahala. She is the goddess of misfortune and strife.…

  • Do I Believe in fate?– a Plinky Prompt.

    Do I believe in fate? The dictionary says fate is • Something unavoidable that befalls a person. • The universal principle or ultimate agency by which the order of thins is presumably prescribed. The decreed cause of events. • Which is inevitably predetermined? • A prophetic declaration of what must be. Death, destruction or ruins.…

  • Sri Lakshmi the goddess of material abundance

    wealth is abundance. Quickie darshan Wealth to me is abudance. Wealth is something that will give me choices. I will not be limited by resources. It could be abundance in any form. The hindu mythology personifies this abundance as Goddess Lakshmi. The most popular image of Goddess Lakshmi is of abudance of material wealth. The…

  • Sita-Ahalya-Tadaka

    The Ramayana talks of three women. Tadaka she was killed by Rama Ahalya was supposed to have been redeemed by Rama Sita the spouse. Somewhere these women are not given their due. No matter what symbolization or explanation we give it is only a document of power play and oppression. Assuming that Ramayana is a…

  • to eternity.

    would i choose immortality? Live for ever? Parashuram of Hindu mythology, or Ashwathama of Hindu mythology would be great people to ask opinions from. Anyway I do not think it is a great idea to live with this body for ever can you imagine, muscle wasting,organ degeneration, Alzheimer and god knows what! After all I…