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Category: Ballads

  • Barkuru –Betaala-Vikramaditya

    Once upon time lived a king Vikramaditya., we have all heard this line and the stories featuring him. The Vetala Panchvimshati and the Simhasana Dwatrimshika. These stories have found their way in various versions of  regional and Sanskrit literature. The vetala panchvimshati tell us the twenty stories  are narrated by Mahakavi Somade Bhatta  these stories…

  • Bennekudru – Mulamahastree – Ammana gardi

    . The Justice deliverer of the Mogaveeras. The legends say that Parashurama, the sixth incarnation of Vishnu reclaimed the land from Sagara the Sea God to carve out Parashurama Kshetra.  He got the Brahmins of Aichatra to reside here. He gave them a boon of abundance and got them married to the local fisherwomen. Thus…

  • Rains when Nature cleanses

    Speaking tree When nature cleanses “The rain to the wind said, You push and I’ll pelt.’ They so smote the garden bed That the flowers actually knelt, And lay lodged–though not dead. I know how the flowers felt.” ― Robert Frost Every rainy season, one site or the other puts up a prompt asking people to…

  • Homage to the circle.

    While creating an Yantra circle represents the divine, between two circles we have Vayu the energizer.  The circle, is completion, it unites thought and action. Think about it when we are in circle with others the energy stays contained with the group giving back to all. Circle of trees creates the sacred groove, circle of…

  • I am Veritas

    I am Veritas I am VERITAS goddess of truth.  Myth has it that I hide at the bottom of the ocean, and that I am elusive. Well, not really true, I am elusive because you do not really know how to see me. When humans refer to truth it is used to mean being in…

  • Mountains keeping things in perspective

    The past week we have been travelling, as we entered the town of Satara from top of the  high the town looked so different, things seem to be in place and at peace. When we  see things from the top of a mountain we witness life from a different perspective bringing us a new awareness.…