Category: Ballads

  • Vayu- the wind God

    We were ar Mukteshwar, right on top of the hill, from the window where we stayed, we could see the 5 peaks of the Himalayan range. It was beautiful. Suddenly same roaring sounds like the turbulent sea crashing against the rocks, the familiar sound of the Arabian sea. My husbands Guru then told me something…

  • Uplifting Showers

    Uplifting showers. Its pouring quite heavily though not the blanket of torrential rains of my childhood but incessant. The weather is damp and wet outside. Can you imagine the loveliness of being warm snug inside the house when the weather out is cold and damp? Storms and rains literally change the energy in the air…

  • Spider energy weaving life

    Rick Riordon in book Mark of Athena, talks of an Arhcane as a wonderful weaver, she wove the sunlight into tapestries. My perception of cobweb has changed since then, they are of course the carpets of dustbunnies and they have to be done away with, yet they also remind us that we have the ability…

  • Two Sides Of the Same Moon

    Tetisa kopi devargala oda goodi hattavataarava nettidanamma. Is a verse from the famous purandaradasa’s poetry. Well, this translates to along with thirty three crores of gods he (Vishnu) took ten avatars. This has been a bone of contention, and even ridicule. But we never put it to context. When we say gods, we are talking about…

  • worship of lakshmi

    worship of lakshmi some musing from the vishnu purana, about the worship of Lakshmi

  • Srisuktam and Akshaya Trithya.

    Srisuktam and Akshaya Trithya. The festival of Akshaya Trithya symbolically welcomes abundance into life. This abundance is family focused, and creates richness of relationship, food, and wealth. The Brighu Purana states the worship on Lakshmi on Akshaya Trithya helps to overcome the insecurities that we harbour within us and achieve peace and prosperity. The Phala…