Svarga — The Celestial

Brahmacāriṇī | Navadurgā - Part 2

devi, navaratri, durga

Second in the Navadurgā series - the theology and iconography of Brahmacāriṇī Devī - the form of Durgā who represents austerity, renunciation, and the discipline through which the soul approaches the absolute.

Candraghaṇṭā | Navadurgā - Part 3

devi, navaratri, durga

Third in the Navadurgā series - the theology and iconography of Candraghaṇṭā Devī - the warrior form whose crescent-bell emblem signals the transition from inner austerity to active, world-facing śakti.

Kālarātri | Navadurgā - Part 7

devi, navaratri, durga

Seventh in the Navadurgā series - the theology and iconography of Kālarātri Devī - the most fearsome form, destroyer of darkness and ignorance, whose terrifying appearance conceals absolute protection for the devotee.

Kātyāyanī | Navadurgā - Part 6

devi, navaratri, durga

Sixth in the Navadurgā series - the theology and iconography of Kātyāyanī Devī - the fierce warrior form born to destroy the demon Mahiṣāsura, and the deity invoked for strength in the face of civilizational threat.

Kṣetra, Śāstra, Utsava

divine, sacred

On the axis connecting festival (utsava), sacred geography (kṣetra), and scripture (śāstra) - how Hindu festivals are to time what temples are to space - gradients of divine access that structure both the year and the land.

Kūṣmāṇḍā | Navadurgā - Part 4

devi, navaratri, durga

Fourth in the Navadurgā series - the theology and iconography of Kūṣmāṇḍā Devī - the form who created the universe with her smile, and who is propitiated for health, vitality, and the removal of darkness.

Mahāgaurī | Navadurgā - Part 8

devi, navaratri, durga

Eighth in the Navadurgā series - the theology and iconography of Mahāgaurī Devī - the luminous, peaceful form that follows Kālarātri, representing the purity and grace that emerge after the destruction of all that is false.

Rāma’s Journey – the Avatāra in You, a Fractal Maṇḍala Essay

rama, avatar, avatara

Rāma's exile and return as inner journey - reading the Rāmāyaṇa as a map of the soul's trajectory - and why Dīpāvalī marks a cosmological reorientation of consciousness.

Recollection: The Glory of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Janmāṣṭamī

divine, krishna

A pilgrimage to Mathurā, the city of Kṛṣṇa's birth - how a journey through the geography of the Kṛṣṇa legend becomes a direct encounter with the living presence of the divine in place, available to anyone who knows how to look.

Śailaputrī | Navadurgā - Part 1

devi, navaratri, durga

Opening the Navadurgā series - an introduction to the Navarātrī tradition followed by the theology and iconography of Śailaputrī Devī - daughter of the mountain, first of the nine forms, embodiment of primal śakti.

Siddhidātrī | Navadurgā - Part 9

devi, navaratri, durga

Ninth and final in the Navadurgā series - the theology and iconography of Siddhidātrī Devī - the granter of all siddhis, the form who completes the Navarātrī cycle and whose worship is the culmination of the entire nine-day journey.

Skandamātā | Navadurgā - Part 5

devi, navaratri, durga

Fifth in the Navadurgā series - the theology and iconography of Skandamātā Devī - mother of Skanda (Kārttikeya), the form that holds together the energies of motherhood, courage, and cosmic order.

Śrī Rāma Comes Back to Ayodhyā

divine, rama, sacred

The Ram Janmabhūmi movement as civilizational memory rather than political campaign - how the 500-year struggle for Ayodhyā maps onto the deeper Hindu understanding of sacred geography and the permanence of divine presence in place.

राम आयेंगे!

rama

A first-person account of the devotional groundswell preceding the 2024 Ayodhyā pratiṣṭhā - what a spontaneous civilizational awakening looks and feels like from the inside - and what it reveals about the living roots of Hindu consciousness.

Agni Purana

cosmology, sacred

Edition or translation of the Agni Purana, an encyclopedic Purana covering cosmology, ritual, iconography, kingship, and sacred practice.

Amarakośaḥ Devanāgarī

deva

Devanagari text of the Amarakosha for direct study of the classical Sanskrit lexicon.

Astronomical Chronology Of Vedic Literature

celestial

Uses archaeoastronomy to date Vedic texts based on celestial references, proposing earlier chronologies for Rigvedic and post-Vedic compositions.

Asura And Its Derivatives In Rigveda

divine

Philological study of 'Asura' and related terms in the Rig Veda, tracing semantic shifts from divine epithets to later mythological antagonists.

Bhagavata Purana

cosmology, krishna

Edition or translation of the Bhagavata Purana, a major Vaishnava Purana centered on Krishna, bhakti, cosmology, and liberation.

Brahma Purana

cosmology, sacred

Edition or translation of the Brahma Purana, creation narratives, sacred geography, pilgrimage, ritual life, and dynastic lore.

Brahmanda Purana

cosmology

Edition or translation of the Brahmanda Purana, cosmology, cycles of time, genealogies, and later devotional theology.

Chandogya Upanishad

sacred

English edition or translation of the Chandogya Upanishad, highlighting meditation, sacred speech, ritual symbolism, and the teaching of tat tvam asi.

Garuda Purana

cosmology, afterlife

Edition or translation of the Garuda Purana, afterlife teachings, funerary rites, ethics, cosmology, and Vaishnava doctrine.

Geography of the Puranas

cosmology, sacred

Edition or translation of the Geography of the Puranas, a Purana text combining mythology, cosmology, ritual observance, and sacred geography.

Harivansha Purana

krishna

Edition or translation of the Harivansha Purana, Krishna lineage narratives and cosmological material closely tied to the Mahabharata tradition.

Hindu Dharma Radhakrishnan

krishna

Essay by S. Radhakrishnan presenting Hindu dharma as a living, adaptive, and philosophically grounded religious tradition.

Kurma Purana

cosmology

Edition or translation of the Kurma Purana, cosmology, pilgrimage, dharma, and sectarian theology in dialogic form.

Linga Purana

cosmology, sacred

Edition or translation of the Linga Purana, Shaiva theology of the linga alongside cosmology, vows, and sacred geography.

Maitrayaniya Upanishad

cosmology

English edition or translation of the Maitrayaniya Upanishad, highlighting self-knowledge, mind, time, cosmology, and yogic discipline.

Markandeya Purana

cosmology, devi

Edition or translation of the Markandeya Purana, mythic and ethical narrative best known for the Devi Mahatmya and broader cosmological material.

On Natyashastra

rama

Introductory or interpretive study of the Natyashastra and its framework for drama, performance, and rasa.

Padma Purana

sacred

Edition or translation of the Padma Purana, creation, pilgrimage, dharma, sacred places, and large Vaishnava devotional sections.

Prashna Upanishad

cosmology

English edition or translation of the Prashna Upanishad, highlighting six questions on prana, cosmology, Om, and the inner self.

Rama's Realm

rama

Investigates the geographical and historical context of Rama's kingdom in the Ramayana, analyzing textual layers and regional cultural influences.

Shiva Purana

cosmology, shiva

Edition or translation of the Shiva Purana, myths, worship, cosmology, and theology centered on Shiva.

Six Ways of Knowing

rama

Scholarly work on Indian thought and civilization with relevance to the themes signaled by its title.

Skanda Purana

sacred

Edition or translation of the Skanda Purana, a vast pilgrimage-oriented Purana organized around sacred geography and regional mahatmyas.

The Nyaya Theory of Knowledge

rama

Study of Nyaya epistemology with emphasis on pramanas, error, and valid cognition.

The Paramarthasara of Adisesa

rama

Philosophical text associated with non-dual Shaiva traditions and the path to liberation.

The Sankhya Karika of Iswara Krishna

krishna

Classical Sankhya summary text on ontology, causation, bondage, and release.

Varaha Purana

cosmology, avatar

Edition or translation of the Varaha Purana, Vaishnava cosmology, ritual observance, pilgrimage, and the Varaha incarnation.

Vayu Purana

cosmology, sacred

Edition or translation of the Vayu Purana, cosmology, genealogies, dynastic memory, and ancient sacred lore.

Vishnu In Rigveda

vishnu

Philological study of Vishnu's early presence in the Rig Veda, tracing the evolution of solar and cosmic attributes in Vedic hymns.

Vishnu Purana

cosmology, vishnu, avatar, avatara

Edition or translation of the Vishnu Purana, creation, dynasties, avatara doctrine, cosmology, and dharma in a foundational Vaishnava Purana.

Dharmic Circuits - Sacred Pathways - Part 1

sacred

The Hindu geography of Bharatvarsha as a structured sacred space — how teertha yatra creates a living network of centers and pathways that defines the cultural boundaries of the civilization.

Grasping for the Beyond - On a Critical Schism in the Modern Psyche

sacred

Weber's disenchantment and Jung's diagnosis of the Western mind as a madhouse of abstractions — arguing that the modern psyche's loss of the sacred is precisely the illness that India's living metaphysical tradition can address.

Making of Early Kashmir - The Making of a New Literary Star

sacred

Review of Shonaleeka Kaul's The Making of Early Kashmir — how the Rajatarangini constructs Kashmiri identity through sacred landscape, and why this emic reading of history challenges the colonial separation of geography from meaning.

Modernity in TV Drama

rama

Reflections on tradition vs. modernity from the TV show Yellowstone.

Temples of Madhya Pradesh

sacred

What do three hundred surviving ancient temple sites of Madhya Pradesh reveal about the full range of Hindu sacred architecture - and what was lost to medieval destruction? A deep architectural and sculptural study of ten major temple clusters, making the grammar of Hindu temple-building legible.

Is Modernity Compatible With Hindu Values

rama

Is modernity - with its secularism, rights-framework, and assault on varṇāśrama dharma - compatible with Hindu values, or structurally hostile to Hindu civilization?

James Lovelock

cosmology

The scientist who revived the idea that Earth is a self-regulating living system and named it Gaia - which is less a metaphor than a description of something Hindu cosmology had always held without needing a laboratory to prove it.

SK Ramachandra Rao

rama

A Karnataka polymath whose encyclopedic work on Hindu iconography and temple architecture reveals the metaphysical logic embedded in every sculptural form and spatial arrangement - the temple not as monument but as cosmological diagram made stone.

Terence McKenna

rama

A psychedelic philosopher whose stoned-ape hypothesis, archaic revival, and novelty theory sit at the fringe of respectable discourse but ask the right questions - why did human consciousness change so dramatically, and what exactly is it moving toward?