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He darted in and out of the sea-monster’s mouth. Before the sea-monster could snap her jaws shut, he had escaped far beyond her reach ...
And Hari, who was Vishnu, the shape-shifting householder, identified as bhagavan, the leader who apportions fairly to all in the group (sam-rajya) ...
Ram’s best friends were the “monkeys” of these Sala forests. He eventually made peace with the “demons” of the same forests. ...
Either because he did not provide the right fuel, or the fuel was damp, or maybe the offering was not combustible ...
They reveal that Buddhism has all kinds of forms, not all pacifist. Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik When today,...
The more elite Kama-sutra and Ananga-ranga argued that erotic manuals ensured wives stayed faithful to their husbands. ...
Or, it may have something to do with the legend of a king who in adverse times was forced to serve as a cook and hide in another king’s kitchen. ...
Both the Deccan festival of Ugadi and the Malayali festival of Vishnu happen around the spring equinox, marking the start of the monsoon winds that...
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In Aitreya Brahmana (2.25), there was once a race between the devas to get a share of the Soma Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik ...
Joseph is a character from the Old Testament or the Jewish Bible, who helped the Egyptian pharaoh to collect grain during years of harvest, which...
This lack of empathy indicates knowledge without wisdom that Sanatkumars are referring to. This Brahma-vidya is the lodestone of Indian Knowledge...
Hindus have a very complex idea of god. God is not all powerful Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik Nowadays, when...
They even use words like plagiarism without actually knowing what it means. Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik ...
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The Ganga river basin contains 50 per cent of India’s electorate. So the only Ramayana that really matters to Hindutva politicians is the 16th...
On this flying vehicle, the carpenter’s son not only went to school, impressing his class, but also on many adventures, eventually marrying a...
This is why the monkeys refuse to travel by boat to Lanka, but insist on building a bridge. Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik ...
The version written by Shankara’s followers that makes him the winner or the version written by Buddhists that makes Shankara the loser? ...
This happened between 1500 BCE and 1000 BCE and migrants were mostly men who married local women. Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik ...
They all became part of one family, whose patriarch was Osiris, lord of the afterlife, connected through Horus, to the pharaoh, ruler of this world. ...
The deity is so upset by this incident that in his dreams, the Brahmin sees the deity bleeding from the head, and the deity demands that the singing...
On top of it, they would place large stone mounds, which are called megaliths, which are found in the Deccan region. ...
The goddess Gauri, for example, mother of Ganesha, is draped in green as she represents the fertile aspect of nature, after the monsoon rains ...
And lo and behold, just before daybreak, the deity sprouted hair! Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik A king would...
It simply turns back to look at the man who has now moved out of the forest, and created culture, a space where tigers are not welcome. ...
Thus, we find the north and south traditions are very different, one favouring Ram, the other favouring Krishna. Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik ...
A thousand years later, around 100 BCE, in a royal inscription found in Odisha, a Jain king called Kharavela refers to Gangetic regions as...
The youngest of these is called Clotho, from where the word clothing comes from Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik In the Devanagari...
He is visualised as an eternal child who rides a peacock and has all the Siddha powers, but is never listed with the other Siddha Yogis. ...
Bhima has a rakshasa wife called Hidimbi. And from that union is born the mighty Ghatotkacha Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik Bhima...
In Hindu mythology, all the gods are associated with musical instruments Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik Sanatani Hindutva is...
This story is also found in Jewish and Islamic myths too. Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik Many mythologies around the world have...
But when he returns home, he realises several centuries have passed and everyone he knew is long dead Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik ...
This violence of the battlefield, that provides protection, is not disconnected from the violence in the kitchen, that provides nourishment. ...
A classic case is the story of Oedipus who kills his father and marries his mother. Another story is of Zeus killing his father Chronus, the Titan. ...