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Chinmaya Summer School 2017 – Day 2
Culture Jun 18, 2017

Chinmaya Summer School 2017 – Day 2

The second day of the Summer School jointly organized by Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth and Chinmaya International Foundation took the participants into a wonderful...

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Chinmaya Summer School 2017 - Day 1
Culture Jun 17, 2017

Chinmaya Summer School 2017 - Day 1

Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth and Chinmaya International Foundation have jointly organized a ten-day Summer School from 17 to 26 June, 2017 to realize the spirit of...

Prekshaa
Can we Build National Integration on False Foundations?
Culture May 30, 2017

Can we Build National Integration on False Foundations?

This is a translation of the article by Dr S. L. Bhyrappa that appeared in a Kannada daily on September 24, 2006. The currently sensational news in Karnataka p...

Dr. S L Bhyrappa | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna
Kannada Movies Based on Epic Mythology
Culture Apr 21, 2017

Kannada Movies Based on Epic Mythology

The epics and mythology of a culture deeply influence art and literature. This is pronounced in the case of India, as our heritage still has the unbroken, livin...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
Sri Rama Navami
Culture Apr 04, 2017

Sri Rama Navami

In sanatana dharma, birthdays of great people are celebrated as jayantis and death anniversaries are remembered as aradhanas. Sri Rama Navami is the birthday of...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
Yugadi
Culture Mar 28, 2017

Yugadi

Yugadi, also called Ugadi, is a well-known festival in India. Though it is often considered as a South Indian festival, textual evidences and local practices cl...

Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
Vivaaha: The Eight Types of Hindu Weddings
Culture Mar 13, 2017

Vivaaha: The Eight Types of Hindu Weddings

The Sanskrit word for wedding is विवाह (vivaaha). Vivaaha also means ‘marriage.’  Basically it refers to “supporting dharma.” Dharma is a Sanskrit word that mea...

Koti Sreekrishna
Vyāsa, Vālmīki and Kālidāsa
Culture Mar 07, 2017

Vyāsa, Vālmīki and Kālidāsa

Interview with Dr. R Ganesh –Dr. Arundhati Sundar and Arjun Bharadwaj Arjun Bharadwaj interviewed Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh on the upcoming Summer School at Ch...

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Shiva in Jordan: Connecting Petra and the Pallavas
Culture Mar 02, 2017

Shiva in Jordan: Connecting Petra and the Pallavas

Petra is a UNESCO world heritage site, three hours from Jordan’s capital, Amman. We enter it through a Siq (pronounced ‘seek’) – a narrow, naturally-formed sand...

Pradeep Chakravarthy