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Varanasi

Varanasi Varanasi, India: A place for life and deathIndia is a land of mysticism and its people have a staunch belief in inherited traditions. Religious pilgrimages inform the devotional aspect of travel. Varanasi is one such place where devotes throng in veneration of Siva, the Lord of Destruction (one among the trinity in the Hindu Pantheon of Gods). This is the only place in Indiawhere people come and aspire for many things including death. Interestingly, death is a thing of celebration at Varanasi. Saints, seers, Himalayan sadhus and ordinary people visit the place

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Araku

Araku Araku Is The Place, Where We Are Not!Whether we relish or revile the urban world we dwell in, it is a live metaphor of human power. So, it bosses around to make us believe that gardens of bonsai trees and Croton plants are the ‘nature’. This so-called ‘nature’ is very much to be ‘controlled’ and ‘preserved’. Therefore, actual nature is the place where we, the civilised, urbanised, are not. So, Araku is that original and aboriginal nature with a distinctive tribal agglomeration. Araku Valley of Anantagiri and Sunkarimetta Reserved Forest, is one of the rich biodive

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Man to woman artist

Man to Woman Emoting the Expressions: Gestures of a transformed dancerThe objective of the current portfolio is to focus on one important aspect of Indian dramaturgy and dance traditions. The genre of performing arts is the most expressive tool of cultural production. Aesthetic traditions of India have categorised human emotions into nine elements known as Nava Rasas. On account of a taboo attached to female performances on open stage, male artists used to learn and perform the nine gestures: Love (Sringara), Laughter (Hasya), Sorrow (Karuna), Anger (Raudra), Courage (V

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Maha Mastakabhishekam

Maha Mastakabhishekam The Grand Consecration: Jaina Religious Observances in South IndiaTranscendental meditation in quest of self and other has been in vogue in India for long, a home to multi-religious congregations. Assimilated and synthesised cultural traditions mark the uniqueness of country and its social history. Jainism is one religious sect known for its emphasis on selflessness and, peace and order in human life. After twelve long years of wait, the present opportunity is presented before the searching eye of the photographer who tried to capture different dim

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Kalachakra

kalachakra Travel of the ideas and teachings of Lord Buddha across historical times and global societies needs no introduction. There is a symbiotic and organic relationship between India and Buddhism as the genesis of the latter had a lot of social facilitation on Indian soil. Its momentous travel and spread had all the necessary features of human perseverance in experimenting with peace and non-violence. The present portfolio is all about a Buddhist spiritual congregation Kalachakra (of Vajrayana Buddhism) held at Amaravati in South India inaugurated by His Holiness D