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Secrets of goddesses and trees
There are other influences (pre-Aryan tribal, Jain, Hindu, Islamic) that can be seen in Chamundeshwari temple of Mysore kings.
20 April,2025 07:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
12 children in 12 castes
We are told that he had eleven siblings, each as remarkable and wise as he was. One of them was a woodcutter, commissioned by a royal family
13 April,2025 07:28 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Royal Ram hunted deer, not lions
The Persian shahenshah adopted this symbol around 500 BC. India’s Ashoka adopted only the lion as a royal symbol in 250 BC, not the lion-hunting ritual.
06 April,2025 07:33 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Did Aryans know about same-sex behaviour?
These need not be read literally. But their use as metaphors indicates the Aryans were familiar with same-sex activity.
30 March,2025 07:03 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
The fire-born Rajputs
This was when a great fire sacrifice was held by the Seven Sages (sapta Rishi).
23 March,2025 07:38 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
So many types of Nagas
The various mountain springs across Kashmir valley are also called Naga and have been worshipped by the local population since time immemorial.
16 March,2025 07:01 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Mythology of the fish
In Buddhist Jataka, Buddha once turned himself into a red fish and offered his flesh to people to save them from starvation and cure them of a skin disease
09 March,2025 07:08 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Double-edged sword of Sikhism
Myth manifests not just as stories but also symbols and rituals. Sikhism is full of rich mythic symbolism.
02 March,2025 07:08 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Now an angry Parashuram?
Most likely, modern film adaptations will ignore the part why Parashuram picked up the axe (parashu) in the first place.
23 February,2025 07:41 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
The happiness of gay lovers
This film (U for Usha: U Ushacha) won the Satyajit Ray Short Film Award in 2019. It was described as “courageous”.
16 February,2025 07:34 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik