Tamil merchants even built a Shiva temple in Quanzhou, China, around 700 years ago.
25 May,2025 08:20 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Of course, it is difficult to corroborate. What is interesting, however, is that the folklore speaks of an incomplete marriage
11 May,2025 07:02 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
At the same time, the Bodh Gaya site has only been partially handed over to the Buddhists—with Brahmins still playing a key role in the management
27 April,2025 07:41 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 PattanaikADVERTISEMENT
