Temples

Book review: Where the Gods Dwell, anthology on South Asia temples, artfully blurs the lines between history and mythology

Where The Gods Dwell is a collection of 13 essays that promise to offer "an intriguing mix of historical detail, mythological narrative, and architectural commentary, supplementing, and complementing each other to tell a story that is more than the sum of its parts."

Lawsuit accusing New Jersey Hindu organisation of human trafficking widens to four more states

As per the initial lawsuit, leaders of Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha coerced the workers into working for more than 12 hours per day and paid below standards set by federal and state minimum wage laws

I visit temples as I'm Hindu, no one should object to it, says Arvind Kejriwal

The Aam Aadmi Party national convener was replying to a query on whether he was indulging in 'soft Hindutva' by visiting temples

Facing namaz pushback to Kashmir outrage, Islamist imperialism getting restless

Kashmir has been umbilically connected to the Hindu and Indian civilisation. Demographic change and the tyrannies of history cannot suddenly make it a land under 'Indian occupation'

Why India’s temples must be freed from government control

If people do not have the freedom to practice their religion the way they want, what kind of freedom is that? Before the 75th Independence Day, we must free the temples

Health ministry issues SOPs for religious places; no physical offerings to be allowed, thermal screening mandatory at entrance

According to the SOPs, all religious places should ensure hand hygiene (sanitizer dispenser) and make thermal screening provisions at the entrance mandatorily.

Cycle Pure Agarbathies launches PurePrayer app for devotees; solution to help book pujas, services at 52 major temples in Karnataka

The PurePrayer app will not add any additional service charge or convenience for connecting the Devotees to the temples.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Hundreds of devotees assemble in temples on Ram Navami across West Bengal, flout lockdown

Long queues of devotees were seen outside temples across the state, while the annual Ram Navami rallies were not held this year as the VHP and other saffron groups have called off the programmes due to the coronavirus pandemic.

From temples to royal courts, and the proscenium stage: A social history of Indian performance spaces

A proscenium stage born in the West posits a distance between audience and performer to offer a visual experience. Yet, why is it that classical dance, which vehemently claims its origins in a text on Indian aesthetics, most widely performed on a proscenium stage? The history of performance spaces in India is a deeply sociological one.

Sacred sites in Bengaluru: Where heritage helps conserve biodiversity

As many as 121 species of plants thrive in Bengaluru’s sacred sites, contributing to the city’s urban biodiversity.