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Elder son of Shiva and Parvati, invoked first in every rite as the remover of obstacles and patron of letters. His circumambulation of his parents over chasing the cosmos remains t…

Beyond the beloved remover of obstacles: the Gaṇapati Atharvaśīrṣa reveals Gaṇeśa as the primordial sound Om itself, the visible Absolute, and the presiding deity of the Mūlādhāra …

While popularly revered worldwide as the beloved elephant-headed remover of obstacles, the esoteric tradition of ancient Hindu philosophy reveals Lord Gaṇeśa in a vastly …

Ancient and medieval Hindu builders treated stone as an instrument of optics, acoustics, geology and celestial alignment. Eleven wonders — from a solar sundial of zodiac pillars at…

… r:** the three-headed Sadāśiva monolith. **The location:** Elephanta Caves, Gharapuri island, Mumbai, Maharashtra. **The science:** cut from solid basalt between the 5th and 8th …

An epic cosmic event where the celestial Devas and the demonic Asuras form a temporary alliance to churn the primeval Ocean of Milk, extracting the nectar of immortality (Amrita) a…

The spectacular manifestation of Goddess Durga from the combined fiery anger of the gods to defeat the shape-shifting buffalo demon Mahishasura, who held a boon of near-invincibili…

How Viṣṇu honoured every clause of the tyrant Hiraṇyakaśipu's impossible boon by emerging as Narasiṃha — half man, half lion — at twilight, on the threshold, across his lap, tearin…