The Unakoti rock carvings hold an important place as one of the heritage sites in India. Located in Tripura in the north east of India, it is said to be around 180 kms away from the capital of this state. Unakoti provides evidence of ancient Saiva worship in Tripura from 8th-9th centuries CE. Not only […]Read More
There are only two upapuranas also known as the minor puranas that are constructed around the Hindu lord Ganesha. One of them being Ganesh purana is consequently an important text for the Ganpataya denomination of Hinduism that worships Ganesha as their main deity. This purana is majorly split into two parts, one being Upasanakhanda that […]Read More
Kalika purana is considered to be one of the more significant Hindu religious texts surrounding goddess kali. The Shakta tradition of Hinduism that worships goddess kali owes to Kalika purana for a lot of its practices. The Kalika purana is also one of the upapuranas and it is said to contain about 9,000 verses that […]Read More
This purana is actually centred around the Hindu deity Ganesha. The Mudgala purana actually comes under the Upapuranas of Hindu religious literature. The Upapuranas are Hindu religious texts that are considered secondary Puranas after the Maha puranas. They are said to be eighteen in number similar to the Maha puranas. Ganesha is the lord of […]Read More
The two queens of the Travancore royal family who were born as cousins and grew up to play a prominent part in the history of Travancore. Granddaughters of the famous painter Raja Ravi Varma, who were adopted by the Travancore royal family went on to live lives that were surely influential but in no way […]Read More
Maharani Chimnabai II of Baroda Maharani Chimnabai II born to Shrimant Sardar Bajirao Amritrao Ghatge of Dewas and married to Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, she was a prominent female leader of Baroda and an advocate for women’s rights. She went on to abolish regressive systems and became the first president of All India Women’s Conference. […]Read More
In times when women of the royal families dressed up traditionally usually under a “purdah” with their heads covered, Sita devi not only caught the world’s attention with her beautifully draped saris, she also became a muse for various European designers and photographers. Her beauty was so ethereal that many referred to her as the […]Read More
When the party members asked Maharani Gayatri Devi who the people of Jaipur liked to refer to as rajmata, to include in her speeches grand promises to appeal to the janata for votes she said “These were the people of Jaipur and if I owed them nothing else, I certainly owed them the truth,”. For […]Read More