by Priyanka Dalal | Indic Culture, Rambling
The word ‘Akhand’ by etymological understanding means – unceasing / undivided / unstopped. In context of the diya – it means a diya that is ON – always. Culturally, an akhand diya means a diya that has been On forever. If not forever at...
by Priyanka Dalal | Ayurveda, Indic Culture
Interesting note from an Ayurveda class I did recently, All the 3 doshas in our body – Vaat, Pitta, Kapha – have 5 sub-types each. One of the sub-doshas of Pitta is Ranjaka. Ranjaka Pitta is what gives the human blood – it’s color, which is red. “Ranj” comes from the...
by Priyanka Dalal | Hinduism, Indic Culture, Rambling, Samsara
I have taken my time to write this book review. The reason is the way the Aghora book 3 ended. I needed more time to assimilate that information. After the first book (reviewed here) and second book (reviewed here), I had my concerns about reading this third book...
by Priyanka Dalal | Indic Culture, Sant Sangati
I have written many blogs that keep stressing on understanding the meaning of words, in fact I have a whole category of posts called “fundamental meaning of words”. And especially of the bhajans, stavans, invocations and whatever else we keep chanting...
by Priyanka Dalal | Hinduism, Indic Culture
I came to know about Andal & Margazhi – two major Tamil cultural aspects – from a play by Anita Ratnam and two other artists a few years back. It wasn’t a dance performance but more of an introduction to the culture of reading Andal’s...
by Priyanka Dalal | Ashram Talks, Indic Culture, Practical Benefits
I had written a post on my travel blog about the various places associated with Sarguru SriBrahma, a fiery yogi that happened in South India a 100 years or so back. Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev has a deep connection with this yogi, thus it is of keen interest for a lot of...
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