Their names used to reverberate through early morning prayers, fire rites, and sacred chants. As guardians of rain, fire, dawn, and justice, they were the lifeblood of ancient Indian devotion. But ...
The British Museum’s Ancient India, Living Traditions exhibition brings together exhibits on the sacred art of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. It also encompasses the spread of the devotional art of ...
It was a haunting voice, raw and full-throated, as if someone were singing into a vast emptiness. In it, Mahatma Gandhi’s favourite hymn, Narsinh Mehta’s Vaishnava Jana To, acquired the depth and ...