It is only very late in my life today, and I regret to say it, that I have received the Grace of Bhagavan to embark finally upon a serious study of the Rahasyatrayasaram in the traditional learning mode of “grantha kaalakshepam” under an erudite Sri Vaishnava scholar-Acharya. Because of ageing factor and also the lackContinue reading “The SWOT-grid and “ARTHA-PANCHAKA”: (Part 2 of 2 – CONCLUDED)”
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A memorable “yaathra’ : Six “divya-desams” and one “maha-samprokshanam” (Part-1)
Last year in 2024, around the same time as end-April 2025, I undertook my customary annual pilgrimage of the Divya Desam temples, offering worship in the 9 famous temples in and around the town of Tirunelveli, and known popularly as “Nava Tirupati Divya Desa kshetrams“, besides at two other temples in Tirukurungudi and Vanamamalai. AndContinue reading “A memorable “yaathra’ : Six “divya-desams” and one “maha-samprokshanam” (Part-1)”
Devdutt Patnaik ( À la Vairamuthu) unable to discern the Esotericism in Mystic Eroticism – Part- 3.2 (Concluded)
To truly understand Eroticism in Hindu mythology — explained earlier in Part 3.2 above with reference to the Brihadaaranyka Upanishad — one has to got open up one’s mind to the fact that it is the Esotericism of the Vedic motif of Universal Creation that has been woven into the human microsom of Procreation. Therefore,Continue reading “Devdutt Patnaik ( À la Vairamuthu) unable to discern the Esotericism in Mystic Eroticism – Part- 3.2 (Concluded)”
Devdutt Patnaik ( À la Vairamuthu) unable to discern the Esotericism in Mystic Eroticism – Part-1 of 3
When I read the Jan 19th 2025 article below in THE HINDU (“Wide Angle” feature article) penned by the well known Hindu mythologist, Devadutt Patnaik (the author of 50 books on mythology, art and culture), it at once reminded me of the controversial speech the Tamil Cinema lyricist, Vairamuthu had made seven years ago inContinue reading “Devdutt Patnaik ( À la Vairamuthu) unable to discern the Esotericism in Mystic Eroticism – Part-1 of 3”
“In the Hindu nation-states of Nepal and Mauritius, is Caste consciousness prevalent?”: An informal chat with noted Tamil writer and scholar, Sri Indira Parthasarathy
The above video clip when I shared it with Sri Indira Parthasarathy this morning, it triggered off a very interesting and freewheeling conversation between us on the eternally controversial subject of Caste in Hindu society. Below is reproduced the Q&A verbatim : Me: Sir, watching the video-clip made me feel that NRI Indians are likeContinue reading ““In the Hindu nation-states of Nepal and Mauritius, is Caste consciousness prevalent?”: An informal chat with noted Tamil writer and scholar, Sri Indira Parthasarathy”
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-55
In this section in the little-known c.1960s pamphlet titled “Ramanuja and Sri Vaishnavas” the subject dealt with by Doraiswami Iyengar is the rather delicate and controversial question of Idolatry which according to him has become almost a defining characteristic of the modern Sri Vaishnava identity. Once again a brief explanatory note is being penned belowContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-55″
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-54
Failing to effectively repel hostile calumny and criticisms by other schools of Hindu religion against Sri Vaishnavism. In this section of Doraiswamy Iyengar’s pamphlet titled “Ramanuja and Sri Vaishnavas”, another facet of “ubaya-vedanta” in the post-Indian Independence era gets critically examined. Lest the passages written by Doraiswamy Iyengar are misunderstood or misinterpreted, I offer belowContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedantins”: Part-54″