A conversation on “Kamban’s Ramayana” with Sri. Indira Parthasarathy – (Part 2 of 4)

After my initial exchange of views with Eepa on the question whether Kamba Ramayana was a “purely out and out literary work” — or a “literary work” laced with many elements of religion” which I for one was convinced that it was — and on why it also carried within its pages what Eepa callsContinue reading “A conversation on “Kamban’s Ramayana” with Sri. Indira Parthasarathy – (Part 2 of 4)”

Sri Rangam and Tirumala: Temples or Political Battlegrounds?

Two separate bits of news on Pages 11 and 6 above respectively in THE HINDU today dt.12 Dec caught my attention while reading the newspaper this morning, since both these great temples in the state of Tamil Nadu occupy a very preeminent position in the hearts and minds of all Vaishnavite devotees and pilgrims allContinue reading “Sri Rangam and Tirumala: Temples or Political Battlegrounds?”