For at least 1500 years, temple design, construction and worship have followed the canon of the āgama-s. Shouldn’t temple management also follow the āgama-s? My PhD thesis on 'Temple Mgt in the Āgama-s' is now available as a book: amzn.to/3dI8F63

Today is a landmark day in Tamil history. On this very day, Chatrapathi Shivaji visited the Kalikambal shrine at Chennai and worshipped Devi. His southern visit had profound impact in this region, which includes subduing of Sultans in Vellore/ Genji, consolidating the Maratha…

One of the earliest depictions of Mahishasuramardini is found in Harappa as part of Sindhu Saraswathi civilisation. The tablet depicts a female piercing a buffalo while a deity in Yogic posture watches this. This is from circa 2000 BCE. #Navaratri

Today is the birth anniversary of Serfoji II, the Maratha ruler of Thanjavur. The reason why the great temple built by Rajaraja in Thanjavur stands today in the current shape, is due to him. Subsequent to the battle of Arcot, the Nawab, with British assistance, launched an…

Having the most horrible experience at @airtelindia Mogappair centre. Just a simple SIM card change, we have had to come twice, send email, ID proof, now they want it printed and sealed. And the attitude! Maybe you have more customers than you can handle.

Today is the birthday of one of the greatest freedom fighters ‘Kappalotiya Tamizhan’ V O Chidambaram Pillai. A follower of Bal Gangadhara Tilak, VOC started the Swedeshi Steam Navigation company with a capital of 10 lakhs in 1906 & gave a run to the British run shipping company…

Vasudevanallur is a town near Tirunelveli which belonged to Nelkattanseval Palayam. Yousuf Khan aka Marudhanatagam, traitor & British commander, wanted to capture the fort in that town. But he didn’t want to take any chances. So he entered an agreement with Travancore King. He…

Two physicists, Arnab Priya Saha and Aninda Sinha from the Indian Institute of Science, inadvertently discovered a new formula for calculating π while working on string theory. Their findings were published in Physical Review Letters in January 2024. This formula generates an…

A dharmic king, Rajendra followed the path of our scriptures to the core. Here is Rajendra Chola performing the Tilaparvatha ritual at Thiruvalanjuzhi. This is one of the dhanas (gifts) mentioned in Kamika agama !

Wonderful evening! Loves the Indic modality pada puja- the intention shines through! Congrats Indica and pranams again to this eternal parampara! #Grateful2Gurus2024

INDICA Presents “Padma Bharatis: Celebrating India’s Unsung Heroes," an anthology published by Blue One Ink (@BluOneInk ), curated by Jay Jina and featuring the best of Indic writers. India, or Bharat, is a land of unparalleled diversity, where the vibrant tapestry of life is…

|| Shree Gurubhyo Namah || INDICA is honoured to confer #Grateful2Gurus to our Gurus on #GuruPurnima, in recognition of their lives dedicated to preserving and propagating IKS, at Chennai and other locations. We welcome you all for our Chennai program at DAV Girls Auditorium,…

Some more pics from Subhaz M N

More than 10 Panchaloha vigrahas are found while digging for a construction of a house, near Papanasam. This includes Somaskandha, Chandrasekarar, Thirugnanasambandar vigrahas. They are likely to be from a nearby temple and buried to protect them from invaders. Courtesy :…

உத்தரமேரூர், மானூர் கல்வெட்டுகளைப் பற்றி பீப்பீசியில் ஒரு கட்டுரை வந்திருக்கிறது. கொஞ்சம் சந்தேகத்துடன் தான் படிக்க ஆரம்பித்தேன். ஆனால் ஆச்சரியப்படத்தக்க வகையில் ஆரம்பத்தில் பல உருப்படியான தகவல்களைக் கொண்டிருக்கும் இந்தக் கட்டுரை, கடைசியில் தடால் என்று சறுக்கித் தன் வேலையைக்…

He was trying the publish the Sangam text Kurinji Paatu and has got a number of manuscripts. Kurinji Paatu, composed by Kabilar, has a section which has the names of a number of flowers. There are 99 such names but in all the manuscripts few lines are mistakenly copied. He…

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He was a member of ‘India House’ in London and worked with Veer Savarkar as part of the Indian independence movement. Following an arrest warrant issued against him, he moved to Puducherry & continued his revolutionary activities. He was instrumental in training Vanchi Nathan who…

He says “ At one point of time, I had 23 manuscripts of Jivaka Chintamani (one of the Tamil epics). Each one had lots of differences from the other. When they took copies, the writers had done copying without thinking about actual words. So it was difficult for me to find meaning…

Worth watching, especially for parents

திருச்சிற்றம்பலம் செம்பொன் மேனிவெண் ணீறணி வானைக் கரிய கண்டனை மாலயன் காணாச் சம்பு வைத்தழல் அங்கையி னானைச் சாம வேதனைத் தன்னொப்பி லானைக் கும்ப மாகரி யின்னுரி யானைக் கோவின் மேல்வருங் கோவினை எங்கள் நம்ப னைநள் ளாறனை அமுதை நாயி னேன்மறந் தென்நினைக் கேனே