Defining India-Bharat Darshan – Page 11 – Whole Dude

Bharat Darshan – City of Rajahmundry shapes My connection to India and Indian literature

Bengali writers and thinkers had excited the minds of Indians during early 20th century. I belong to Rajahmundry which was a part of State of Madras and had witnessed that Tamils did not really excite Telugu people in the literary or political arena.

Bharat Darshan – A tribute to Rajahmundry’s traditions of Performing Arts

Bharat Darshan – A tribute to Rajahmundry’s traditions of Performing Arts GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE, RAJAHMUNDRY WHERE STUDENTS EXCEL IN PERFORMING ARTS The Traditions of Performing Arts in Rajahmundry Rajahmundry gets credit for being the home for great artists. The first drama in Telugu language was written by Kandukuri Veeresalingam, a native of Rajahmundry. During the few years I spent in …

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Bharat Darshan – The West Meets the East – Meet the White American Brahmin

Olcott dedicated his energies to fraternal understanding and the search for truth. He referred to theosophists as “original searchers after spiritual knowledge”. In his farewell message he expressed the wish ” to impress on all men on earth that ‘there is no religion higher than Truth’ and that in the Brotherhood of Religions lies the peace and progress of humanity.” Indians fondly remember him as the White American Brahmin.

Akshaya Paatra – Discover Bliss from an empty pot

Akshaya Paatra means an inexhaustible vessel; a vessel that could gratify man’s desires. If mind is compared to a pot, when all the desires are removed, when the pot is empty, man discovers true bliss, pure Joy.

Shia Ruler of Golconda – Verily, a Blessed Soul

Sultan Abul Hasan Qutb Shah, the seventh and the last ruler of the Kingdom of Golconda, Deccan, India under the Qutb Shahi Dynasty from 1672 A.D. to 1687 A.D. is verily a Blessed Soul and may Lord’s Peace be upon him.

The reason to rejoice this Season- Be prepared for the Second Coming

Christmas is a season to imitate Christ’s humility and our attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus.

Bharat Darshan – A presentation at Huron High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.

Bharat Darshan, a presentation at Huron High School, Ann Arbor, MI about Indian Culture and Traditions.The Indian Traditional Greeting of Namaskar or Namaste represents the essence of Indian Culture.

The Moments Slip Away And Are Laid to Your Account

Thanks to Government Victoria College, Palghat or Palakkad. The moments of my life that had slipped away are securely laid in my account and I can relive those moments. What is future? What is past? What is present?

Lord Rama – My Beloved Hero

“I regard myself only as Rama, son of Dasaratha, an ordinary human being. Who I am in reality, where I belong, why I took birth, are matters on which you may enlighten me, and I do not know.” From Valmiki Ramayana, Yuddha Kanda

Taj Mahal or Setu Bandhanam – Who lifted the stones?

The author, identifying as a rational thinker, questions who truly deserves credit for historical structures like the Taj Mahal or the Setu Bandhanam (Adam’s Bridge). They believe such recognition should go to the nameless workers who constructed these impressive works, rather than the kings and emperors who ordered their creation. Expressing a concern about personal and cultural identity, they imply that the credit for structures like Adam’s Bridge could potentially belong to the Dravidian people of Southern India, rather than simply to legendary figures like Prince Rama, as the epic poem Valmiki Ramayana would suggest. Also mentioned, is the importance of preserving such historical structures for their heritage significance.