Puranas – Itisaras

Conceiving of Ram as The Supreme Being- Insights from the Adhyatma Ramayana

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 Piyush Kukrety 0 Comments adhyatama Ramayana, Ayodhya, epics, Hindu texts, holy texts, Indian epics, Jain Ramayana, Kampan Ramayana, Puranas, Ram, ramanand sagar Ramayana, Ramayana, Ramcharitmanas, Sita, Thai Ramayana, Tulsidas, Valmiki, Vedas

The protagonist of the epic Ramayana, Lord Ram is viewed differently not just by different people, but also is described differently in different versions of the epic. One of them, the Adhyatama Ramayana sees him as a pure divine being. Read more about it here.

History

Mythology: As Represented In Indian Paintings

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 Ritika Soun 0 Comments ancient tales, Art, art history, artists, artwork, Belief, colors, composition, contemporary, creativity, decoration, History, imagery, imagination, immortal, Indian art, Indian Mythology, Indian paintings, Indian Traditions, inspiration, logic, Mahabharata, modernism, motif, Mythology, narration, naturalistic, Oral tradition, outlook, painters, painting, past, past traditions, primitive, Puranas, Puranic, Ramayana, Religion, resonance, science, Spirituality, stories, symbolism, Tradition, traditionalism, Upanishads, uplift, Utopia

We all grew up reading mythological stories either from comic books, or we listened to our grandparents narrate it to us – almost as if they were a part of it. These stories would paint too many pictures inside our heads back then, but out there in the real world, they have been represented by many talented artists. Can we correlate?