Yoginī & Mātṝkās: Ecstatic Divine Celebration Introduction Across cultures and continents dance and music has always been part of the human celebration and also a way to transcend the profane…

Goddess Manasa is venerated in Orissa, Bengal & Northeastern India. (Sculpture from Northeast India, ca. 12th c.) In Orissa the forest is seen as a sacred place and it is…

Several legends influenced by historical events tell similar stories about the twin princes that were evil demons. They robbed and killed everywhere they went. The people asked Lord Shiva to…

Aterrizamos en Bangalore a las cinco de la mañana después de una noche en blanco en el avión. El sábado continuó su avance lento, concientes de cada minuto, mientras esperábamos…

After my first encounter in 2005 with a Yogini Temple, in Hirapur in the state of Orissa in India, I started to look for all kinds of information regarding the…

“…Time and life stood still. All activity was hidden within the deep vegetation.  Birds and insects were like jungle fairies playing with us. We could hear them but not see…

“The natural history of these islands is eminently curious, and well deserves attention. Most of the organic productions are aboriginal creations, found nowhere else; there is even a difference between…