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Nun with shaved head

Nun with shaved head

The former is being resurrected by New Age babas with gumption. 

15 December,2024 08:16 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Where is the West exactly?

Where is the West exactly?

They preferred woollen fabrics until the discovery of the Americas, from which cotton was sourced from regions like Mexico and the Aztec Empire

08 December,2024 07:17 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Samadhi: Suicide or sacrifice

Samadhi: Suicide or sacrifice

In Japan, killing oneself by using a sword to tear one’s own bowel, following which another person chops the head off is glamorised in many samurai TV shows. It is called sepekku and harakiri.

01 December,2024 07:38 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Crescent moon of Rome

Crescent moon of Rome

Countries like China, Japan, and India did not care much about either symbol because they did not hold such strong views

24 November,2024 07:42 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Fight, flight and freeze responses of faith

Fight, flight and freeze responses of faith

The oldest form of Buddhism was a rejection of the world. It was a flee response.

17 November,2024 07:41 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
War magic of wild tantra

War magic of wild tantra

Tantra is closely linked to the body (tanu) and the act of weaving (tanti). It argued that while an individual thread (sutra) has value, it cannot become cloth

10 November,2024 07:26 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Replacing goddess culture

Replacing goddess culture

But today Navaratri and Diwali festival is all about Ram and Krishna

27 October,2024 08:31 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
Magic is proof of sainthood

Magic is proof of sainthood

These needs draw him towards holy men, gods, and various spirit deities whose powerful rituals give immediate benefit to material problems

20 October,2024 08:47 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
If India was five-days-old

If India was five-days-old

In the south, megaliths were being raised to the dead, and herdsmen were piling dung and establishing ash-mounds

13 October,2024 09:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik
When was the Buddha born?

When was the Buddha born?

They found almost 48 theories of the Buddha’s date based on Tibetan, Mongolian, Indian, Burmese, Senegalese, Chinese, Japanese, German, and English sources

06 October,2024 08:17 AM IST | Mumbai | Devdutt Pattanaik

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