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Symbol of royal authority
As any courting couple today chooses their favourite spots to meet, temples and art galleries will possibly be at the bottom of the list.
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Reviving a tradition
Water continues to be a precious resource, and rains just as important for our well-being. Marabu Foundation, based in Thillaisthanam
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Keeping traditional style alive
Today, youngsters do not take up the fine arts as a profession and even if a minority do, their preference is western contemporary art.
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Time-tested techniques
Today, youngsters do not take up fine arts as a profession and even if a minority do, their preference is western contemporary art.
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His stories were legend
August 16 marked the 47th anniversary of the passing away of a legend who stood tall in concert halls in his time – Harikatha exponent Annasami Bhagavatar.
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Encapsulating the beauty of Rajagopala
Beginning this week, we travel to four outstanding temples in Tamil Nadu, which are immortalised in songs that are rendered in concerts even today.
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Rare kriti on a famous temple
The kriti, being the main part of the concert, one is spoilt for choice especially among the compositions of the Trinity, who developed the kriti and kirtanai to a majestic form.
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Speaks of sringara and devotion
This is the third part of the music series that throws light on the Padam composed by Kshetrayya on Varadaraja Swami of Kanchipuram.
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It was the pinnacle of fine arts
Last but not the least,” is a phrase that may have been coined for the thillana! Everyone will love a thillana for its brisk, literally foot tapping beat and melody.
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An Irish-Indian connection
Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, to County Westmeath, Ireland, is about 115 hours by road, according to Google maps, 12451 km apart.
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Stained!... Exquisitely so
Light has always fascinated human beings. Many gods across religions are in someway connected to the sun, the main source of light.
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Mind, body and padam
Tis the season to be jolly! It’s also the season to fill one’s calendar with music concerts, and dance performances as well.
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Time travel to the Chola period
As a little boy, historian and writer Pradeep Chakravarthy recalls spending every summer holiday at his grandmother’s place in Tirunelveli.
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Raja Raja and his Leadership Values
There’s an old proverb that says fools never learn from their mistakes, clever people do and the wise learn from the mistakes of others.
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Krishnadeva Raya: Leadership Lessons
Any historian who compiles a list of India’s 10 greatest kings can’t omit Krishnadeva Raya (ruled from 1509 to 1529), who brought great glory to the Vijayanagar empire with its capital in Hampi, Karnataka.
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Develop skills to emerge as successful leaders
Management students have been asked to look for leadership qualities within their neighbourhood and develop their skills to emerge as successful leaders.
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Ramanuja’s leadership skills
For Vaishnavaites in Tamil Nadu, Ramanuja is more than a philosopher or a theologian. He is someone who recharged the faith not only intellectually but also emotionally.
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Sanctuaries of times past
Long before management gurus spoke volumes about the need for leaders of organisations to do their bit for social development as an obligation to “give back”, kings in various parts of the country did their mite to contribute to charity thanks to an Indian tradition of revering hospitality as a virtue.
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Beauty in black stripes
As a child, I frequently asked my mother to get me a tiger for a pet. I soon learnt that her “ok, soon”, meant “never”.
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To the past, with passion
The wealth of detail and factual accounts in Dr. K. V. Raman's book on the Varadaraja Perumal temple in Kanchi, will surely impress the reader.
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