Tag Results: Religion
Snapshort Histories
Jain Ramayana: A ‘Non-Violent’ Retelling
Catch the story of a very different Ramayana – where Ravana is a good man and Hanuman is not a monkey. Steeped in time, the ancient Jain Ramayana – Paumacariya – packs in quite a tale.
Snapshort Histories
Piran Kaliyar: Uttarakhand’s Sufi Heart
Catch the story of Piran Kaliyar in Uttarakhand, where lakhs of devotees converge to pay homage to one of Sufism’s most famous saints in India at the Dargah of Hazrat Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari.
Amazing India
Shravanabelagola & Its Mauryan Connection
It is said that India’s first empire builder Chandragupta Maurya became an ascetic and spent his last years here. But why did the Mauryan Emperor land up in Shravanabelagola in Karnataka, more than 2,200 years ago? Catch the story of this village and how it became a Jain centre
Amazing India
A Mumbai Church and its ‘Afghan’ Connection
At the southern end of Mumbai is a church that honours soldiers who lost their lives in a deadly game of one-upmanship between two great empires. Take a moment to remember these brave souls as we visit an all-but-forgotten marker of history