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The Varaha Purana Says the Earth Is Conscious and Living, Here Is What That Means

The Boar Who Lifted a Person, Not a PlanetYou know the image. Varaha, the boar avatar of Vishnu, plunges into the cosmic ocean and lifts the Earth on his tusks. Most tellings treat this as rescue mythology, god saves world, order is restored, the story ends. The Varaha Purana does…

India's Rock Python: Ecology, Mythology, and a Habitat That Is Rapidly Disappearing

India's Rock Python: Ecology, Mythology, and a Habitat That Is Rapidly Disappearing

The Animal ItselfPython molurus can reach six metres in length and weigh over 90 kilograms. That makes it the largest snake in India and, by mass, one of the four heaviest snakes on Earth, behind only the reticulated python, the green anaconda, and the Burmese python. Adults are unmistakable: a…

Russell's Viper Kills More Indians Than the Cobra Does, What You Need to Know About India's Deadliest Snake

Russell's Viper Kills More Indians Than the Cobra Does, What You Need to Know About India's Deadliest Snake

The Snake India Fears and the Snake India Dies From Are Not the SameAsk most Indians which snake to fear and you will hear: cobra. The spectacled cobra (Naja naja) is woven into temple iconography, folklore, and every snake-charmer image ever put on a postcard. It is genuinely dangerous. It…

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How Horse Domestication Reshaped Civilization, Warfare, Trade, and Human History

The Moment Everything AcceleratedAround 3500 BCE, on the Pontic-Caspian steppe, the grasslands stretching across what is now Ukraine and Kazakhstan, humans first began riding horses rather than just eating them. The evidence comes from bit wear on the teeth of horses excavated at Dereivka, a site studied extensively by archaeologist…

What the Indian Peacock's Feathers and Display Are Actually Signalling Beyond Simple Mating

The Standard Story Has a ProblemThe peacock spreads roughly 200 feathers, each tipped with an iridescent eyespot, and the textbook explanation has always been the same: he is performing for a peahen who will judge his plumage and choose accordingly. It is a tidy story. It is also incomplete in…

Rediscovering the role of stepwells in the Deccan

Discover the forgotten stepwells of Telangana & their role in the cultural & social fabric of the region in this book by HDF & Yeshwant Ramamurthy.

How did sari revivalist Vinay Narkar recreate the Motichoor sari, once woven in the Deccan?

Discover the fascinating journey of Vinay Narkar, a sari revivalist, as he recreates the exquisite Motichoor sari from the Deccan.

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Pune Municipal Corporation finalizes operators for 7 public parking lots

Pune Municipal Corporation finalizes operators for 7 public parking lots

PUNE: The civic administration has finalized operators for seven public parking spaces in the busy areas of the city, including Deccan and Peth localities, for the next three years. Some of these facilities were shut down due to overcharging complaints or end of contract, leaving motorists hassled.

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‘Phoolon wali Holi’ during Qutub Shahi era reflects Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb

‘Phoolon wali Holi’ during Qutub Shahi era reflects Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb

HYDERABAD: The festival of colours was celebrated with flowers and musk during the Qutub Shahi period refl ecting the Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb of the Deccan, particularly Hyderabad. It was a state festival alongside Basant, Bathukamma and Diwali. It was a “phoolon wali Holi” or Holi with flowers.

The Times of India

The rich history of the Chalukya dynasty

The rich history of the Chalukya dynasty

The Chalukya emperors and their successors reigned over the vast Deccan plateau for nearly 500 years. But very little is known about them

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