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The eye of darshan

The Hindu concept of darshan means “divine revelation”, but it’s also about the multilayered ways in which we see the world around us. Adrian Plau explains how one image in a Panjabi manuscript relates to darshan, and why it’s so striking.

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The yogi as hermit, warrior, criminal and showman

How the modern world changed the life and reputation of the yogi.

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Sacred cows and nutritional purity in India

Apoorva Sripathi explores the complex reasons behind India’s recent boom in all things dairy – beginning with a 1970s Western food-aid programme.

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The first seizure

Historian Aparna Nair had her first seizure when she was 11. Here she recalls that first time, and how other people’s reactions are sometimes the most disturbing part about having a seizure.

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  • Durga slaying the Buffalo demon depicted on a stand and surmounted on a torana decorated with smaller figures of demon kings and Hindu gods. Transfer lithograph.
  • Standing marble figure of Vishnu, god of the Hindu triad
  • The Hindu god Brahma, with four heads. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Manmatha (Kamadeva), Hindu god of love, shooting arrows with his bow. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Kartikeya, also called Murugan, Hindu god of war, standing in front of a peacock. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Kartikeya, also called Murugan, Hindu god of war, standing in front of a peacock and holding a spear. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Manmatha (Kamadeva), Hindu god of love, shooting arrows with his bow while sitting on a elephant composed of women. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Brass figure of Jvara with three heads and legs and six arms. Jvara is said to be the god of malarial fever. Probably a Hindu village deity.
  • Kartikeya, also called Murugan, Hindu god of war, surrounded by a circle of peacock feathers, accompanied by his wives Valli and Devasena. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Narasimha, a lion avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, emerges from a split stone pillar, holding his devotee Prahlada while vanquishing the demon Hiranyakashipu underfoot. Painting by an Indian artist.
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