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I love this whole culture of reciprocating the traditional Tambulam in our homes. Ladies exchange Kumkumam, Haridram, fruits and sarees while for men it is Panchakacham, along with beetel leaves,

Vijayadashami is a day we consider extremely auspicious for Vidyaarambam. A friend sent me this wonderful video of Vidyarthis in a Patashala in Hyderabad reciting Taittreya Upanishad. May the power

One of the finest translations of Adi Shankara's Gita Bhashyam (commentary on the Bhagawad Gita), by the great scholar Brahmasri Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, (Pub. by Samata Books and now out

Today is being celebrated as the birth anniversary of the great Srimad Appayya Diksita (1520-1593). A polymath, scholar, poet, Upaasaka, whose contribution to Shaiva Siddhantam and Sanskrit literature is unparalleled!

An excerpt from a Khanda Padya portraying a Pragalbha Nayika, by the legendary Vidushi Venkatalakshamma, one of the last dancers of the Mysore Palace. These Padyas were common before a

Woke up to this brilliant brilliant news of playback singer SPB garu donating his ancestral house in Nellore to the @KanchiMatham. It would become a Veda Patashala soon, under the

Important announcement for Carnatic music lovers! The 94th annual conference of the Music Academy of Madras, will be a series of concerts, online! Here is the schedule! I have already

Taking ahead my friend @Chetankrishna's idea, I am curating a multi-genre list of music, to beat the #CoronaBlues. Nothing heals the world better than music! Beginning with a wonderful rendering

Another busy and beautiful morning at the Sree Raghavapuram Sabhayogam Brahmaswam Vedapatashala in Kerala. They are doing some brilliant work! More about that later. Will do a thread.Listen to these

Today is the auspicious day of Vaishakha Sukla Tritiya, also celebrated as #AkshayaTritiya on the traditional Hindu calendar. A short thread on the many significant holy events connected to this

Lots of friends are asking about the best foods one can consume on a regular basis to boost immunity. I would love to write a detailed post on that. But

Today is the birth anniversary of one of my most favourite cultural personalities of all time, the iconic stage and screen actor 'Vishwa Nata Chakravarthy' Samerla Venkata Ranga Rao!