Two Measures of BhaktiLate medieval poems from Kerala that still resonate in every Malayalis heart touchstones of faith in Kerala. Puntanams Jnana paana may claim to be the first original modern poem in Malayalam; simple and innocent, it still speaks directly to the reader. Melpatturs Narayaniyam is the last great hurrah of classical Sanskrit in India; the poem excerpted here, majestic in its humility, describes a vision of the Lord. With his elegant verse translations,

In this beautiful piece

he gave his head to Lord Krishna

the sadhya (God as the Supreme Lover)

Buddhism and Heritage Conservation

Weight :440 g

He forsakes the luxury of royal life and went to the forest in search of truth

Waist: 36 inches

which was of immense size and ‘moved at the owner’s will at marvellous speed’

800 are lunar energy

A special feature of the book lies in a discussion of early iconographic types even before the systematization of this branch of knowledge in the ancient Hindu texts

The present study examines practically the entire corpus of the empirical material on erotic motives and action over the period from the third century BC to the fifteenth century AD

The brass figure of Lord Vishnu sitting on Sheshnag is nicely carved out with a deep sense of finesse