The Dharma Dispatch

A Wedding that was Finalised in a Pot of Boiling Ghee Read this rather delightful story contained in an inscription dated 1580 CE which narrates how a potter's wedding was finalised in a pot of boiling ghee. The notable element in this episode is the method of Hindu jurisprudence followed in that period. The system of employing Divyas — or ordeals — to decide legal disputes dates back almost to the dawn of the Hindu civilisation. But let me not spoil the suspense. Do read the whole story! 😀🛕🕉🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/a-wedding-that-was-finalised-in-a-pot-of-boiling-ghee

[PREMIERE] Communism, Kothas and Woke Culture: The Anti-National History of Bollywood. The latest episode of The Dharma Podcast is now LIVE! Do watch! https://youtu.be/_AgNoqj-wc8?si=vFjsRcqI3njn6tnK

Vina Sambayya: The Musician who Reserved his Music for Shiva --- Unlike the pathetic "Carnatic classical musicians" of today who will sell their sacred art for an award or money from the Mlecchas, we have this extraordinary stalwart who gave up royal patronage and dedicated his music for Samba or Shiva. Read and weep. Or take a lesson from the profound conviction of such great artists. 🙏🕉🛕🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/vina-sambayya-the-musician-who-reserved-his-music-for-shiva/

The Kumbha-mela – Savouring Immortality This is one of the best essays that explains the philsophical, spiritual and social dimensions of the Kumbha Mela. Must read! 🛕🕉🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/the-kumbha-mela-savouring-immortality

3500 finely-crafted words. My heartfelt tribute to the iconic D.V. Gundappa or DVG, the Vanasuma or the Forest-Flower who Taught us the Yoga of Life. On his 138th birthday. -- Do read 🙏📑🛕🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/commemorating-rishi-dvg-the-forest-flower-whose-fragrance-teaches-us-the-dharma-and-yoga-of-life

Chandrababu Naidu's Multi-Language Formula is a Welcome Move Two factors have caused the maximum havoc to the unity and integrity of India after independence: Nehruvian secularism and the linguistic reorganisation of the country. In reality, it was not reorganisation but linguistic division. It gave a new map to India which did not exist even at the apex of British colonial rule; a map that ignored and violated our protracted civilistional history and lived social experience. The combined denouement of all these phenomena is the fact that after 75-plus years, there seems to be no strand unifying Bharatavarsha. --- Read the whole powerful essay in full! 📑🛕🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/commentary/chandrababu-naidus-multi-language-formula-is-a-welcome-move

The Triumph of Sri Venkannayya’s Rama Bhakti This profound real-life incident is set in early 19th century, some years after the Mysore kingdom had passed into British hands. Here's an excerpt ---- Some cowherds spread the news to the neighbouring villages that someone was performing daily Puja in the Anjaneya Temple. Almost immediately, villagers began flocking to the temple. But something else occurred simultaneously. Hundreds of monkeys from the forest unfailingly assembled at the temple at the exact moment that Sri Venkannayya began his Pārāyaṇam. They sat there in rapt silence listening to him, indulging in no mischief. --- These are the kinds of stories Hindu parents must tell their children. Do read the whole ennobling story! 🕉🛕🪔 https://www.dharmadispatch.in/culture/the-triumph-of-sri-venkannayyas-rama-bhakti

If a Jyoti Basu could declare that Bengal would secede from India if BJP came to power, if the Dravidian dumbos are talking about a concocted “pure” Dravidian stock, we must remember that this lethal path was paved by distorting and weaponising history. https://www.dharmadispatch.in/commentary/indian-historiography-at-75

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