Sarma has performed over 2,000 Avadhanams in his 52-year career, establishing Avadhana Saraswathi Peetham to promote the art ...

A beautiful Sanskrit affirmation, ‘Anugacchatu Pravah’ simply means ‘Go with the flow’. And if you are wondering how it will help remove negative thinking and thoughts from the mind ...

One of the easiest-to-pronounce and simple Sanskrit affirmations is this one. ‘Ananda Hum’ simply means ‘I am happiness’, and if this affirmation does not bring good luck in people’s ...

There is a certain kind of liberal Hindu thought that dissociates itself from the “narrow bigoted nature” of Hindu religious ...

Madurai R Muralidharan shares a deeply personal connection to the Sanskrit language. That’s perhaps why, his 27th ensemble work is the retelling of Kalidasa’s t ...

The choreographer Akram Khan’s “Gigenis,” based loosely on a character in the Mahabharata, represents a kind of homecoming ...

British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchased some ancient stones with mysterious inscriptions on them at a flea market in ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang visits the Kali Mandir temple in Laguna Canyon to talk with singer Radhika Vekaria, who's nominated for her ...