Monday, February 13, 2006
Sharath demands from Maldieves a special V day entry. This is his b’day week and how dare I refuse him? Well, in the spirit of the most commercialized and hyped day, I could not come up with anything original and hence picked a cheesy Kannada song but, trust me, unlike my English translation, [...]
Sunday, February 12, 2006
Mysore: As stunning as the two ODIs (on which I have some comments below) have been, I want to bring to your attention a great Mysore story, which hasn’t gotten much attention from the national press. In fact, I couldn’t find even a single story in any English language newspaper except for my favorite newspaper, [...]
Friday, February 10, 2006
In my previous entry, I wrote about the first two accounts associated with Hariscandra. Today let us focus on narratives, which describe his commitment to truth and the various tests that Viswamitra puts him through. In these stories, two common elements appear to drive the plot forward: first, the traditional enmity between the two great [...]
Wednesday, February 8, 2006
Yesterday, I should have added this following story on the first Mahamastakabhisheka.
It is said that Chavundaraya commissioned the Bahubali image carved to fulfill his mother’s desire. Afterwards, he became very proud of his accomplishment, at having such a monumental statue created. So at the first ritual head bath, after a great deal of water [...]
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Once every twelve years, Bahubali, standing on top of Indragiri in Sravanabelagola experiences Mahamastakabhisheka.
On February 8th, milk, honey, ghee, sacred water, tender coconut, flowers from many countries brought in special aircraft to Bengaluru will all be poured on the head of a 57 ft tall nude Bahubali statue. Deccan Herald reports:
On each Mahamastakabhisheka, 504 litres [...]
Bengaluru aka the City of Boiled Beans, that is the capital of Karnataka aka land of black soil is a much happening place these days.
The day after assuming the office, the new chief minister Kumaraswamy announced that he would ride around the city in the middle of the night, just like the great kings of [...]