The Hindu festival of Mahashivaratri will be celebrated on February 12 this year.
The 12th C temple of Mahadeva (another name for Shiva) set in a remote forest at Tambdi Surla is Goa’s oldest surviving temple. It remains a place of active worship to this day.
This photograph was taken in 2007 in the thick of...
The Deepastambha is a characteristic feature found in the courtyards of Goa’s Hindu temples. The word is formed by conjoining the Sanskrit words Deepa (lamp) and Stambha (pillar), and thus means “Pillar of Lamps.”
This photograph of the Deepastambha at the Mahalsa temple in Mardol was taken at daybreak.
A more modest Deepasthamba adorns the courtyard...
Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva constitute the Trimurthi of the Hindu pantheon. Of the three, Brahma the Creator is the odd one out: He has less than 10 temples dedicated to Him alone in the whole of India. The puranas ascribe this anomaly to a curse inflicted on Him by Lord Shiva.
The Brahma...
