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Under the Sacred Light

Priyanka Dalal

Fifty lakh devotees throng Tiruvannamalai for the Karthigai Deepam festival when a lamp is lit atop the Arunachala hill. Travelling solo, Priyanka Dalal experiences the sublime

Unity In Divinity

Lhendup G Bhutia

A dispatch from the streets of the holy city

Rewards of Devotion

Bibek Debroy

Making a pledge that only Shiva can fulfil

Winning Shiva’s Affection

Bibek Debroy

Sage advice for a true devotee

The Gravity of Grace

Bibek Debroy

What does Shiva love most about a devotee?

The God of Giving

Bibek Debroy

What is it that makes Shiva subservient to his devotees?

How Sabarimala Changed Kerala’s Politics

Ullekh NP

The Left Government has learnt its lesson, but the state has lost its outlier status

You’ll Never Walk Alone

Haima Deshpande

Every year, pilgrims walk extraordinary distances, many of them even walk over 500 km, to reach Pandharpur.

The Ramnaam Bank

Haima Deshpande

What you deposit here are notebooks filled with the names of divinities.

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devotees

Under the Sacred Light

Unity In Divinity

Rewards of Devotion

Winning Shiva’s Affection

The Gravity of Grace

The God of Giving

How Sabarimala Changed Kerala’s Politics

You’ll Never Walk Alone

The Ramnaam Bank

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