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Nataraja: The Cosmic Dance in Bronze
The Chola bronze of dancing Shiva is perhaps the most complete philosophical statement ever cast in metal.
Apr 18, 2024·8 min read
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Kavya, natya, shilpa, and sangita — the classical arts as pathways to the sacred.
Arts & Literature
Rasa: How Art Becomes Experience
Why does a fictional grief move us to real tears? India's classical theory of aesthetics answered this two thousand years ago.
Feb 21, 2024·10 min read
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The Alvars: Poets Drunk on God
Between the sixth and ninth centuries, twelve Tamil poets sang Vishnu with such intimacy that theology had to expand to hold them.
Feb 7, 2024·9 min read
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Carnatic Music: The Architecture of Devotion
In the Carnatic tradition, composition is worship, the concert is liturgy, and the greatest composers are canonized as saints.
Jan 7, 2024·9 min read