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A2Z 2025 theme reveal: The Cursed Keris of Taravati

Taravati and Durgavati were the kingdoms of an imaginary island near the ancient Indian peninsula and the Indonesian archipelago. Due […]

Thekkattur was a sleepy village. I missed my own village, when I went there. The rhythms of villege life contrast […]

While preparing for museum tours, I learned that kings from both India and Southeast Asia made donations to religious institutions […]

Recently I joined an nparks tour of Fort Canning Hill. During my Singapore Heritage training last year, I learned about […]

When I traced the path of Islam to southeast asia, I came across the Tamil inscription of Barus in Indonesia. […]

I wrote about our exploration of Sittannavasal by bicycle earlier. Later during 2000s I had a chance to understand the […]

The Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) in Singapore recently received Buddhist artifacts from Kolkata. I had been a visitor there. Upon […]

India, also known as Bharat, is a Union of States. As India has a name Bharat from it’s historical background, […]

Madurai‘s bustling street, or ‘kasakasa‘ as we call them in Tamil, were my frequent haunt during my under-graduate years. I’d […]

I had an opportunity of attending a temple tour of Sri Airavatesvara Temple (Airāvatīśvara, ऐरावतीश्वर) at Darasuram (Dārāsūram, दारासुरम) by […]