Indologistal Basham News Today

On Diwali, as countless households worship the Goddess of prosperity, a short history of how her classic depiction — seated or standing on a lotus, flanked by elephants — evolved: from the coins of the Gupta kings to the oleographs of Raja Ravi Varma.

The magnificent Nataraja sculpture that has been installed at Bharat Mandapam, venue of the G20 Leaders' Summit, portrays Lord Shiva in a form that was first seen in the fifth century AD, but which was made iconic under the Great Cholas

Adult accessories or nuptial gadgets add spice to love-making, but the irrationally prude Indian society still frowns upon it and despite the fact that olisbos (apdravya or vibrators; plural-olisboi, mentioned by Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan in his book, ‘Hindu Way of Life’) was first used in ancient India is now banned in its land of origin! Vibrators have an old history