India’s Cultural Heritage
Exploring a perspective based on the deeper Indian vision and looks at culture as a source of development, pragmatic implications of this Indian perspective for motivation, human development and nation-building.
Research Objectives:
- Develop a rich appreciation of the ancient Indian civilisational history.
- Understand the meaning of culture from an Indian perspective.
- Comprehend the value of culture in human life, as per the deeper Indian vision.
- Recognise the value of studying India’s cultural past in the present age as a means to inspire the present and future generations.
- Develop a sensitive appreciation that India is not merely a piece of earth but a power, with a unique inner nature (svabhava) and purpose to fulfil (svadharma).
Some Recent Works:
- RENAISSANCE Theme: Culture
- The Cultural and Political Legacy of the Vijayanagara Empire
- Indian Culture through Art and Architecture
- K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar Memorial Lecture: Glimpses from ‘Sitayana: Epic of the Earth-born’
- Shiva, The Lord of Tapas – Online Satsang in Hindi
- Inauguration of BhāratShakti Exhibition “Hampi – A Photographic Journey”
- The Inner Meaning of Samudra Manthan
- Our Culture, Our Pride – Day-long Workshop for Gurukulam Students
- Sanskriti च Svādhyāya – Teachers’ Workshop on Insights from Itihāsas, Purānas and Upanishads
- Art and Spirituality Discourse series
- Poster Exhibition – The Greatness of Indian Culture
- Book launch – Antaryatra: Soul Journeys by Beloo Mehra
- Decolonizing Indian Cultural Studies with Sri Aurobindo
- Sri Aurobindo’s ‘A Rationalistic Critic on Indian Culture’
- Indian Culture: Its March toward Greater Dawns
- Uniqueness of Sri Aurobindo’s Writings on Indian Culture
- The Spiritual Foundations of Arts in Asia
- Bhārata Shakti Exhibition
- Exploring Indian Culture and History through Curated Heritage Trails
- Reimagining Tales from Purāna-s and Itihāsa-s: A Writer’s Journey of Engaging with Epic Heroines
- Antaryatra – An Artist’s Journey Within
- India’s Mission: A Spiritual Fusion of Religions
- Krishna’s Butter – Taking Wisdom of Bhagavad Gita to Children and Youth
- Ayurveda and Yoga in Indian Temple Sculptures
- Ramayana and the Cultural Mind of India
- The Art of Heritage Photography
- Dharma, Shastra and Future Society
- Yoga and Cultural Misappropriation