Acomparative analysis of the sculptural, architectural and decorative features of the Khajuraho temples shows that the monuments, although of a common lineage, can be divided into two broad groups. Continue Reading...

Most of the temples at Khajuraho conform to a basic unity of design.With the exception of the Chausath yogini, Brahma and Lalguan-Mahadeva temples,which are constructed either wholly or largely of granite, all Khajuraho temples are built of a fine¬grained sandstone, in varying shades of buff, pink or pale yellow, brought from the quarries of Panna on the east bank of the Ken river. Continue Reading...

In numerology, everything has its corresponding numbers. So, is there any connection with bones in the human spinal column? There may be or not. It really depends on where you believe in. Continue Reading...

Breath is the essence of life. You inhale for the first time shortly after arriving in the world even before your umbilical cord is cut. From that moment on you take approximately seventeen thousand breaths each day,which over a lifetime totals about 500 million breaths. In your final moments on this planet, you exhale for the last time; that breath defines the end of your life. Continue Reading...

The belief that everything in ones body on a subtle level has a series of energy field or center of consciousness. In traditional Tantric teachings these fields are called Chakras. These chakras are along or just in front of the back bone although they may be expressed at external points in the body. Continue Reading...

When you play the harmonium the nagasvaram or the flute the sound is produced by the air discharged in various measures through different outlets. Our throat has a similar system to produce sound. It is not that the throat alone is involved in this process. How do we speak and sing.Speaking or singing is an exercise that has its source below the navel in the muladhara or root-base of the spinal column. Continue Reading...