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Morari Bapu launches Shemaroo’s ‘Shri Ram Bhakti Utsav’ musical series

Life&More Life&More January 22, 2024

Team L&M Spiritual guru Morari Bapu, a proponent of the Ramayana and the learned leader who highlights the essence of Sanatana Dharma by reciting the Ram Katha for more than 60 years launched Shemaroo’s ‘Shri Ram Bhakti Utsav’, an exclusive musical series celebrating the Pran Pratishtha of Shri Ram’s idol at Ayodhya. The melodious series […]Read More

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Immersive arts and cultural festival KULA is back with its

Life&More Life&More January 17, 2024

Team L&M Come January 19, and the highly anticipated second edition of the distinctive art and cultural festival KULA will once again enthrall the Mumbaikars. The six-day festival will be held at the NESCO Center and provide a platform for artists to transition from the streets to the stage, allowing them to showcase their extraordinary […]Read More

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Shoonya to Shatabdi

Life&More Life&More January 14, 2024

While most things start humbly, some grow to become a banyan tree. “Sitting under a banyan tree, you’d find a Bharatanatyam teacher” my father was told in 1940s, when he asked Ram Gopal group members Mrinalini Sarabhai and MK Saroja where to learn Bharatanatyam from. They said so because their teacher Vidwan Muthukumaran Pillai had […]Read More

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Bringing life back to Braj’s sacred waters

Life&More Life&More December 25, 2023

Team L&M Braj Dham, the sacred land of Shri Radha Krishna’s divine pastimes, made a remarkable stride towards environmental rejuvenation. Addressing the pressing issue of water pollution in the revered Kundas, a concerted effort led by revered spiritual leaders and environmental experts from ISKCON, UPBTVP, Govardhan Eco Village and Braj Dham Seva Pehal, in collaboration […]Read More

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Exhibition showcasing traditional toys and dolls of country on at

Life&More Life&More December 6, 2023

Team L&M To bring back the government and public focus on traditional toys and dolls that are dying a slow death in India despite a recent push from the Government, husband-wife Toy Collector duo Agnibarna Bhaduri and Madhumadhabi Bhaduri are holding a toy exhibition, ‘Putul’ – Traditional Toys and Dolls of India at the India […]Read More

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BEYOND THE ILLUSORY WORLD

Life&More Life&More December 6, 2023

Benoy K Behl One of the oldest known sacred forms in India is the Stupa. It is seen in Buddhist and Jaina monuments, from early times. Recent excavations near Nalanda have also unearthed a large mud stupa of the 8th to the 10th century BCE. This may be of the Ajivikas, a deeply ascetic sect. […]Read More

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Second edition of Kashi Tamil Sangamam to begin on December

Life&More Life&More November 29, 2023

Team L&M The second edition of this Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat programme is slated to be held from December 17, the first day of the holy Tamil Margali month. The programme will end on December 30. Like its first edition, this programme proposes to take forward the objective of reviving the living bonds between Varanasi […]Read More

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Dhanteras – know the eight forms of Maa Laxmi that

Life&More Life&More November 10, 2023

Neha Mangal The very auspicious and one of the most important days of Diwali, Dhanteras, is today November 10. The day falls on the 13th day of Krishna Paksha in the month of Kartik as per the Vedic system. Today Internet is flooded with the articles of the rituals and method of worshiping Goddess Laxmi. […]Read More

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ROOTS OF AN ANCIENT ART

Life&More Life&More November 4, 2023

Benoy K Behl The early art of India is a valuable record of the thoughts and the vision of one of the most ancient civilisations in the world. This ancient art brings before us a view of the world which sees a great harmony in the whole of creation. It sees the same which is […]Read More

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Navratri: Siddhidatri Maa, worshipped on Day 9, fulfils all divine

Life&More Life&More October 23, 2023

Neha Mangal The 9th day of Navratri is also celebrated as Maha Navami. Devotees offer prayers on this auspicious day and seek blessings of Maa Siddhidatri. Navratri means nine days and nine nights. The word Siddhi means supernatural power and Dhatri means the awarder. Hence, it is believed that Maa Siddhidatri is that incarnation of […]Read More