EditorialRishyasringa performing the ceremony for obtaining sons. He is shown chanting mantras and pouring obligations into a fire with the help of priests. Ramayana, Bala Kanda. Udaipur, 1712. Source: Add. 15295, f.36. Language: Sanskrit.
EditorialThe Neetiah-Karmum ceremony. In a grove of trees, the chief of the funeral offers rice-balls to the crows, three rice-balls to three stones, with Brahmin chanting appropriate mantras. A red sari cloth is brought to the widow whose younger children atte...
EditorialThe Neetiah-Karmum ceremony. In a grove of trees, the chief of the funeral offers rice-balls to the crows, three rice-balls to three stones, with Brahmin chanting appropriate mantras. A red sari cloth is brought to the widow whose younger children atte...
EditorialBhutanese immigrants split into groups of 12 and say mantras to Buddha before beginning an archery match in Shamong, N.J., Aug. 2, 2020. (Raul Vilchis/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Neetiah-Karmum ceremony. In a grove of trees, the chief of the funeral offers rice-balls to the crows, three rice-balls to three stones, with Brahmin chanting appropriate mantras. A red sari cloth is brought to the widow whose younger children atte...
EditorialRishyasringa performing the ceremony for obtaining sons. He is shown chanting mantras and pouring obligations into a fire with the help of priests. Ramayana, Bala Kanda. Udaipur, 1712. Source: Add. 15295, f.36. Language: Sanskrit.
EditorialThe Neetiah-Karmum ceremony. In a grove of trees, the chief of the funeral offers rice-balls to the crows, three rice-balls to three stones, with Brahmin chanting appropriate mantras. A red sari cloth is brought to the widow whose younger children atte...