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Treasure Map Decoded
2 Sep 2016

Treasure Map Decoded

by liesbethpankaja | posted in: Articles, Sharing the Ancient Wisdom, Wisdom of the Stars | 1

Do you know how it feels to hold a real treasure map in your hands? I do! …and it is one of the most exciting things that ever happened to me. Classical treasure maps were sometimes torn into two or … Continued

2017, ancients, Australia, Center of your Self, Egypt, India, Khemitology, tour, treasure map
“The Light of India”
30 Jun 2016

“The Light of India”

by liesbethpankaja | posted in: Articles | 0

“You are the Light of India” the Rough Tough Big Man called after Raja as we moved down the isle of the supermarket. The Bas supermarket in a suburb of the great port of Rotterdam is an unlikely location for … Continued

Chidambaram, commemmoration, Liesbeth Pankaja, Raja Deekshithar, Rotterdam, The Light of India
Shiva Gajasamharamurti, slaying the Elephant Demon, Kailasha temple in Ellora
16 Apr 2016

Shiva Gajasamharamurti, slaying the Elephant Demon, Kailasha temple in Ellora

by liesbethpankaja | posted in: Articles | 0

As always it makes me sad to note a sacred place has lost its living tradition. And has even lost its history. Besides I am really a bit surprised that with some 200 years of studies behind us there are … Continued

Ellora, Gajanataka, Gajasamharamurti, iconography, Kailashanatha, mythology, relief, sculpture, Shiva, Shiva's Dance
Kailasha temple at Ellora, sculptural plan part 2, Gopuram passage.
5 Apr 2016

Kailasha temple at Ellora, sculptural plan part 2, Gopuram passage.

by liesbethpankaja | posted in: Articles | 0

Notes and thoughts on the sculptural program of the gopuram of the Shri Kailasha temple of Ellora. Although Christel has not posted photos, I expect that at numbers 5 and 6 there will also be some kind of guardian figure. … Continued

architecture, Ellora, history, iconography, India, Kailashanatha, Shiva, temple
Jacob Haafner’s* Mahabalipuram: comparable to the miracles of Egypt.
15 Sep 2015

Jacob Haafner’s* Mahabalipuram: comparable to the miracles of Egypt.

by liesbethpankaja | posted in: Articles | 0

Jacob Haafner was an 18th century traveller from Amsterdam. He wrote extensively about his time in India. Here an excerpt of his description of Mahabalipuram, the first published in the West.   With the dawn we boarded again in our … Continued

7 Pagodas, Coromandel, Jacob Haafner, Mahabalipuram

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