In the temple town of Palani in Tamil Nadu, on a hill above the Vaiyai River, there is a small black-stone deity of Murugan that the priests will tell you was not carved. It was made — moulded — from a substance called navapāṣāṇa, nine herbal-mineral compounds bound together in proportions known only to the siddhar who designed it. The…
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The foundational scripture of svara yoga — the science of the breath — given as a dialogue between Pārvatī and Śiva across 396 verses on nāḍī, tattva, time, and the rhythm of the nostrils.
Oscar Wilde’s dark fairy tale about one-sided friendship — and what it reveals about the extraction that calls itself devotion. Full text, with ecological framing.
A working record of what was built, by how many people, and in what order — from a payroll of fifty-four to five properties on three stacks, rebuilt single-handed. Appended as the work proceeds.
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Climb the 272 steps at Batu Caves on Thaipusam morning, and you meet the Tamil Siddhar tradition still alive on the Malay peninsula — temple, vaidya, kitchen, and lineage.
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