Tag: ritual

Last year, I was visiting my native place — Gaya (also called Gaya Ji, a city in Bihar). We were there to perform ‘shraadh’ for a departed relative. It was the first time in my adult life that I was witnessing this ritual and was curious to know more. The pandit&nbsp...

The ritual begins. A familiar choreography of preparation, a twisted sacrament. Once, there was a spark — thoughts unfolding like soul manifesting blooms, the mundane transformed into marvel. The world shifted, colors bleeding into brilliance. It was a lens revealing hidden patterns, a key ...

Mere mention of the word generally conjures images of occult symbols painted on the walls of decrepit basements, animal sacrifice, and strange chanting that reverberates off the walls of horror film scenery and news headlines to assault the American imagination. However, rituals are a universal feat...