Raja Ravi Varma

Raja Ravi Varma enters MusicTales through the visual imagination around Indian epic, devotion, theatre, and public culture. The painter from India helped give gods, heroines, and mythological scenes a widely circulated modern image through paintings and prints. His tag connects visual art, the Ramayana, devotional memory, and the iconography that surrounds music, dance, and story.

7 articles related to Raja Ravi Varma:

Meditation
Nirvana Shatkam: meaning behind the major chant of non-duality

The Atmashatkam or Nirvāṇaṣatkam is the essential Sanskrit hymn composed around the 8th century AD by the leading…

August 19, 2021
Meditation
Sri Lalitha Sahasranama: 1000-name lyrics praising the beauty of Goddess Shakti

Lalita Sahasranama is a Hindu chant dedicated to the Divine Mother known as Shakti who manifests as the triple…

July 3, 2021
Meditation
Hare Krishna Mantra: meaning and purpose of best-known Hindu chant

The Hare Krishna mantra is a highly popular religious chant in India, the original lyrics of which can be traced back…

May 15, 2021
Meditation
Mrityunjaya Mantra: meaning and lyrics of the oldest Shiva chant

The Mahamrityunjaya Mantra lyrics first appeared as a verse in the Rigveda—a collection of Vedic Sanskrit hymns…

March 28, 2021
Meditation
Vishnu Sahasranama: chant meaning and complete lyrics by Subbulakshmi

Sahasranāma, literally meaning a thousand names in Sanskrit, is a common term for Dharmic religions of the Indian…

February 10, 2021
Meditation
Om Namah Shivaya: chant meaning and lyrics diversity in songs set in Panchakshari Mantra

Om Namah Shivaya mantra has been an essential chant in Hinduism for over three thousand years. It is meant to express…

September 17, 2020
Orchestra
The many attempts of Romantic composers to adapt Shakuntala love story from Mahabharata epic

The love story of Shakuntala is first mentioned in the oldest Sanskrit epic of the Mahābhārata which could be traced…

July 17, 2019