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Hindu temples within Mughal gardens

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By Devdutt Pattanaik
| MiD DAY Verified
The Mughal gardens were orchards, full of fruit bearing and flower bearing trees, creating a heady scent through the seasons. Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik When BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham opened in Delhi in 2005, it was hailed as a triumph of Hindu civilisation. The sandstone shikhara, the hand-carved pillars, the bronze elephants: all sourced from the iconographic repertoire of classical India. And then, surrounding this monument to Hindu authenticity, were lawns.
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What Kautilya’s Arthashastra reveals about temples, money and the politics of faith

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By Devdutt Pattanaik
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The political treatise Arthashastra, attributed to Chanakya (Kautilya), dated to 300 AD, does not romanticise the role of the temple in ancient India. Image of the romantic Hindu temple as a sacred space, untainted by politics and money, does not exist in Arthashastra. In fact, Kautilya understood temples as repositories of wealth, with faith encouraging economic activities, and to be skillfully navigated by a wise king. Consider the context.
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How Vishnu became a vegetarian missionary: The curious history of Hindu vegetarianism

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By Devdutt Pattanaik
| Deccan Herald Verified
The reversal shows up inside a single deity. In the Vishnu Purana, 1,500 years ago, Vishnu becomes the hermit Mayamoha, the deluder, and persuades the Asuras to abandon Vedic animal sacrifice. Once they do, they lose Shiva’s protection and lose the war against the Devas. In the Gita Govinda, Vishnu becomes the Buddha to save animals from that same sacrifice. The god has switched sides completely.
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