Tag Archives: Dharma

Happy Sankaranthi (2015)

January 14, 2015UncategorizedACP, Andhra, Dharma, Festivals, Greetingsadmin

From all of us at ACP, Sankaranthi Subhakankshalu!

Hope you all had a happy Bhogi and will have an even happier Sankaranthi.

Here is our Post from last year on the three day Festival’s significance and ceremony, and a song …

Personalities: The Musunuri Nayaks

January 8, 2015UncategorizedAndhra, Dharma, Elite, History, Personalities, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

Two of the greatest patriots that the Telugus produced were scions of the Musunuri family: Prola and Krishna Nayak. While there is a popular but utterly inaccurate view that there were no popular revolutions in Medieval India, the Musunuri …

New Year’s Resolutions from an Andhra Bidda (2015)

January 2, 2015UncategorizedAndhra, Culture, Dharma, India, Politics, Society, Telangana, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

Dear Telugu Thalli (and Bharat Mata)

I would say “Happy New Year” to you, but as with last year, there’s not much to be happy about.

Your beloved state of Andhra Pradesh was finally bifurcated. Drunk with power, one …

[Reprint Post] Family Relations – Where Children Stand

November 23, 2014UncategorizedACP, Culture, Dharma, India, Literature, Teluguadmin

The following post is published courtesy of Chandra garu, who kindly gave permission to reprint a version of his article originally posted on July 24, 2013

And these few precepts in thy memory
See thou character. Give thy thoughts no

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Classical Indic Literature I: Literary Theory

November 20, 2014UncategorizedDharma, Elite, High Culture, India, Literature, SanskritN.R.I.pathi

At long last, we touch on Literature proper here at the Andhra Cultural Portal.

The importance and impact of this aspect of Indian Civilization and Andhra Culture cannot be minimized. After all, the stories, heroes & heroines, great romances, beautiful …

[Reprint Post] Family Relations – Changing Equations for Elders

November 16, 2014UncategorizedACP, Culture, Dharma, India, Literatureadmin

The following post is published courtesy of Chandra garu, who kindly gave permission to reprint a version of his article originally posted on July 23, 2013

All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:

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Warangal: The City, its Art & its Architecture

November 2, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Architecture, Art, Dharma, High Culture, History, Telangana, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

After Amaravati, the second capital of the Telugus was Warangal (also referred to by its Sanskrit name, Ekasila). Literally meaning “One Stone” (Oru gallu), the great capital of the Kakatiyas long stood truly as a “single …

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