Harsh Ram

There are some pilgrimages where the journey begins long before the first temple bell rings. A visit to Maa Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, Assam is a bit like that. You may start with a train ticket, a hotel booking and…

There are some places in Bengaluru where the city seems to lower its voice for a while, and ISKCON Temple Bangalore is one of them. Perched on Hare Krishna Hill in Rajajinagar, the temple feels like a meeting point of…

There are some places in Bengaluru where the city seems to lower its voice for a little while. ISKCON Temple Bangalore is one of those places. You may arrive after travelling through traffic, horns, shops and the usual impatient rhythm of the…

There are some temple visits that feel like a sightseeing stop, and then there are those where you somehow become quieter without deciding to. A visit to Dwarkadhish Temple in Dwarka belongs to the second kind. You arrive with a travel plan,…

There is something almost magical about standing before an old monument after the sun has gone down. In daylight, stone tells its own story through carvings and shadows; at night, music, narration and light begin to whisper the parts that…

There are some journeys where the road itself feels like part of the prayer. You leave the ordinary noise behind, pass through Maharashtra’s changing landscapes, and eventually arrive at Verul, where the ancient Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga Temple seems to ask for something very…

There are some places in Delhi that you visit with a plan, and then there are places you somehow keep thinking about even after you have left.  Bade Mandir, also known as Guruji Ka Ashram, belongs rather firmly to the second…

There are temple visits you remember because of the photographs, and then there are visits you remember because, for a few quiet minutes, everything inside you seemed to become still. A journey to Guruvayur, in Guruvayur, Thrissur, Kerala, often belongs to the…

There are temple visits that feel like an item on a travel plan, and then there are visits that begin with a quiet wish whispered over a sleeping child. When a baby girl enters a family, everything suddenly seems smaller…

There are some places in Delhi where you don’t simply “go for a visit”; you arrive with a little hope tucked somewhere inside you. Chhatarpur Temple, formally known as Shree Adya Katyayani Shaktipeeth Mandir, is one of those places. The…