Detours with Anuradha Goyal

Yakshagana is a popular folk dance drama from Karnataka. It is a night long performance traditionally performed by males only, including the female roles and has live music including 3-4 instruments. Costumes and wooden jewellery is all designed by the artist themselves. We speak to Priyanka Mohan of Yakshadegula troupe that has been working on preserving the folk art form by not just performing b...

Trees are a part of our living and urbanisation of India has happened at the cost of trees. Say Trees is a Bangalore based organization trying to bring back trees back in urban as well as rural spaces, rejuvinating lakes of Bangalore and planting lakhs of saplings. Follow Say Trees at https://in.linkedin.com/company/saytrees https://www.instagram.com/saytrees_ind https://www.facebook.com/SayTrees...

Indian Games have a long history as they can be found in our epics like Mahabharata. Gaurav Tiwari, the founder of Sutradhar talks about the: Role of Games in our lives History of Games Future of physical games in the era of AI Follow Gaurav Websites - mysutradhar.com and playranbhoomi.com Youtube - Hindi - youtube.com/@mysutradhar Marathi - youtube.com/@sutradharmarathi English - youtube.com/@sut...

Hariparbat Parikrams is an ancient Parikrama of the hill that is believed to be the embodiment of Sharika Devi - the presising Devi of Kashmir. The city of Srinagar is named after her. Read More about ancient Kashmir - https://www.inditales.com/ancient-kashmir-detours-ashish-kaul/ Leave your questions in the comments. Follow Anuradha Goyal's Social Media Handles:- Instagram: https://www.instag...

India is full of stepwells, but most of them are not doing the job they were built for. Many of them are stunningly beautiful but most are lying in absolute neglect. Kalpana Ramesh ji has restored many stepwells. In this podcast, she walks her through the process of stepwell restoration with a casestudy of Bansilal Stepwell in Hyderabad. An inspiring story. Read the details in Kalpana Ramesh's...

How To Teach Different skills using the Heritage Monuments with a case study of Modhera Sun Temple with actor turned educationist Dr Swaroop Sampat Rawal. Architecture of Sun Temple at Modhera - https://www.inditales.com/architecture-of-sun-temple-modhera/ Poem on Sun Temple Modhera - ⁠https://www.inditales.com/sun-temple-modhera/

Temples in Dikshitar Music with G Ravikiran - the founder of GuruGuha channel that is working towards reviving the poetry of music of Muthuswamy Dikshitar. We find description of temples of Tamil Nadu in the music of the master. Follow Guru Guha YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@UCgcgr0Ehog37e5rQw71r36Q Facebook - facebook.com/Guruguhaamrta

Learn all about Podcasting from the best knwon Indian podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia. He talks about his learnings from interviewing myriad guests for his podcasts to the technical details of podcasting.

Pre-historic to Modern Temple Trail of Bangalore with Arun Bharadwaj. Bangalore is known for its trees, parks, IT parks, ISRO, PSUs and lovely weather but not many of us know about the ancient and medieval temples that continue to live within the BBMP limits.

Chhathh Puja of Bihar is the oldest living Sun worship that is done twice in the year during Chaitra and Kartik months that lie at the junction of two seasonal transitions. Listen to all about Chhath Puja from someone who practices it.

What Are Sacred Sites? What Makes Them Sacred? Why do we need to go on a pilgrimage? A conversation with Martin Gray who has travelled to 160+ countries and documented sacred sites and has read more than 2000 books on the subject - Sacred.

Sabrimala Pilgrimage Guide telling you: Where is Sabrimala? When is the Yatra done? Who can do it? How is it done? What are the preparartions for the same? If you still have questions, tell us in the comments.

Sadhabas were the traveling traders who crossed the seas to do business across the world. Listen about what they traded in, when did they sail, their sailing boats and the incredible legacy of Kalinga.

Travel Writing is undergoing changes with the advent of technology. A peep into the history and future of Travel writing with author Haroon Khalid.

Shakti Worship in Kashi with Dr. Rana P B Singh Navaratri Navadurga Yatra in Kashi - https://www.inditales.com/navaratri-navadurga-yatra-varanasi/

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Ayodhya is well known for its illustrious kings like Sri Ram, Dashrath, Harishchandra, Dilip, Aja, Bhagirath. Queens of Ayodhya have rarely been spoken about. At most, we know about Sita and her three mothers-in-law. So, we have Sh. Amarnath Dube ji, who is an Ayodhyawasi and a collector of world Ramayanas. He has translated the Philipines and Tibetan Ramayana in India. He talks about different il...

Amritsar is a city that revolves around Harmandir Sahib, the Golden Temple. Gurmeet Rai takes us for a walk around Amritsar starting with its Puranic roots, the building of the Harmandir Sahib, and coming up of city around it, including its living quarters and its famous markets. 

Balram Yatra is a part of Indian Epic Mahabharata. When the elder brother of Sri Krishna decided not to take part in the Mahabharat war, he decided to go on a pilgrimage along the Saraswati river from Dwarka to Kurukshetra. It took him 42 days to do this Yatra along the Saraswati which had already begun to dry up by then. The yatra takes us through the scenic route along which the most ancient civ...

Spiti Valley is one of the most beautiful regions in the world. Barren mountains with their snow caps with rivers passing through them quietly, with lakes that look like jewels thrown around. Dheeraj Sharma of Devil On Wheels takes around this mystical magical land defined by Spiti Valley. Read More: https://www.inditales.com/himachal-shimla-kinnaur-spiti-valley-road-trip-lahual-manali/ Follow Dhe...

Temples are not just to be built but they are to be maintained regularly. Shilpa shastras not only tell us about how the temples should be built but also how they should be maintained. There are four types of maintenance mentioned - regular, expansion, struck by a calamity - natural or man-made and temples that have fallen out of the use or are deserted. Ponni Selvanathan ji comes from the family...

India has a long coastline and a longer maritime history. This means ample opportunity for doing underwater archaeology.  However, just a handful of sites have been excavated like Dwarka, Bet Dwarka, Somnath, Mahabalipuram, Lakshadweep, and of course, Goa. National Institute of Oceanography in Goa is the body that anchors most of these excavations. Their primary excavations are on the coast o...

Kumbh Mela happens at the time decided by an astral clock, following the movement of Jupiter in the sky.  We popularly know Kumbh Mela to take place at Haridwar, Prayag, Ujjain, and Nashik but the river festivals happen at almost all rivers across India at a pre-defined time. It is fascinating how the movement of pilgrims maps the movement of astronomical bodies and everyone participating jus...

Arctic Circle is best known for the unbelievable northern lights among tourists, but a place is always more than its best-known attraction. So, we have a seasoned traveler Juhi Sinha ji taking us to the Arctic circle and introducing us to its landscape, its long winter nights, its life, and its philosophy.  Read Books by Juhi Sinha  Beyond the Dunes - https://amzn.to/3fVUJWZ Bismillah Kh...

Indian Railways started as different lines funded and sponsored by different people for different reasons. Slowly these lines that were laid in different sizes - narrow, meter, and broad gauge joined each other and formed the network joining the nooks and corners of the country. Listen to Ananth Rupanagudi, an IRS officer with a vast knowledge of Indian Railways talk about the first few railway li...