On reverse below the double-bitted axe blade are the letters "BK" which are thought to represent "Bauruk Khauzad", meaning "Axes of the Dwarves". These coins would have been small change to the Dwarves... possibly enough to buy a half-pint of ale. The coin weighs about 9 grams of ...
Recognized as one of the most unusual festivals in India, it is celebrated in Tamil Nadu as a part of thePongalcelebrations, Jallikattu is rather a dangerous, centuries-old tradition in the South India. For this event, bulls are specially trained by people of the village who later represent ...
Coomaraswamy, as the child of a Hindu (Tamil) father and an English mother was strictly speaking an “untouchable” within the Hindu tradition, which of course bothered no one during his life in England and the United States. Buddhism and Neoplatonism seem to have been closest to his heart...