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Visiting Kota or rather Handattu, from where my grandmother hails, I noticed the image of Rakteshwari for the first time. Rakteshwari Devi. I was aware that Rakteshwari was Karavali, Tulu Nādu entity as I had heard of her in the various Paddaana’s or folk oral renderings.  Since time permitted, I did look into Devi Bhagavata a more Brahmanical rendering of the Shakta cult which is predominate…

Walking Through An Open Plan House.

Our friend Jairam Acharya, who is an astrologer at Parkala; (he is also the in-house astrologer for ETV and runs a shows with them.) Built a house at Percale, his nephew from Bombay had been every upset that Mamaji did have a big house, with lot of rooms but no bathrooms. Now we were a little amused because each room had an attached bath. For the little kid who came Bombay and was used to…