Sarmaya presents 36 Days of Type

City As Lab

Remembering PT Abraham, who planted the seed for Sarmaya

Rhythm Of The Earth

Buckle up, gang

Well, well, well

Dilli ki gully

Indian in Venice

Hallowed Ground: The Rise Of The Indian Temple Town


The many reasons—from the highly spiritual to the purely pragmatic—behind the rise of the Indian temple town

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Sacred Space


The earliest temple was a humble place that served as a conduit between hope and whatever higher power held human fates in its hand. As faith in this unseen hand grew, so did the edifice that gathered the hopeful. Today, temples are among the richest repositories of our nation’s artistic, social and cultural legacies. Join… Read more »

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Athmanathar Swamy Temple: Ode To A Formless God


Discover the true meaning of faith in a Tamil Nadu temple with an empty sanctum

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Souvenir Art: The Divine Comedy of Calcutta’s Kalighat Paintings


In 19th-century Calcutta, bazaar artists created a whole new style that would take the world by storm

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Auspicious Start: How the earliest temples of India came to be


A brief history of how Hindu temples took root and flourished in India

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