Social media campaign demands North Karnataka representation in Akka Mahadevi Women’s University vice-chancellor selection ...

Mukunda Rao’s Sky-Clad presents a highly critical reading of the body through the figure of a spiritual icon of Indian, specifically Hindu, history – Akka Mahadevi. Rao challenges assumptions ...

In the wake of recent assaults on women and minors in different parts of the country, author Mukunda Rao’s latest offering — Sky-Clad, the extraordinary life and times of Akka Mahadevi ...

“Among the 12th century Shiva Sharana poets, I always have been moved and fascinated by Allama Prabhu and Akka Mahadevi. If Allama quickened my understanding of advaya or non-dual ...

THE PLAY ENCAPSULATES AKKA MAHADEVI'S CREATIVITY' “I grew up listening to Akka’s verses. Her work is something that has informed my approach to feminism and life itself in many ways.

The artiste will be staging Aikya – a reflection of the intensity of Akka Mahadevi’s spiritual transition. “The project happened in early 2011 for the Mad ‘n’ Divine festival in Chennai.

The first two, Akka Mahadevi of Karnataka (early 12th century) and Lal Ded of Kashmir (mid-14th century) were like Mira, subject to the super-strict patriarchal rules that dictated everything ...