Akka Mahadevi: a feminist figure? Operating within the discourse of early traditions, Mahadevi’s tale depicts hilarious caution in its addressing of the narratives.

Speaking of his recent work Sky Clad on the 12th century saint poet Akka Mahadevi, author Mukund Rao says it is more an intuitive response to this extraordinary figure than a historical narrative ...

Akka Mahadevi’s experiences , both spiritual and domestic, poured out in the form of simple stanzas (vachanas) in Kannada. Set in colloquial language and filled with true-to-life similes, ...

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 ...

Living in the world, I lived as a person of the world. Having a body, I moved as a body of the world. To look at, I was like anybody else. But inside I was not. I cannot be twisted since I am a ...

Akka Mahadevi vanished in a flash of light from the cave in the forest where she resided at the end of her life. Meera was drawn into an embrace by an idol of Krishna and never seen again.

Akka Mahadevi was a devotee of Shiva. She looked upon Shiva as her husband and had completely given herself to him right from childhood. One day when she had grown into a young woman, a king saw her.

Kriyative Theatre is premiering Kaaya, a devised production based on 12th-century feminist poet Akka Mahadevi’s vachanas on International Women’s Day. Through music, movement, and text, the ...

Akka Mahadevi discarded clothes and wore “the sky”. Her hair fell in matted locks around her body. It was not silky as all the traditionalists love to believe.