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

“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 ...

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 ...

Sir, I was very happy to see the traffic signal lights functioning regularly at Akka Mahadevi Road Junction after being ...

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 ...

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.

While Akka Mahadevi and Meera have been placed squarely at the centre of the Bhakti “movement”, Lal Ded is seen by many as a mystic outlier. However, it is undeniable that their lives and ...

The leaders who draw on the latter tradition can claim many progenitors, including anti-caste revolutionaries in Indian history like Basavanna, Akka Mahadevi, Vaikunda Swami, and Kabir Das.

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 ...

Here’s a list of figures whose controversial words, some of which were uttered or written down many centuries ago, continue to have great power: PREMIUM A statue of Akka Mahadevi installed at ...