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Devdutt Pattanaik

Devdutt Pattanaik is a regular Scroll.in contributor

Devdutt Pattanaik on the 3,000-year-old Hindu ritual of feeding the dead

An excerpt from Pattanaik’s latest book, ‘Garuda Purana and Other Hindu Ideas on Death, Rebirth and Immortality’.

Devdutt Pattanaik
· Sep 09, 2022 · 08:30 am
Can you take a dog to a temple? Devdutt Pattanaik on the role of dogs in Hindu mythology

‘Dogs, in general, are associated with the aggressive form of Shiva known as Bhairava.’

Devdutt Pattanaik
· May 22, 2022 · 08:30 am
Who created the term Hinduism? And why did the British feel the need to defend Hinduism?

An excerpt from ‘The Stories We Tell: Mythology To Make Sense Of Modern Lives’, Devdutt Pattanaik.

Devdutt Pattanaik
· Feb 15, 2022 · 08:30 am

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