Mandodari was the wife of Ravana, the demon king of Lanka. In Ramayana she is portrayed as a profoundly chaste and exceptionally virtuous woman. She was calm, majestic and whole-heartedly devoted to Ravana. Even Hanuman when he came to Lanka, mistook her for Sita. Mandodari had warned time and again that he was guilty in
Continue Reading...Keladi was a small state in the northwest of modern Mysore. Two Brother of the Nyaka Dynasty became well known in the second half of the 17th century. They were Bhadraapa Nayaka and Somasekhara Nayaka. The latter’s wife was Chennamma. Chennamma gained eminence as a woman of great administrative ability. Her husband allowed her to
Continue Reading...Avvai is a saint-poetess of ancient Tamil land. She is traditionally believed to belong to ” Panar ” community, a community well versed in music, dance and poetry. She was born of a low cast woman and a brahmin father and brought up by a brahmin family. Divine grace was showered on her even while
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Motherhood, representing a high order of renunciation and service, holds a glorified place in the scheme of Hindu life. God with his unfailing love is worshipped by many as the Divine Mother, while all women are to be looked upon by men as the earthly counterparts of the Divine Mother. Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa raised this
Continue Reading...The old ballads of North Malabar, in Kerala, contain the story of a brave girl, Unniyarcha, ( early 17th century ) who saved the women of her village from being kidnapped and in the end brought communal amity. Unniyarcha was the sister of Aromal Chekavar, a doughty warrior and a fencing master ( martial arts
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