Shiva saptaha from Mar 5

Chikkanayakanahalli, dhns:  The 58 Shiva saptaha will begin at the Sri Ramalingeshwara Temple on the  Kalammanagudi Road from March 5 to 12. The programme will include bhajans, nanda deep  seve, abhisheka, Shivakathe, prayana, Anna santharpane for the devotees. It will end with bhookailasotasva on the 13 of March at 8 in the night.

Botanical exhibition

Bangalore, dhns: The exhibit “Such Treasure and Rich Merchandise” at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, presents botanical illustrations, prints, and maps from books published between 1543 and 1693, and highlights the importance of Indian botanical knowledge to the science and history of the period.

They are valuable repositories of the local medical traditions of South India of the 15th to the 17th century, many of which have long been hidden in palm leaf manuscript collections or already vanished from the scholarly horizon.

The books presented in the exhibit also give us glimpses of the high level of knowledge of the Indian scholars who contributed to these volumes, though most are not identified by name. These books are also important resources to scholars from diverse fields, serving as a window into Indian culture prior to the 18th century. 

The exhibition is open to public till March 30. It is curated by Annamma Spudich, Scholar in Residence at NCBS.

The exhibition at the NCBS and related collateral was designed and coordinated by Sarita Sundar and her team at Trapeze, Bangalore.