Posted by admin on 11th April 2008

Student Projects

This is an alphabetical list of the student projects that appear in HTML format under various categories within the Mahavidya website. Click on a title to view a PDF file of the article.

The 64 Yoginis

Abhinavagupta

The Agnicayana Ritual

The Alvars

Anandamayi Ma (Female Mystic)

The Ananga Ranga

Angkor Wat

Arthasastra (Sixfold Policy)

Asceticism

Asoka

Asuras (Demons)

The Asvamedha Ritual

The Atharva Veda

Aurobindo (Sri Aurobindo Ghose)

Ayurveda (Hindu Science of Life)

Ayyappan

Bali

Banaras (Culture)

The Bauls

Bengali Vaisnavism

Bhagavad Gita

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho)

Bhairava

Bharat Natyam (Indian Classical Dance)

Bhima

Blood Sacrifice in Hinduism

The Brhadisvara Temple

Cakras

Candidas

The Chalukya Dynasty

Carvaka (Materialist Philosophy)

Caste (Changing Attitudes)

The Chandella Dynasty

The Cola/Chola Dynasty

Cosmogonies (Vedic)

Creation in the Markandeya Purana

Death

Demons (In Vedic Literature)

Devadasi (Female Temple Dancers)

Dharma Sutras

The Dharma Sastras

Diaspora (Hindu)

Divali/Dipavali (Festival of Lights)

Dowry (in Hinduism)

Draupadi (Hindu Goddess)

Durga (Great Goddess)

Elephanta (Cave Temples)

The Ellora Caves

Environmental Ethics (Hindu)

Fire (Importance of in Hinduism)

Food (in Hinduism)

Gandhi (Mahatma)

Ganesa

Ganesa (Myths about His Head)

Ganga (Ganges River and Goddess)

Garuda

The Goddess Sati

Gupta Dynasty

Gupta Dynasty

Guru Nanak

The Harivamsa

Hanuman (Monkey God)

Hatha Yoga

Harihara

Hindu Animal and Plant Iconography

Hindu Astrology

The Hoysala Dynasty

Jagganatha Temple

Jayadeva and the Gitagovinda

Jiddu Krishnamurti

The Kandariya Mahadeva Temple

Kabir

Kailasa Mountain (Significance and Pilgrimage)

The Kailasanatha Temple of Ellora

Kaldiasa

Kalarippayattu

The Kalighat Temple

The Kama Sutra

Kataragama

The Kathakali Dance

King Harsa

The Konarak Sun Temple

Krsna

Krsna and Radha

Krsnashtami

The Kushana Dynasty

Mahadevyakka

Mahavira

Mahisa (The Buffalo Demon)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

The Ten Mahavidyas

Mantras in Hinduism

Mariyamman

The Mauryan Dynasty

Mathematics in India

Mirabai

Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

Nandi

Nataraja

The Navagrahas

The Padyan Dynasty

The Pallava Dynasty

Pancaratra Philosophy

Pandarpur Pilgrimage

The Parsis

Parvati

Pilgrimage

Posture in Hatha-Yoga

Prajapati

The Puranas

Rabindranath Tagore

Radha

Rama

Ramanuja

The Rashtrakuta Dynasty

Ravana

The Rg Veda

Sabarimalai Temple and Pilgrimage

Sacred Sound

Saiva Siddhanta

Samyama

Sathya Sai Baba

Sankara

Sankhya Philosophy

The Significance of Sacrifice in HInduism

The Silappadikaram

Sita

Sitala

Siva

Siva and Demons

Siva and Kali

Siva and Parvati

Swami Sivananda Radha

The Skanda Purana

Sri Madhvacharya (Madhva)

Sri Ramakrishna

Sri Swami Sivananda Saraswati

The Swaminarayan Movement

Swami Vivekananda

The Thugee Cult

The Tantraloka

Tulsidas

Tukaram

The Untouchables

The Vamana Avatar

Variations of the Ramayana

The Vedanta Sutra

Vegetarianism in Hinduism

Vibhisana

The Vibhutipada

Vijayanagara

Swami Vivekananda

The Visnu Purana

The Yamuna River

Yantras

Yoga Sutras

Yudhisthira

Yuga (Time Cycle)