When my research on the sphinx of India was in an earlier stage,
I created a small website to present the material. This website is
called The Vedic Sphinx
I have found the following websites exceptionally informative and interesting:
The Archaeology Channel
Explore the human cultural heritage through streaming media. Travel through time and feel the thrill of discovery.
Examine the wonderful diversity of the human experience!
Poetry is Stone is the blog of V.J.Kumar,
one of the younger generation with a passion for the art and culture of India. He expresses his motivation with these words
"Inspiration in artistic composition refers to an irrational and unconscious burst of creativity.
Literally, the word means “breathed upon,” ….this is how we would describe the start of this blog site."
Passionate About History
is a very informative blog by Mary Harrsch
shining light on all kinds of interesting news items regarding ancient history.
Mary Harrsch was so kind to dedicate one blog post to my research on the Sphinx of India, for which I thank her.
Ancient Wisdom is a website dedicated to Megalithic civilization,
astro-archaeology and generally ancient mysteries. Its aims are 1.A clarification of certain apparent
'mysteries' of the past. 2.Bridging the gap between popular literature and scientific discovery. 3. Forming
a better resolution of the events of prehistory.
Oriental Architecture
is a website on the history of architecture in Asia
with a fantastic photo archive and introductions to many historic
architectural monuments and shrines from all over Asia.
It is a pleasure and honor to be a contributor to this website with photographic material of architecture from South India.
India Begint Hier (India Starts Here) is a Dutch link page on all kinds of subjects relating to India.
I met Nancy Freeman some two decades ago. She has written some wonderful books that can be read online. Her first book is
Journey of a Master
about her experiences with Swami Chinamayananda. Her second is
Journey through
Timeless India about her travels in India. It was during this traveling she came to Chidambaram and we met. She writes about our meeting in her book. She kept her promise and in February 1992 my first article was published in Tattva Loka. It was a great event and breakthrough in my life and I will never forget her kindness and sincerity. In her writings she shares her experiences with openness and without pre-concepts. She is a great soul.
Indian Temples and Iconography is the weblog of Kavitha Kalyan, one of the young
generation with enthusiasm for with India's treasures. She writes
about Indian iconography and architecture, not only with expertise, but also
with warmth, involvement and commitment. Sharing with her readers her
observations as well as her personal experiences. Her aim is to inspire the new generation.
Hindu Wisdom
is a website which features all kinds of unknown positive facts about
the history and achievements of Hindu philosophy, arts and sciences.
This treasure trove of information has been collected by Ms.Sushama Londhe.
Kaladarshana
is a website about historical architecture in India
and other parts of the South-Asian subcontinent with
photographic material presented by Amit Guha.
Art History Resources on the Web
is a site presenting links to all kinds of websites
relating to art history in general. This site is
maintained by Christopher Witcombe, professor of art-history
of Sweet Briar College in Virginia, in the USA.
Here
you can link to the section on Indian art and architecture.
Art of India is a wonderful source for links on Indian art history.
It is part of a much larger links-site on art and art history called
Incredible @rt Department
maintained by Judy Decker and Ken Rohrer. It is mainly intended
as a resource for education.
Old Stones
is the website of Michael D.Gunther with a large presentation
on art history and archaeology by way of of his own photo collection.
The site has time-lines and information accompanying the photos.
It has a large and informative section on Indian art and architecture called
Monuments of India.
Commercial Links
Jordans
Information about Air Jordan Sneakers, Nike Air Force Ones, Reebok Shoes, Adidas Shoes, Converse
Sneakers, and more can be found here.
In acknowledgement of the kind permissions given to reproduce photos on this website I
include the following links:
The British Library's Svadesh Collection is home to countless unique images
from pre-independence India.
Jim Collins has been so kind to extend his permission to use his photo of a sphinx from Myanmar.
Anner Heitzer and Heiner Damm also extended their
permission to use several photos from their website.
