At every temple in South India, the aarti for the deity is performed by burning a piece of camphor on a platter. Who knew that this blessed, fragrant tree product found its way to the region via ...

The Five Hundred, meeting him in a temple, honoured him with the title of ‘Enemy-Chaser’ and relieved him of membership fees, ceremonially offering him food and betel leaves just as a king would do ...

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The Brihadishvara temple, built in the 11th Century by King Rajaraja Chola, is a Unesco World Heritage site [Getty Images] ...

The Cholas were a powerful south Indian dynasty known for military conquests, grand temples and shaping global trade and culture.

It's 1000 CE - the heart of the Middle Ages. Europe is in flux. The powerful nations we know today - like Norman-ruled England and the fragmented territories that will go on to become France - do ...

The Brihadishvara temple, built in the 11th Century by King Rajaraja Chola, is a Unesco World Heritage site It's 1000 CE - the heart of the Middle Ages. Europe is in flux. The powerful nations we ...