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

At every temple in South India, the aarti for the deity is performed by burning a piece of camphor on a platter. Who knew ...

I am looking forward to an illustrated talk in Delhi on February 6 by scholar Dr Vidya Dehejia on Chola bronzes in their ...

As much as kings, Tamil merchants are the unsung heroes of medieval India’s global footprint. Sometimes, cultural diasporas ...

One of the most distinguishing features of the Chola Empire was their comfort with diversity. Instead of replacing existing ...

Conquests and global connections made Chola-ruled south India a cultural and economic behemoth, the nexus of planetary trade networks. Chola aristocrats invested war-loot into a wave of new ...

Sembiyan Mahadevi, a 10th-century Chola queen, reshaped Hinduism through temple patronage and art. Her vision turned Nataraja into the most iconic symbol of Shiva.

The Chola kings, who ruled from before the Common Era until the 13th century, were long gone by the 17th century, when the ...

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Asia Society presents Devotion in South India: Chola Bronzes, a rare assemblage of exquisite bronze sculptures in the first New York museum exhibition to focus on Chola bronzes in decades.