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Mahārāṣṭra Dharma

  Mahārāṣṭra Dharma In 1999, during a month-long tour of Northeast India, I visited the Keshavdham office in Guwahati to learn about the work being carried out in Pūrvāñchal i.e northeast India.   We were sitting in the office, waiting for the people we were to meet, when an elderly man looked inside. Noticing that we were visitors from another place, he politely asked, “Where have you come from? How long have you been travelling? What all have you seen?” When he learned that we had come from Maharashtra, he asked another question: “Have you visited Raigad?” We replied, “Yes, we have seen Raigad.” The moment he heard this, the elderly man immediately bowed down before us in full prostration. We were startled. “What happened?” we asked. He sat beside us and said with deep feeling, “Your feet carry the dust of Raigad. The soil of the land where Śivājī Mahārāj lived and walked has touched your feet. I bow to that sacred soil through you. That moment stayed quietly ...
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                                                                                       महाराष्ट्रधर्म १९९९ साली महिनाभराच्या ईशान्य भारत दौऱ्यात गुवाहाटी येथे केशवधाम कार्यालयात पूर्वांचलातील कामांचा परिचय करून घेण्यासाठी गेलो होतो. ज्यांना भेटायचे होते त्यांची वाट पाहत कार्यालयात बसलो होतो. एक आजोबा कार्यालयात डोकावले. बाहेरचे पाहुणे आहेत हे लक्षात आल्यावर त्यांनी , “ कुठून आलात ? किती दिवस प्रवास आहे ? काय काय पाहिले ?” अशी चौकशी केली. महाराष्ट्रातून आलो आहोत हे कळल्यावर त्यांनी आम्हाला विचारले , “ तुम्ही रायगडावर जाऊन आला आहात का ?” आम्ही “हो , रायगड पाहिला आहे ,” असे सांगितल्यावर त्या आजोबांनी एकदम आम्हाला साष्टांग नमस्कार केला. आम्ही गोंधळलो. “काय झाले ?” म्हणून त्यांना   विचारले. मग आमच्या शेजारी बसत फालूदा   म्...
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RIWATCH IKS Lokvidya

   This video is based on a part of plenary talk delivered by me at RIWATCH, Arunachal Pradesh, during an international conference Interpreting Cultures and Traditions – Shifting the Lenses.  Drawing reflections based on my limited travel experiences from the North-East, it explores Bhartiya Jnana Parampara i.e Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) as living educational traditions and reflects on how community wisdom and Lokavidyā can enrich contemporary education. 
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Talk on Bhartiya Heritage of Educational Practices @ International Conference on Interpreting Cultures and Traditions: Shifting the Lenses

                                                    Talk on Indian Knowledge System : Bhartiya Heritage of Educational Practices   & Relevance in Contemporary Society   @ International Conference on Interpreting Cultures and Traditions:   Shifting the Lenses RIWATCH, Arunachal Pradesh   19-21 December 2025 I feel honoured to speak today as a plenary speaker at this international conference, Interpreting Cultures and Traditions – Shifting the Lenses, on Indian Knowledge Systems, especially traditional modes of knowledge transmission and their relevance in contemporary society. This session on Bharatiya Heritage of Educational Practices is being organised here at the RIWATCH campus. Standing at this podium today, I can recall the journey of RIWATCH—how it has grown ste...
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