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Compiling data, educational content and support services information for women and gender diversity empowerment. Includes context of women saints, seers and studies across the Dharmic heritage.
Compiling data, educational content and support services information for women and gender diversity empowerment. Includes context of women saints, seers and studies across the Dharmic heritage.
Click to download 2019-2020 Report and Findings
Click to download 2019-2020 Report and Findings
SSVT Women and Dharma Event Findings and Report 5-31-2019.pdf
Vedic Heritage Portal initiated at IGNCA (Women in the Vedic Heritage)
Vedic Heritage Portal initiated at IGNCA (Women in the Vedic Heritage)
Women seers across the Vedic Heritage.
http://vedicheritage.gov.in/vedic-heritage-in-present-context/women-seers/
Shakti: The Power of Women
(Full Documentary)
Shakti: The Power of Women
(Full Documentary)
A widespread women’s movement is changing the image of 21st-century India. Discriminated against from birth, and even before they are born, Indian women are beginning to reclaim their place in this society. Stories such as that of Savita, a nine-year-old girl who is forced to marry, may seem to come straight from the Middle Ages, but they are everyday occurrences in India. Women’s unions, micro-credit systems and private struggles to ensure that the untouchables will be considered people are more active than ever in 2004, the International Year of the Indian Woman.
The Bhakti Movement and Roots of Indian Feminism | Feminism in India
The Bhakti Movement and Roots of Indian Feminism | Feminism in India
Bhakti as a concept means devotion and surrender. Originating from South India in the 7th century, the Bhakti movement propagated the idea that God dwells in each individual and one could attain God through faith and devotion. Earlier historians perceived the Bhakti movement as a literary or at best an ideological phenomena which had religion at the basis of its inspiration. But later it also came to be regarded as an attempt at bringing about an egalitarian society, or as a protest against Brahmanical monopoly. Learn about women in Bhakti, who challenged Brahminical patriarchy through their songs, poems and ways of life, broke societal rules and stereotypes, and lived their lives as they pleased.
Top 25 Greatest Female Warriors of India
Top 25 Greatest Female Warriors of India
In order to preach the eternal principles of Dharma and righteousness there have been numerous women saints, scholars, rulers and freedom fighters who have shone as a beacon of hope and courage under great odds to millions of women all over the world. This video helps educate others about the existence of women warriors throughout the span of time. Often women dove into battle to protect their land, homes, ideals or families, the same reasons men did. Today women still take up arms against enemies, remember the women of the past and present and let us keep their spirits alive within our hearts.
Songs of Women Seers and Saints of India by Dr. Subhadra Desai
Songs of Women Seers and Saints of India by Dr. Subhadra Desai
Dr. Subhadra Desai: Songs of Women Seers and Saints of India. Rigvedic hymn by Rishika Vak or Vagambhrini. A song from Tiruppavai of Andal, the 9th century Alwar saint poetess of Tamil region. Lalvakh of Lalleshwari or Lalded, the Shaiva saint-poetess of Kashmir, of the 14th century. A song of Meera bai, the princess-saint of Rajasthan, in the 16th century. Dr Subhadra Desai has researched on women seers and saints of India and their songs. From among the seventy-nine women seer-saints from all across India, here is a collection of four hymns/songs, sung by her in different forums.
Women and Bhakti Poetry: Karikkal Ammai and Andal
Women and Bhakti Poetry: Karikkal Ammai and Andal
The Bhakti movement is the child of the Dravida desa, especially the Tamil land and language. Women saint poets from Tamil Nadu have had a deep nexus with both the ethos of bhakti as well as its devotional poetics as reflected in their poetic corpus. Two Tamil women poets of the bhakti movement remain deeply etched in our memory for their sterling contributions to devotional poetics. Karaikkal Ammai and Andal are towering figures both for their bhakti rasa and for their poetic excellence. One is a Saiva poet of the sixth century, while the other is a Vaishnava poet of the 9th century. Separated though by three centuries, and religious sub sects, these two women weave exquisite garlands of devotional verse that engross both the connoisseurs of poetry and the bhaktas alike, with a powerful simultaneity. This talk would compare the two poetic jewels of the Tamil land and analyse their divergent, yet converging patterns of bhakti and surrender, that have enriched the fine tapestry of Tamil, nay, Indian devotional aesthetics. About the Speaker: Prof. Sarada Thallam teaches in the department of English at Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. With over 25 years of teaching experience. She has to her credit several published works including a book on African American Women Playwrights, and Rajam Krishnan’s Indian Feminist Hermeneutics. She has published research papers and book chapters in the domains of contemporary literary studies and classical literature. She has presented research papers in many conferences within and outside India. Besides, she has given numerous talks on multiple aspects of literature and culture.
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