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R Gopu

R Gopu delivers lectures on astronomy, history, sculpture, Sanskrit, and Tamil, and is part of the Tamil Heritage Trust. He blogs here.

Seven Thousand Wonders Of India: The Mukteshvara Temple In Bhubaneshwar

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The Mukteshvara temple. 

Seven Thousand Wonders Of India: A Feat Beneath The Ground In Ellora, Called Kailasanatha

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7000 Wonders of India (Illustration: Swarajya Magazine) 

Seven Thousand Wonders Of India: The Magnificence Of Virupaksha Temple At Pattadakkal

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Left: Virupaksha Temple from southwest corner; Right: A Nandi shrine. (Arian Zwegers/Wikipedia)

Seven Thousand Wonders Of India: Architecture — 'Prajaanaam Ishta Siddhyartham'

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Kailasanatha temple, Kanchi.

Seven Thousand Wonders Of India Part III - Rajasimha Pallaveshvaram

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Kailasanatha temple, Kanchi.

Seven Thousand Wonders Of India Part II: Inferring Inscriptions

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Inferring Inscriptions

Seven Thousand Wonders Of India: An Artistic Pilgrimage Of India’s Lesser Known Temples-Part I

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Carvings of the 8th century Kailasanathar Temple in Kanchi (Wikipedia) 

Indian Astronomy And Mathematics: When Kerala Became The Locus Of Genius 

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Representative Image 

Maligned, Misunderstood, But Brilliantly Mathematical — That’s Why You Must Study Brahmagupta 

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A Sanskrit text (representative image)

The Era Of  The 18 Jyotisha Siddhantas

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Fabric Hindu calendar/almanac corresponding to Western years 1871-1872. (Wikipedia)

Explained: The Vedangas — Or, The Logic And Mathematics In Language

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Jantar Mantar (<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cirque-du-pablo/">Pablo Nicolás Taibi Cicare</a>/Flicker)

How The Vedas Influenced Indian Astronomy Through The Ages

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Jantar Mantar (<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cirque-du-pablo/">Pablo Nicolás Taibi Cicare</a>/Flicker)

What’s In A Number? What If We Say, Names, And Vedic Knowledge

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Not only the zero, but also the place value system of decimal numbers is one of India’s greatest contributions to the mathematics of the world.&nbsp;

Vedic Astronomy: The Science That Predates The Telescope By Several Thousand Years

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Fabric Hindu calendar/almanac corresponding to Western years 1871-1872. (Wikipedia)

Not Only Of Religion And Literature, Sanskrit Was Also The Language Of Science

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Specimen of Sanskrit handwritten manuscripts. (Kalpak Pathak/Hindustan Times via GettyImages)

Mamallapuram: A Grand Living Museum Of Architecture And Sculpture 

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Panoramic view of the <i>Descent of the Ganges</i> relief.&nbsp;

Immortalised In Stone: Revisiting The Ancient City Of Amaravati Through Sculptures Of The Era

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Devotees worshipping Bodhi tree (R Gopu)

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