V Hari Saravanan

V.Hari Saravanan was born in the city of Mumbai, later moved to Chennai spending most of his life in these two metros without forsaking his connection with his native Kongu cultural geography in Tamil Nadu. His innate love for traditions at home and among his immediate society made him question and find out answers for ritual practices happening around him. This led him to research on a variety of topics ranging from Silambam martial art of Tamil Nadu, Indian Folklore and Ecology, Oral history, Archaeology and iconography, Religion and belief systems. His research and documentation in Indian FRead More...


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Gods, Heroes and their Story Tellers

Books by V. Hari Saravanan

We can hear Urumula Naganna’s drum roll during the rendition of the Sri Akammagaru Kaviya. An oral tradition which is as old as the hills is captured in the book Gods, Heroes and their Storytellers. Do you know the story of how the Madiga community came to inherit the right to skin cattle carcass and produce leather articles? How are contemporary Folk Oral Literatures connected to the Ramayana and the Mahabharata? There are many such stories and tradition be

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