A Season of Beauty & Grace: Sharad Rtu

Sharad or Autumn in India is the season of sustenance. Sharad rtu consists of the time span encompassing the Indian calendar months of Ashwina and Kartika

Grishma Rtu arrives in a blaze of light – searing, intense, scorching. The two lunar months of Jyeshta and Ashadha are quite possibly the two most difficult months in many parts of India

The sweet, amorous intoxication of Spring is referred to time and again in classical Sanskrit poetry. Basant Rtu – Spring – is the season that is traditionally seen as the joyful renewal of nature and desire

The seasons are a part of our calendared lives. But we have, in a sense, distanced ourselves from their impact and meaning

Rta is integral to the Vedic worldview. Beginning with the Rig Veda, Rta is a consistent principle that permeates and underpins many different strands of Vedic philosophy and worldview