Sikkimese Lepcha Girls Dressed in the Traditional Bakhu with Buddhist Scriptures Rested on Their Shoulders
Visit the temple to step outside the everyday world and contemplate works made as offerings to the ancestors.
Jamnalal Kumhar ✿ The rainbow Naga - A master temple sculptor made terracotta plaques showing the evolution of the Indian Naga into the Aboriginal Rainbow Serpent.
The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion: The work of a thousand hands - Deep in the Whipstick forest is a Buddhist wonder for all to enjoy.
A new home for the gods across the Indian Ocean - The Sri Vakarathunda Vinayagar Temple in outer Melbourne is a monumental construction built on solid community foundations.
Sky Temple - Helen Vivian reflects on that re-wilding project that enabled a garden to grow a temple
Gateways to the soul in Indian art and craft - Kruti Dholakia calls her teacher Reena Bhatia to talk about work inspired by devotion to Lord Krishna.
Joss House artifacts: Rediscovering Australia’s Chinese temples - Michael Williams uncovers a rich material heritage from communal buildings used by Chinese migrants.
The crafting of sacred spaces in Australia - Pamela See finds creative work in devotional sites of Buddhist, Sikh, Catholic, Biniji and Mungguy peoples.
Lucky Charms: The temple returns to the gallery - Jacky Cheng traces the woven Joss paper objects in her Indian Ocean Craft Triennial exhibition back to Malaysia and her fraught role as a dutiful daughter.
Beyond the facades: Temple wood carving of Himachal Pradesh - Lalita Waldia celebrates temple carvers who work intuitively, in order to serve the deity.
Makers’ Tale: Craft, light and sound in a sacred space - Loucia Manopoulou writes about an exhibition of contemporary craft in Salisbury Cathedral.
The new Majapahit art: Craft or artefact? - Tod Jones argues for the importance of craft produced today in heritage sites, particularly in contemporary communities who live with ancient centres in Indonesia.
A temple without walls - David Cheah works with the monks of the Lao temple Wat Siphoutthabaht to produce an outdoor installation for the festival of Boun Ok Phansa.
Kalighat Temple: A terracotta revival - Tamal Bhattacharya reflects on his work restoring the terracotta tiles of an ancient Bengali temple.
Messages in rice: From table to grave - Angela Sim explains the significance of the Teochew ritual of rice drawing that is still practised in Singapore temples.
The sacred and the spectacular: how Bengal’s Durga Puja pandals morph into temporary art galleries - Aishani Gupta from MAP Academy reports on one of the world's great artistic events, held on the streets of Kolkata, for the eyes of the gods.
In search of mathh, a sugar craft for ingesting a sacred spirit - Kaustav Chatterjee visits Santipur in West Bengal to find the maker of a unique sacred consumable.
How ancestors guide our journeys - Tiffany Singh writes about her installations and performance that draw on spiritual and collective energies.
Making Memolo: Temple domes from Sitiwinangun, Cirebon - Akbar Adhi Satrio tracks the origins and future of the ceramic dome, part of Indonesia's Hindu heritage
An enduring transience: Pandal hopping in Melbourne - Mitraja Bais goes in search of the Bengali Durga Puja in her new home, on the other side of the world.
Urmila Mohan on The Jugaad Project - This podcast interview reflects the role that anthropologists of material culture can play in supporting a diversity of beliefs and practices.
The sacred garden: A photo essay of worship through flowers - Prerana Chandak shares images of the flowers that play an important role in her Hindu faith and practice.
Lotus blooms and divine blessings: A spiritual journey through fragrance and festivity - Japneet Keith recounts the floral scents associated with the deities invoked in Durga Puja.
Roof top alchemy: Gilding statues in Nepal - Gary Wornell visits a legendary Nepalese gilder and witnesses the mysterious alchemy that turns idols golden.
Silk thangka: An unbroken thread - Gary Wornell journeys to the Pullahari Gumba Monastery hoping to find Nurbu, whose life is dedicated to the tradition of sacred Buddhist imagery in luscious silk.
Saga Dawa: The blessing of the scriptures - Shruti Agrawal fulfils her father-in-law’s dream to visit the fabled Himalayan town of Gangtok, where she witnesses a remarkable Buddhist rite that brings life to sacred wisdom.
Shaping the divine in the lanes of Kumartuli - Ananya Hazarika ventures into the lanes of Kumartuli in West Bengal to witness the creation of gods from clay.
Banten jerimpen: An offering to reach the universe - Local authority Mas Ruscita offers a Balinese perspective on Banten Jerimpen, the diving offering that reaches to the sky and a reflection on the unique attitude of nakmulaketo (“As it is”). 