Historical fiction has been having its day in the sun for some time now, and the story of Ambapali has been considered so fascinating that it has spawned books, movies as well as a television serials.

An extract from the chapter Ambapali: The Glory of Vaishali 480 BCE. Vaishali, in eastern India, on the northern frontier of modern day Bihar, is a gana-sangha or large town fortified on three sides ...

Ambapali, the royal dancer of Vaishali, lived over 2,500 years ago. However, every now and then, she dances her way out of the pages of Buddhist scriptures and the Jataka tales, where she was first ...

The melodious chiming of hundreds of temple bells across the city announced the dawn. Vaishali stirred awake. It was the day before the Spring Festival, the much-awaited annual event that was ...

The stories of the fallen woman and the enlightened Lord have dwelled in the collective subconscious of humanity. The legend of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene has been inspirational down the ages.

BARGARH: The 11-day action-packed Dhanu Yatra began in right earnest today with enactments in both Mathura (Bargarh) and Gopapur (Ambapali). However, with the enactments being staged at various times ...