Category: Traditional Indian Games Other Than Chess
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Parama Pada Sopanam (Steps to the Highest Place) – A Strategy for Life
Blog 4 of 14 Perhaps the most popular of all games in the world is Snakes ad Ladders. In some form or the other, the game is played by children in numerous countries around the world. In its simplest form as we know it today, the game is merely a dice game with the throw…
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Align rather than Attack – Dahdi v. the Game of Chess
Blog 3 of 14 The image of three squares of decreasing size – one within another and connected by perpendicular lines is a common image in most temples around Tamilnadu. Interestingly, the details of the game seems to have faded from memory. However, in the Telugu heartland the game continues its reign of popularity. What…
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Who said Dayakattam or Chaupad is just a Game of Dice?
Blog 2 of 14 – Two versions of the game board, Butterball, Mahabalipuram Played on a board shaped like a symmetrical cross, our mythology and even our history is replete with stories about dice games. On the one hand, they have been maligned for leading to gambling and destroying the family fortunes while on the…
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Contrasting Aadu Puli Aatam and Chess
Traditional Games of India other than Chess – Blog 1 of 14 Aadu Puli Aatam etching found near the Butterball in Mahabalipuram Robert Kanigel in his book – The Man Who Knew Infinity – A Life of the Genius Ramanujan – writes “(Ramanujam) and his mother understood each other. They talked the same language, enjoyed…
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