Print Copy of Inaugural Issue Available
A print-on-demand copy of PURANA Media Volume 1 (2025), the Inaugural Issue, is now available.
Submissions Open for Issue 3 (2027)
Our submission portal is now open for Issue 3 (Autumn 2027). We welcome submissions in all categories listed in the portal and also invite proposals for additional kinds of media. The editors especially welcome work on traditions of music and performance in South Asia and beyond. Please review the guidelines in the portal and send us your best work.
Forthcoming Issue 2 (2026): Heritage
Issue 2, scheduled for Autunm 2026 will focus on heritage making. The issue will feature research articles, exhibition reviews, and curator interviews by museum and heritage professionals working across Asia, Europe, and North America. Together, these contributions will examine how collections, sites, and practices are framed as heritage in diverse institutional and community contexts.
Inaugural Issue Published
We are delighted to launch the inaugural issue of PURANA Media. The issue features three research articles—ranging from Persian purāṇa translations, the visual culture of Indian asceticism, to contemporary Indo-Caribbean diasporic practice—alongside photo essays and a contemporary artist’s reflection. The editors’ introductory essay outlines the reorientation underway in the study of Sanskrit literary culture, South Asian history, and religious studies that both the journal and the broader ERC-funded PURANA project represent.