Beneath the surface of the Earth, hidden away from the light of the sun, lies a labyrinthine world of shadows, serpents and untold secrets—the Seven Underworlds of Hindu cosmology, known as the Sapta Patalas.
Hindu Vedic texts describe four yugas (world ages) in a Yuga Cycle—Krita (Satya) Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dwapara Yuga, and Kali Yuga—where, starting in order from the first age, each Yuga’s length decreases by one-fourth (25%), giving proportions of 4:3:2:1 As a Yuga Cycle progresses through the four Yugas, each Yuga’s length and humanity’s general moral…
