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Awarded the Noble Prize for Literature in 1913, Rabindranath Tagore (1861— 1941) is considered the most important poet of modern-day India. He was also a distinguished author, educator, social reformer, and philosopher. Today, Tagore along with Mahatma Gandhi is prized as a foremost intellectual...

SYNOPSIS: I ndia Shattering the Illusion: The Birth of New Nations. From Kashmir to Eelam Read and see the beauty and horror - the history - the myth of the Sepoy revolt of 1857 - the religions - the national separatist movements, to the modern nations of the sub-continent. - peeling...

"The best book on Bali for the serious visitor…Has the freshness of personal experience."—Dr. Hildred Geertz, author of Kinship in Bali and Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University In Bali, what you see—sekala—is a colorful world of ceremony, ritual, dance, and drama....

Dadheechi, after acquiring spiritual knowledge, led a pious life. When prayed for by Indra and other gods, Dadheechi readily sacrificed his life as well as body, in order that the gods might win in their war against demons.

Under these adverse circumstances the omnipotent God always manifests Himself in different incarnation in order to destroy wicked demons and to protect His devotees. The incarnation of goddess Vaishnavi also took place for the destruction of demons and for the protection and welfare of Creation. The...

There is no village in India without a temple of Hanumantha. In bigger towns and cities, there are countless temples of Hanumantha. Men and women, the young and the old, people of all ages and of all professions worship Hanumantha. Students pray to him for intelligence and soldiers for strength....

Mother Santoshi confers contentment on human beings by satisfying all their desires. She is the famous daughter of Lord Ganesha. The devotee who worships her ‘Contented Form’ ever remains satisfied in his life. A spirit of contentment dawns upon him by her grace.

Who were the Aryans? Does their book the Rigveda make any sense or is it a compilation of abstract poetry? What are the secrets hidden in the Rigveda? Will its real meaning ever be revealed? Where were the Rigvedic people located? Was India the homeland, or was it elsewhere? Was Indra a God? If yes,...

Sense organs like mind, eyes, ear, etc, be,Totally powerless by themselves certainly; They require power to function in actuality, That source of power Brahman or Self be;It Supreme Reality on which all rests surely, It the hub of wheel - causing rolling to be;Our wisdom lies in realizing that Power truly,This sense world is not real - but a dream be;

In this book, the author has chosen 90 verses of the Gita out of the total 700, which are purely subjective in nature. He, however, has included all the important ones for the sake of coherency of presentation. It is hoped that this small book will motivate the modern reader to study the full text with...

Religious texts play an important role in the progress of the society and development of its values in it. The Vedas, the Ramayana, the Gita, the Puraanas and the Mahabharata are some of Hindu's precious religious texts that have been guiding mankind for ages together for an enduring and better society. A...

"Shirdi Sai Baba is a household name in India as well as in many parts of the world today. This book offers fascinating glimpses into the lives and miracles of Shiri Sai Baba and other Perfect Masters. It is an experience that is bound to transform ones sense of perspective and bring about perceptible...

Karma-Yogaby Swami Vivekananda This a set of lectures by Swami Vivekananda on the subject of Karma Yoga, one of the several yogic paths to enlightenment. Karma Yoga is a mental discipline which allows one to carry out one's duties as a service to the entire world, as a path to enlightenment....

Originally published in 1938, this volume is one of the first that presented the words of wisdom spoken by the influential Indian Hindu monk Swami Vivekananda within the intimacy of his inner circle. He was already revered as a lecturer, but his flashes of pure brilliance were more often only heard...