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Religious icons have been a contested terrain across the world. Their implications and understanding travel further than the artistic or the aesthetic and inform contemporary preoccupations.This book traces the lives of religious sculptures beyond the moment of their creation. It lays bare their purpose...

If you wish to ignite the dormant spark of divinity within your heart, then this is the book for you. Rise to the lofty regions of spirituality as you read, and take the journey with these 700 verses of Bhagavad Gita, with interesting spiritual stories meshed with the verses. Bhagavad has never been...

This small book is popularly known as the BBT's “chanting Gita.” It contains the complete Sanskrit text of the Bhagavad-gita, making it is a great little book for those who want to learn the Gita's verses by heart, or who like to chant a chapter a day or all eighteen chapters at once. The book also includes the texts of the Gita-mahatmya and the Brahma-samhita.

This collection of timeless poetry celebrates the eternal spiritual truth within each heart. Since ancient times, this hidden essence has been symbolized by the number 108. There are 108 earthly desires, 108 human feelings, 108 delusions, 108 beads in the traditional meditation mala, and 108 sacred...

Prakashasya Bhajan-Aamritam was conceived out of pure love and dedication by a humble servant of Shree Sanatan Dharma, Shri Prakash Gossai. A number of his recordings and publications culminated in the presentation of this unique text, now consisting of a splendid collection of Puja Mantras, Bhajans,...

Prathana is a collection of Hindu prayers used by Bhakti Marga for daily worship. The book includes a compilation of hymns and ceremonial prayers to the Guru and Hindu Deities and their respective translations into English.

वर्णानामर्थसंघानां रसानां छंदसामपि।मंगलानां च कर्त्तारौ वंदे वाणीविनायकौ॥ 1॥अक्षरों, अर्थ समूहों, रसों, छंदों...

  Unfinished Gestures presents the social and cultural history of courtesans in South India who are generally called devadasis, focusing on their encounters with colonial modernity in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Following a hundred years of vociferous social reform, including...

Students often ask questions upon the working of karma in connection with the animal kingdom, saying that since it is scarcely conceivable that animals can have made much karma of any kind, it is difficult to account for the extreme differences to be observed in their conditions , one being well and...

The Mahabharata, one of the major epics of India, is a sourcebook complete by itself as well as an open text constantly under construction. This volume looks at transactions between its modern discourses and ancient vocabulary. Located amid conversations between these two conceptual worlds, the volume...

Harish Johari’s revelations on the lessons and predictions in this classic Indian epic • Examines the lessons of the main characters in the Mahabharata and how each symbolizes an aspect of human consciousness • Explains dharma in modern terms, shedding light on major events in...

A wonderful guide to the stunning temple architecture of India. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Shiv Maha Purana, the supreme of all the puranas is dedicated to Lord Shiva, one of the most important divinities of Hindus. Shiva Purana was originally written in Sanskrit by an unknown author and it is said to contain twenty four thousands shlokas. It is believed that this Shiva Purana was first...

“The most holy of all Balinese Hindu festivals, the Eka Dasa Rudra, the Festival of the Eleven Powers, was celebrated on the last day of the Balinese century in the Saka year 1900 (1979 AD).This book is a record of that festival.”