Genealogical records and traditional knowledge system: study in four sacred centres of India, ed. by Kakali Chakrabarty

ISBN: 9788121212731, 8121212731

The present study is a maiden step by Anthropological Survey of India into a unique field of record maintaining system of great temples in India. In almost all the great temples, there is a tradition of keeping records of the pilgrims.

Genesis and evolution of the Rama Katha in Indian art, thought, literature and culture (from the earliest period to the modern times), 3 vols

Nagar, Shantilal (b.1927)

ISBN: 9788176460828, 8176460826

The history of Janakpurdham: a study of asceticism and the Hindu polity, ed. and intro. by Martin Gaenszle

Burghart, Richard

ISBN: 9789937597289, 9937597285

Deviating from earlier discussions that focused on the binary opposition between the Brahman and the king, Burghart introduces a model of a trinity that included the ascetic. Besides being a rich ethnography of the Ramanandi order of ascetics, the book also provides a very detailed ethnohistory of Janakpurdham in the Nepal Tarai and its religious significance in what was then the Hindu kingdom ...

Geometrical patterns of ancient icons

Singh. AP

ISBN: 9788173200984, 817320098X

It is a critical study of geometrical patterns of Icons of different sects of various dynasties of ancient India. Besides this, it enables us to visualize with the idea of anatomical details of human body. The present book deals with various aspects of Icons of Hindu Iconography.

Glimpses of Kerala culture

Thirunal, Princess Aswathi, & Gouri...

ISBN: 9798122007793, 8122007791

...Lakshmi Bayi;This book offers an impressive and highly readable introduction to the various art forms of the rich and ancient culture of Kerala. The book gives profound and erudite insights into the four defined purposes of Hindu life, the origins and nature of dance forms of Kerala and its unique martial arts.

Art heritage of National Museum, Part Five: Some Hindu Pata paintings

Shakya, Milan Ratna

Globalization and indigenous peoples in Asia: changing the local-global interface

Nathan, Dev et al. (ed.)

ISBN: 9788178293882, 8178293889

The essays in this book are based on fieldwork conducted in India, China, Nepal and parts of the Himalaya-Hindukush region.

The glory of Sikhism

Sharma, JB (b.1962) et al.

ISBN: 9788185809496, 8185809496

Collection of already published articles by various scholars.

Glory of the Kushans: recent discoveries and interpretations

Jayaswal, Vidula (ed.)

ISBN: 9788173054273, 8173054274

Advent of Kushans in the Indian subcontinent is a significant historical event. It is suggestive of such processes and factors which shaped early historic culture milieu of India in particular and Asia in general. This volume is an outcome of the International Seminar entitled, 'Kushan Glory & Its Contemporary Challenges', which was organized by the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University,...

Goddess Bagalamukhi in Indian art, literature and thought

Rangaswami, CV

ISBN: 9788188934959, 818893495X

The present book attempts to study the cult of Devi Bagalamukhi from a socio-cultural stand point. Devi Bagalamukhi is one of the dasamahavidyas or incarnaton of Goddess Parvati.

Goddess Lalitambika in Indian art, literature & thought

Rangaswami, CV

ISBN: 9788192698373, 8192698378

The present book attempts to study the cult of Devi Lalitambika as an individual Goddess like those of Siva, Visnu, Laksmi and others, installed independently with a long tradition and elaborate rituals, besides the highest philosophy associated with Her.

Goddess worship in the Western Himalayas: temples, tradition, art and rituals

Rawat, Deepak

ISBN: 9788173201240, 8173201242

The present work dwells upon various aspects of the Goddess worship in the region and presents an analytical study of the finer points such as the mainstream worship and the local rituals performed in connection with the goddess worship in various parts of Himachal Pradesh.

Goddess: divine energy

Menzies, Jackie

ISBN: 9780734763969, 0734763964

This book is the catalogue of beautiful, sublime, sometimes dramatic, sometime contemplative, works of art of extraordinary and imaginative vision presented in the exhibition Buddha: Radiant Awakening held by Art Gallery, NSW, Australia in 2001.

Goddesses and women in the Indic religious tradition

Sharma, Arvind (ed.)

ISBN: 9788186569696, 8186569693

This book contains six articles from different scholars on the subject matter with introduction from the editor. This book god beyond the traditional sources that lie at the basis for determining the position of goddesses and women in India.

Gods and goddesses: an illustrated account of Hindu, Buddhist, tantric, hybrid and Tibetan deities

Majupuria, Trilok Chandra et al

ISBN: 9789747315547, 9747315548

Contents: (i) Some unique gods and goddesses (ii) Hindu deities (iii) Major;Hindu deities (iv) Buddhist deities (v) Hybrid and tantric dieties (vi) Tibetan deities.;

Gods, Goddesses and religious symbols of Hinduism, Buddhism and Tantrism

Majupuria, Trilok Chandra

ISBN: 9789993334781, 9993334782

Hindu pluralism: religion and the public sphere in early modern South Asia

Great Monuments of the Indian subcontinent, photography by Frebrik Arvidsson

Punja, Shobita

ISBN: 9789622174122, 9622174124

This guide presents over two hundred of the region's important historical monuments and sites providing a comprehensive introduction to the history and development of architecture, its various styles and schools, innovations and experiments. The monuments presented here range from the Indus valley civilization to well known Buddhist, Jain, Hindu and Christian shrines and master pieces of Islami...

Hindu deities in Thai art

xx, 207p., (27)ill., bibl., 25cm.

Growth of scheduled tribes and castes in medieval India

Lal, KS

ISBN: 9788186471036, 8186471030

Opening a new vista, what this work is about is contrary to modern-day make-believe, there is no evidence to show that the lower classes suffered from the tyranny of the Hindu upper classes in the medieval period. The case being exactly opposite, throughout the medieval period, the lower castes fought shoulder to shoulder with the upper castes against the foreign invaders and tyrannical rulers....