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The Greek God Helios & the Indian deity Surya: a study in the dissemination of Sun God imagery

The Greek God Helios & the Indian deity Surya: a study in the dissemination of Sun God imagery

Bopearachchi, Osmund

ISBN: 9788194829416, 8194829410

This book examines, in the light of numerous iconographies, the syncretism of three deities associated with the sun, the Indian Surya, the Greek Helios, and the Iranian Mithra. The Gandharan statue of the Bodhisattva Siddhartha in the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, wearing a headdress depicting the sun god in the guise of a Bodhisattva, performing the adhayamudra (the gesture of fearlessness)...

In the service of Krishna: illustrating the lives of eighty-four Vaishnavas from a 1702 manuscript, foreword by Amit Ambalal

In the service of Krishna: illustrating the lives of eighty-four Vaishnavas from a 1702 manuscript, foreword by Amit Ambalal

Bachrach, Emilia

ISBN: 9789385360558, 9385360558

The Pushtimarg, or the Path of Grace, is a Hindu tradition whose ritual worship of the deity Krishna has developed in close relationship to a distinct genre of early modern Hindi prose hagiography. This volume introduces readers to the most popular hagiographic text of the Pushtimarg-the Chaurasi Vaishnavan ki Varta, or Narratives of Eighty Four Vaishnavas, which tells the sacred life stories o...

Varahi Vajravarahi in the Tantras: no goddess such as this

Varahi Vajravarahi in the Tantras: no goddess such as this

Kanoria, Vandana

ISBN: 9789392280061, 9392280068

This book explores one of the lesser known goddesses of the Hindu pantheon who while retaining her status in India transforms into a major goddess of Tantric Buddhism. Varahi, a sow headed goddess, starting out as one in the group of goddesses called Saptmatrikas, in time grows into an important goddess especially in the Tantras. When Buddhism travelled from India to the East and North, she tra...

Myths and legends in Indian art

Myths and legends in Indian art

Trivedi, S.D. et al.

ISBN: 9788173200892, 8173200890

This book covers myths and legends from the tales from Ramayana, Krishna Lila, Pauranic Legends, Buddhisht Lore, Jaina legends, tales of love and some micellaneous tales.

Leela: an exhibition on the Ramayana tradition,

Leela: an exhibition on the Ramayana tradition,


ISBN: 9789391045425, 9391045421

The exhibition Leela conceptualized and curated by Molly Kausal, and designed by Neeraj Sahai presents the Ramayana not just as a tale of Shri Ramachandra, the son of King Dasharatha, nor is it an exhibition of art history presenting the Ramayana theme in evolutionary terms in different art forms.

Celebrating India through Hindu eyes, foreword by Padma Vibhushan Sonal Mansingh

Celebrating India through Hindu eyes, foreword by Padma Vibhushan Sonal Mansingh

Deheija, Arsha V.

ISBN: 9788124611029, 8124611025

This book is a celebration of India through Hindu eyes. Those eyes are of sages and kings, artists and artisans, potters and poets, rasikas and bhaktas. In that journey we remember the almond-shaped eyes of Shrinathji, the round eyes of Jagganathji. Those are human eyes through which we have received the darshan of our gods and goddesses and also the blessings of our elders and teachers. Those ...

Depiction of Saptamatrkas in Indian art

Depiction of Saptamatrkas in Indian art

Mahapatra, Sanjaya Kumar

ISBN: 9788180904158, 8180904156

The Saptamatrkas known as Seven Divine Little Mothers are the manifestations of Sakti. The cult of Saptamatrka is of considerable antiquity.

Bharatnatyam and Hindu iconography in the temples of Tamil Nadu: the significance of the Mula Beras

Bharatnatyam and Hindu iconography in the temples of Tamil Nadu: the significance of the Mula Beras

Stella, Marie

ISBN: 9788182904934, 8182904935

This book is an exclusive attempt to study the relationship between Bharatanatyam and Hindu iconography with Hindu temples as their common platform. The author of this book brings out the idea that the deities with perfect iconometry have a deep spiritual significance for the devotees as each position of the hands, feet, head, and the body as a whole bestows a loving grace to the devotees.

Splendors of Punjab heritage: art from the Khanuja Family Collection, with essays by Parvinderjit Singh Khanuja, edited with and introd. by Paul Michael Taylor

Splendors of Punjab heritage: art from the Khanuja Family Collection, with essays by Parvinderjit Singh Khanuja, edited with and introd. by Paul Michael Taylor


ISBN: 9789789392130, 9789392130

This book focuses on two famous sons of the soil: Guru Nanak (1469-1539), who founded Sikhism, and Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780-1839), who succeeded in unifying the region and establishing one of the finest empires (Khalsa Rj) bringing stability, peace, and prosperity. This book compiles in a succinct and visually compelling way a lasting record of the remarkable collection of Punjabi artworks a...

Elements of Hindu iconography, 2 Vols. in 4 parts, Madras, 1914

Elements of Hindu iconography, 2 Vols. in 4 parts, Madras, 1914

Rao, TA Gopinatha

ISBN: 9789390696512, 9390696518

Divided into seven parts (bound in 2 vols.) the work, depicts the Hindu Temples as a symbol of aspirations of pious men and women.

Shiva in art: a study of Shaiva iconography and miniatures

Shiva in art: a study of Shaiva iconography and miniatures

Handa, OC

ISBN: 9788185182650, 8185182655

Nepal: the gate of heritage

Nepal: the gate of heritage

Shrestha, Gajendra Man

ISBN: 9789937935319, 9937935318

Full of line drawings of temple art and architecture.

Krishna as poetry

Krishna as poetry

Dehejia, Harsha V.

ISBN: 9788124609675, 8124609675

This book about the romantic Krishna finds a textual presence for the first time in the Bhagavata Purana and then for a thousand years we celebrate that Krishna through heart-throbbing poetry. Krishna is indeed both the kavi and the kaya, rasa and rasika, the shabda and the artha.

Visnu pratimaem,(rajya sangrahalya, Lakhnau ke sandarbh mem)

Visnu pratimaem,(rajya sangrahalya, Lakhnau ke sandarbh mem)

Sinh, Kiran

ISBN: 9789381843024, 9381843023

Elephanta, photography by Bharath Ramamrutham

Elephanta, photography by Bharath Ramamrutham

Michell, George

ISBN: 9788184956030, 8184956037

The 6th-century rock-cut cave temple on Elephanta island, in the middle of Mumbai harbour is the home of Shiva, the greatest of all Hindu gods. The book takes the reader through this magnificent cave temple, examining its overall architectural scheme and interpreting the myths of Shiva that are depicted so forcefully in the extraordinary stone sculptures.

Yoga: the art of transformation

Yoga: the art of transformation

White, David Gordon et al

ISBN: 9781588344595, 1588344592

On the occasion of the exhibition Yoga: The art of Transformation, October 19, 2013-January 26, 2014. It explores 2000 years of yoga's visual record, from depictions of benficient deities and Tantric Yogini goddesses to militant ascetics and romantic heroes.

Love songs of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah

Love songs of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah

Dehejia, Harsha V

ISBN: 9788124610664, 8124610665

With beautiful oil paintings.

India a story through 100 objects

India a story through 100 objects

Dehejia, Vidya

ISBN: 9788194969174, 8194969174

This richly illustrated book focuses on 100 objects to tell a story of India that unravels in a series of thematic sections that allow the objects to take center stage. The stories that some objects tell will be new to readers; at other times, the objects themselves may be familiar but the story they tell may not be obvious.

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