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The spectacular gemstone figure of the Lord Buddha is given a refine and detail treatment with some greater sense of finesse and accomplishment. Lord Buddha is an important god of Indian pantheon and he is considered an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, one of the Trinity Gods in Hinduism. He gave up the lap of luxury to search for the Absolute Truth. His teachings of non-violence are still followed by millions across the globe.

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• Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
• By :Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (Author)
• Binding : Paperback
• Language : English  
  
• Edition : 1957
• Pages :  436 pages
• Size : :14 x 1.7 x 21.6 cm
  
• ISBN-13 :978-8172241223
  

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New Reformatted Edition, Mahatma Gandhi's life was an experiment with truth. Put your principles to real practice, this was his message to the contemporary world. To him God was Truth and Truth was God. Here are essays and reflections on Mahatma Gandhi, one of the outstanding personalities not only of our time but of all times. Gandhiji was the greatest moral force in Indian history. For the accomplishment of liberty, justice and peace, he rediscovered the old techniques of Ahimsa and Satyagraha. He revealed to the masses a power not of rifles and machine guns, but the power innate in each individual, a power which this war-haunted world can exploit fully in making wars impossible. This book contains tribute to the Father of the Nation, from prominent thinkers like C. Fandrews, Aldous Huxley, Lin Yutang, A. Coomaraswamy, Sri Aurobindo and many others. Some of Gandhiji's most distinct and famous speeches are brought together in an appendix in this volume.

This is one of the best biographies of Mahatma Gandhi.
The book has been written in a very simple style. The author has covered Mahatma Gandhi's contribution to Indian freedom struggle.

About The Author : Louis Fischer
Louis Fischer, born in 1896, was an eminent journalist who wrote several books on Russia, India, Middle east. He covered the Spanish Civil war and was in France when World War II broke out.

“I never saw Gandhi…I do not know his language. I never set foot in his country and yet, I feel the some sorrow as if I had lost someone near and dear,” wrote the Frenchman leon blum, when he heard of Mahatma Gandhi’’s death. Million felt the same, not only in India but the world over, for Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) was the only leader in modern history who strove to rule not en, but the hearts of men.

Mahatma Gandhi needs no introduction, nor does the magnanimity of his personality. With the principles of ahimsa (non-violence) and satya (truth), the cornerstones of his ideals, ingrained in his consciousness from childhood Gandhiji’s life is a lesson in quiet determination, unfaltering faith and profound values.

In the legendary words of Mahatma Gandhi himself:
“…for me the road to salvation lies through incessant toil in the service of my country and therefore of humanity.”
“…I recognize no God except the God that is to be found in the hearts of the dumb millions.”
“…how con I talk of God to the millions who have to go without two meals a day? To them, God can only appear as bread and butter.”
“…I may live without air and water, but not without Him. You may pluck out my eyes, but that will not kill mi. you may chop off my nose, but that will not kill me. But blast my belief in God and I am dead.”

"Mahatma Gandhi The Bhagavadgita
A commentary by Mahatma Gandhi A book of Ethics for all religions A commentary for the common man"

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• Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
• By :Charles F. Andrews (Author)
• Binding : Paperback
• Language : English  
  
• Edition : 2005
• Pages :  332 pages
• Size : :20 x 14 x 4 cm
  
• ISBN-10 : 817992422X
  
• ISBN-13 :978-8179924228

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A passionate portrait of the faith and life of Gandhi, written by one of his closest friends, an Anglican priest. Now with an all-new foreword by Dr. Arun Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi's grandson, this thoughtful biography offers intriguing insights into Gandhi's early life, religious practice and his efforts to further peace and justice in the world. Written by Charles Andrews, a longtime friend of Gandhi's -Mahatma Gandhi, his Life and Ideas examines from a contemporary activist's point of view the religious and political environments that influenced the birth of the peaceful resistance movement, the primary tool that Gandhi and the people of his home land used to gain India its freedom from British rule. Including excerpts from Gandhi's personal correspondence and professional writings, Mahatma Gandhi, his Life and Ideas provides an ideal introduction to the life and life's work of one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century. Dr. Arun Gandhi is Mahatma Gandhi's grandson and co-founder of the M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence in Memphis, Tennessee. He is the author of several books, including Legacy of Love, my education in the Path of Nonviolence.

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• Publisher : Rajpal and Sons
• By: R. K Narayan
• Binding : Paperback
• Language :  Hindi
  
• Edition :2018
• Pages: 192 pages
• Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
  
• ISBN-10: 8170288789
• ISBN-13 :9788170288787
  

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महात्मा गांधी और उनके राष्ट्रीय आंदोलन की कहानी के साथ यह दो युवा दिलों की प्रेम कहानी है। दोनों को अपनी-अपनी मंज़िल की तलाश है। दोनों प्रेमी अपनी चाहत को तब तक दबाए रखते हैं जब तक स्वतंत्रता के लिए चलने वाला संघर्ष पूरा नहीं हो जाता और उन्हें एक-दूसरे को अपनाने के लिए महात्मा गांधी की स्वीकृति नहीं मिल जाती। वर्षों चले इस इंतज़ार में उन्हें किन-किन मुसीबतों और ज़ोखिमों से होकर गुज़रना पड़ता है, इसका बेहद रोमांचक वर्णन करता है यह उपन्यास। आर.के. नारायण की अनोखी शैली में लिखा यह बेहद रोचक उपन्यास बाकी उपन्यासों से हटकर है।

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• Publisher : Rajpal and Sons
• By: R. K Narayan
• Binding : Hardcover
• Language :  Hindi
  
• Edition :2010
• Pages: 192 pages
• Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
  
• ISBN-10: 8170288819
• ISBN-13 :9788170288817
  

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महात्मा गांधी और उनके राष्ट्रीय आंदोलन की कहानी के साथ यह दो युवा दिलों की प्रेम कहानी है। दोनों को अपनी-अपनी मंज़िल की तलाश है। दोनों प्रेमी अपनी चाहत को तब तक दबाए रखते हैं जब तक स्वतंत्रता के लिए चलने वाला संघर्ष पूरा नहीं हो जाता और उन्हें एक-दूसरे को अपनाने के लिए महात्मा गांधी की स्वीकृति नहीं मिल जाती। वर्षों चले इस इंतज़ार में उन्हें किन-किन मुसीबतों और ज़ोखिमों से होकर गुज़रना पड़ता है, इसका बेहद रोमांचक वर्णन करता है यह उपन्यास। आर.के. नारायण की अनोखी शैली में लिखा यह बेहद रोचक उपन्यास बाकी उपन्यासों से हटकर है।

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How the most important man of our national movement viewed the most important sport in our country. Did Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ever play cricket? Did cricket ever figure in the Gandhian world of thought? What were the views of the most important man in the history of Indias freedom struggle on the game that dominates Indian national consciousness in the twenty-first century? Were there any connections between Gandhi and cricket during the high tide of national movement? Did Gandhi or his ideas make any impact on the game? Did he ever oppose the cause of cricket? Did cricket ever invoke Gandhi after his death? These questions seem as remote as Gandhis tryst with cricket! Mahatma on the Pitch tries to find answers to these apparently quirky questions by exploring the untold relationship between two of the most enduring phenomena of modern India: Mahatma Gandhi, arguably the greatest Indian icon of the twentieth century and Indian cricket, probably the most assertive Indian national emblem in the twenty-first-century world.

About the Author: Kausik Bandyopadhyay

Kausik Bandyopadhyay teaches History at West Bengal State University, Barasat, Kolkata. Formerly a Fellow of the International Olympic Museum, Lausanne (2010) and the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata (20062009 and 20132015), he is also the Editor of Soccer and Society (Routledge). Bandyopadhyay has authored and edited several books. His most recent works include Sport, Culture and Nation: Perspectives from Indian Football and South Asian Cricket (New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2015); Bangladesh Playing: Sport, Culture, Nation (Dhaka: Subarna/ ICBS, 2012); and Scoring Off the Field: Football Culture in Bengal, 191180 (New Delhi/London: Routledge, 2011).

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• Product Code : BK8721
• Publisher : Rupa Publications India
• Edition : September 20, 2017)
• Pages : 160
• Weight : 280 gm.
• Size : 5.9 x 0.9 x 8.3 inches
• Binding : Paperback
• Author : Kausik Bandyopadhyay
• Language : English
• ISBN-10: 8129148854
  ISBN-13: 978-8129148858

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• Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
• By :Dinkar Joshi (Author)
• Binding : Paperback
• Language : English  
  
• Edition : 2007
• Pages :  296 pages
• Size : 14 x 1.6 x 21.6 cm
  
• ISBN-10 : 8179927008
  
• ISBN-13 :978-8179927007

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Based on the Life of Harilal Gandhi, the eldest son of Mahatma Gandhi. Bapu had failed to convince two people in his lifetime, one was Jinnah and the other was Harilal. This novel was simultaneously serialized in the Sunday supplements of three Gujarati Dailies: Sam Kaleen of Bombay, Jansatta of Ahmedabad and Loksatta of Vadodra. In this book the author tries to make an ardent effort to understand yet another enigmatic facet of human life. The tussle between the father and the son was the most poignant and pathetic story of their lives. When Gandhi, who was busy attending meetings and conferences where the fate of forty crore Indians was to be decided often found headline in a newspaper screaming -Police Arrested Drunk Harilal For Creating A Scene On The Road and sometimes Harilal himself from the dais of the fundamentalist Muslim organization's meeting -'I shall continue fighting till Ba and Bapu embrace Islam.'

Mahavatar Babaji is called “the deathless yogi”. The northern Himalayan crags near Badrinarayan are still blessed by the living presence of Babaji, guru of Lahiri Mahasaya. The secluded master has retained his physical form for centuries, perhaps for millenniums.He has accomplished the immortal body, which means never to die again. Each and every day he is assisting humanity as well as giving aid to the saints, sages, prophets and masters who are physically helping their followers, their community, their country and Mother Earth. Note:For more information about Babaji Please read "Autobiography of a Yogi" By Paramahansa Yogananda

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The beautiful brass figure of Bhagawan Mahaveer is given a splendid treatment. Plain but beautiful, the figure reveals a deep sense of austerity and simplicity. Some nice carvings mark the otherwise simple and plain brass figure. His elongated ears, sharp nose, even toes are given a minute and detail touch.

Bhagwan Mahavir's teachings epitomize quintessence of the culture of compassion, non-violence, equanimity and understanding the viewpoint of others.

Born in a Kshatriya family in B.C. 599 at Kundagram in the Republic of Vaishali (present Basadh in Muzzafarpur District of Bihar), his father Siddharth, a Kashyap Gotri, was a Kshatriya chief.

Vardhman, his original name, gave up the lap of royal luxury in search of the truth. He had a strong urge of renunciation of worldly attachments. On November 11, B.C. 570 at the age of 30, he left the palace and after stringent penance att the age of 42, he attained all knowledge-infinite knowledge (Ananta-Jnana), "knowledge free from Karmic interference" - Keval-Jnana, which has no limitations of time and space, dawned on him. He got solutions for all ills s connected with the life and the universe which occur to any inquisitive soul. He fully comprehended the Six Substances (dravya) and Seven Principles (tattva) whereby one gets explained the nature of all the objects and their activities.

After having attained popularity as a great spiritual teacher, Mahavir attained Nirvana (salvation) on October 15, B.C. 527 at Pavapuri in Bihar at the age of 72. The occasion was celebrated as the Dipavaii festival, and Vir Nirvan Samvat commenced from that date.

Mahavir's contribution to practice of Ahimsa (non-violence), compassion, equanimity, understanding the viewpoint of others i.e. Syadvad and Anekant and Aparigraha (non-possessiveness) is of paramount importance.

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• Product Code :255
• Material :White Marble, Special Note: Requires 5 weeks to finish and Ship
• Size : 36"H

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Special Note: Made to order statue, requires 5 weeks to finish and Ship, before shipping we will send images of the finished statue for the approval from your side, please note that the image is indicative a slight difference is to be expected a better finish is assured.

Saktism, the concept of Śakti, the source of all energies of the Universe plays a vital role in the socio-religious tradition of India since the dawn of human civilization. Mahiṣāsuramardinī, the Divine Mother is one of the manifestations of Śakti. She is the most impressive and formidable goddess of the Hindu pantheon. The cult of Mahiṣāsuramardinī is of considerable antiquity. Its genesis can be traced from the Vedic literature. The Mahabharat and the Purāṇas have provided varied but vivid accounts of the origin of the goddess. The author besides emphasizing on the descriptions of the deity as per the Puranic texts, has also discussed the emergence and representation of the goddess who has occupied a prominent place in the sculptural history of India through the ages.

Here the author presents a rich and variegated picture of the Mahiṣāsuramardinī art of Orissa, highlighting the evolving iconography of individual images with special reference to the Śilpa and Tantric Texts. He focuses on different forms and depictions of the goddess. In this work the generalization and characteristics have been drawn on the basis of iconographic, ritualistic and comparative studies. The book also incorporates the genesis of Śakti cult, historical development, ritualistic patterns along with the elements of art and aesthetic in Mahiṣāsuramardinī images. The work abounds in photographs revealing the variety forms of the goddess and provides many maps, diagrams and iconographical charts, yantras, mudras etc which will create interest not only for the scholars of archeology, history and religion but also for the historians of art as well.
The Author
Dr. Sanjaya Kumar Mahapatra (born 1963) who is an ardent devotee of Female Divinity,has devoted two decades of his illustrious career to the study of Archaeology, History and culture of the state of Odisha. Presently he is working as the Principal and the Departmental Head of History in Janata College, Kuhuri, Dist-Khurda(Odisha). For his excellence he has been conferred upon the titles such as Rastriya Gaurava Award by the India International Friendship Society, Delhi and also"Jyotishavidya Bachaspati" by the Astrological Foundation, Dinalipi, Berhampur (Odisha) and is also felicitated as educationist by Sri Sashi Bhusana Behera, the honourable M.P on behalf of Ramadaya Parishad, Nirakarpur, Khurda, Odisha.

Dr. Mahapatra is well versed in Yoga, Tantra and Astrology and has got the credit to publish seventy articles in the different national and state magazines like "The Kalyan Kalpataru", Gita Press Gorakhpur, "The Bhavan's Journal" Bombay, "Orissa Review" (Odisha), "The Orissa Historical journal", Bhubaneswar(Odisha), "The Mahodadhi", "The Nirmalya", "The Daivi Sakti", "The Niyati" and "The Nakshatra" etc. which brought him state and national repute in recognition. For the achievement of the spiritual goal he was initiated into the path of Kriya-Yoga in 1988 and simultaneously blessed with the divine grace of Sri Paramahamsa Hariharananda Giri, the beloved Kriya-Yoga Master.

The painting depicts the Goddess Durga killing the demon Mahisasur.There is an interesting anecdote about the origin of Mahisasur, the demon. His father Rambha, king of the demons, once fell in love with a water buffalo, and Mahishasur was born out of this union. So, he could change himself between human and buffalo form at will (mahisha means "buffalo"). Through intense prayers to Brahma, Mahishasura had the boon that he could not be defeated by any man or god. By virtue of this power, he invaded the gods, who went for help to the supreme trinity (Brahma, Vishnu, and Rudra), but Mahishashura defeated all of the gods including the trinity themselves. He unleashed a reign of terror on earth, heaven and the nether worlds.

Finally, the trinity bestowed a dazzling beam of energy upon The Goddess Trinity, transforming her into the goddess. Thus was born Durga. Her face was sculpted by Shiva, torso by Indra, breasts by Chandra (the moon), teeth by Brahma, bottom by the Earth, thighs and knees by Varuna (wind), and her three eyes by Agni (fire). Each god also gave her their own most powerful weapons, Rudra's trident, Vishnu's discus, Indra's thunderbolt, Brahma's kamandal, Kuber's gada etc. Himalayas gifted her a fierce white tiger. On the end of the eighth and beginning of the ninth day of waxing moon, Chanda and Munda came to fight the goddess. She turned blue with anger and goddess Chamunda leaped out of her third eye. Her form was the most powerful one with 3 red eyes, blood-filled tongue and dark skin; who finally killed the twin demons with her sword. This form of the divine goddess is worshipped during the sandhikshan of Durga Puja festival, as sandhi/chandi puja. Finally on the tenth day of waxing moon, goddess Durga killed Mahishasura with her trident.

The painting shows the lion eating the head of the demon. The background of the painting is also beautifully decorated.

Goddess Durga killing the demon Mahishasura.The Goddess is shown with ten hands astride a lion with one of Her legs on the Mahishasura.The spear in Her hand is firmly struck on the demon's chest.Ganesha and Lakshmi flank the Goddess on one side and Saraswati and Kartikeya on the other.In Bengal an eastern state of India Durga Puja is the principal festival during Navratri. Every year during the lunar month of Ashwin or Kartik (September-October), Hindus observe ten days of ceremonies, rituals,fasts and feasts in honour of the supreme mother goddess. It begins with the fast of Navratri ( nine nights ) and ends with the festivities of Dusshera or Vijayadashami.

A paradigm of the victory of the good over the evils, the tribal folkart figurine is a fine repository of the Indian tribal culture and traditions. Goddess Durga was born out the collective energies of all the leading gods and goddesses to kill the demon Mahishasura who conquered the three worlds. The figure has been brought out in the lost wax casting method which reveals a deeper sense of artistry and skill of the Adivasi Murtikar (tribal sculptor).

The spectacular tribal art statue of Mahishasurmardini Durga is given a minute treatment by the artists. Here the Goddess is shown killing the demon with her weapon. Goddess Durga was the collective force of all the gods and goddesses when Mahishasur wrought havoc on Earth and Heaven. It was Durga who eliminated the demon with her force that she received from all the gods and goddesses.