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Walking in Clouds: A Journey to Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar
Walking in Clouds: A Journey to Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar
SPECIFICATION:
  • Publisher : HarperCollins
  • By : Kavitha Yaga Buggana
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Language : English
  • Edition : 2018
  • Pages : 168 pages
  • Weight : ‎‎160 g
  • Size : 13.97 x 1.04 x 21.59 cm
  • ISBN-10 : 9353024781
  • ISBN-13 : 978-9353024789
DESCRIPTION: 

Will we make it? That's the question Kavitha and her cousin, Pallu, ask themselves as they trek through Himalayan pine forests and unforgiving mountains in Nepal and Tibet. Their goal: to reach Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar. The two women walk to ancient monasteries, meditate on freezing slopes, dance on the foothills of Kailash, and confront death in the thin mountain air. In Kailash and Manasarovar, the holiest of Hindu and Buddhist sites, they struggle to reconcile their rationalist views with faith and the beloved myths of their upbringing. Remarkably, it is this journey that helps them discover the meaning of friendship. Walking in Clouds is a beautifully crafted memoir of a journey to far-away places and to the places within. It mixes lyrical, descriptive storytelling with stunning photographs to bring to life a unique travelogue.

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Where Three Empires Meet: Narrative of travel in Kashmir, Western Tibet, Gilgit and other adjoining countries
Where Three Empires Meet: Narrative of travel in Kashmir, Western Tibet, Gilgit and other adjoining countries
SPECIFICATION:
  • Publisher : Rupa Publications India
  • By : E.F. Knight
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Language : English
  • Edition : 2017
  • Pages : 384 pages
  • Weight : 380 g
  • Size : 14 x 2.18 x 21.6 cm
  • ISBN-10 : 9788129148193
  • ISBN-13 : 978-8129148193
DESCRIPTION: 

n the spring of 1891, an intrepid Englishman set out on a year-long journey into the inhospitable region of Gilgit, near what used to be called ‘the roof of the world’, where the three great empires of that century the British, Russian and Chinese—came together on the map.etting out from the beautiful valley of Kashmir, E.F. Knight traversed the mountain tracts between the invincible ranges of Hindukush and Karakoram, interacting with locals and experiencing their way of life first-hand. He brings to his readers the sights and sounds of exotic lands—undivided Kashmir, Western Tibet, Gilgit and the lands beyond.A fascinating travelogue of colonial times, this book also brings out the geo-political significance of the region and the undercurrent of political strategizing at play amongst the three great empires. Knight’s visit to Ladakh and subsequent participation in Colonel Durand’s historic expedition against the raiding Hunza-Nagara stand out amongst the many adventures he has along the way.

$27
Nanda Devi: A Journey to the Last Sanctuary
Nanda Devi: A Journey to the Last Sanctuary
SPECIFICATION:
  • Publisher : ‎ Hachette India
  • By : Hugh  Thomson
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Language : English
  • Edition : 2017
  • Pages : ‎ 152 pages
  • Weight : 160 g
  • Size : 20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm
  • ISBN-10 : 9789351951964
  • ISBN-13 : 978-9351951964
DESCRIPTION: 

The fascinating story of a journey to the source of a legend – the Nanda Devi Sanctuary – which has been described by explorers as ‘more inaccessible than the North Pole’.Until 1934 the hidden valley of the Nanda Devi Sanctuary, on the border between India and Tibet, had never been entered by human beings. Surrounded by 20,000-foot peaks, which effectively seal off Mt Nanda Devi at their centre, it remains virtually impenetrable even today.Many early explorers, drawn there by the idea of a ‘lost Eden’ in the Himalaya, could only gaze with longing at the Sanctuary – until the ‘terrible-twins’ of pre-Second World War mountaineering, Eric Shipton and Bill Tillman, solved the problem by forcing an entrance up a precipitous river gorge. Subsequent expeditions were beset by tragedy and concern that the fragile ecology of the Sanctuary might be damaged; until, for curious reasons involving the CIA- – which the first edition of this book revealed – the Indian government finally decided to ban all visitors. The Sanctuary was briefly reopened in 2000 for a special millennium expedition, of which Hugh Thomson was a part.Thomson weaves the story of this last journey to the Sanctuary together with those who have gone before him, and gives a tantalizing account of a place described by explorers as ‘more inaccessible than the North Pole’.

$23
Every Mile a Memory
Every Mile a Memory
SPECIFICATION:
  • Publisher : Rupa Publications India
  • By : Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Language : English
  • Edition : 2016
  • Pages : 232 pages
  • Weight : 120 g
  • Size : 12.95 x 1.35 x 19.79 cm
  • ISBN-10 : 8129142309
  • ISBN-13 : 978-8129142306
DESCRIPTION:  

Ravelling in the twenty-first century is not only about check-ins, posting selfies or writing status messages with hashtags. It is about the visiting places one may have only read about, seen in movies or heard about; it’s about standing on a landmark and feeling something; it’s about refreshing memories and making new memories.Every Mile a Memory is not only a travelogue about monuments and landscapes. It is not only about famous cities like London, Paris and Rome, but it is also about a solitary walk on a village road on English countryside, about quiet boat-ride on the Ganga and about long train journeys to nowhere. It is sipping a cup of coffee in a café in Barcelona and yet it is also about enjoying chai from a kulhad on some half-forgotten railway station in Indian hinterland.As Partha Sarthi Sen Sharma travels a round the globe and his own motherland, all the events, sights, thoughts, memories and feelings form a complex kaleidoscope, which eventually crystallizes into words to give a unique perspective on places – Britain, continental Europe, Turkey, Morocco and of course, India.

$19
Buddha in Gandhara
Buddha in Gandhara
SPECIFICATION:
  • Publisher : ‎ Rupa Publications India
  • By : Sunita Dwivedi
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Language : English
  • Edition : 2020
  • Pages : ‎ 336 pages
  • Weight : 470 g
  • Size : 14 x 2.08 x 21.6 cm
  • ISBN-10 : 9389967430
  • ISBN-13 : 978-9389967432
DESCRIPTION: 

Buddha in Gandhara is the saga of ancient Buddhist cities of Gandhara—a region that extended from north-western Pakistan to eastern and north-eastern Afghanistan. It tells stories of cities that once dotted the highroad connecting India with Central Asia and China. It traces the network of Asian trade routes that nourished these cities with goods, people and ideas. It also trains the spotlight on the magnificent art of Gandhara that still clings to the ruins of these heritage cities and also those that are showcased in the museums of Asia and Europe.

$27
Aimless in Banaras: Wanderings in India's Holiest City
Aimless in Banaras: Wanderings in India's Holiest City
SPECIFICATION:
  • Publisher : ‎ Tranquebar
  • By : Bishwanath Ghosh
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Language : English
  • Edition : 2019
  • Pages : ‎ 264 pages
  • Weight : 200 g
  • Size : 14 x 1.68 x 21.6 cm
  • ISBN-10 : 9389152003
  • ISBN-13 : 978-9389152005
DESCRIPTION: 

While cremating his mother at the famed Manikarnika Ghat, Bishwanath Ghosh pretended he was a writer collecting material for a future book rather than a grieving son—his way of dealing with the last rites. A few years later, he returns to Banaras to write that book.Plunging into its timeless aura, he roams its ghats and galis, sails through the cool breeze of the Ganga, walks through the heat of funeral pyres. One moment he is observing a sadhu show off his penile strength, in the next he is on a boat with a young woman who has been prophesied to marry seven times; one moment he is in conversation with the celebrated writer Kashinath Singh, who is an atheist, and in the next he is having tea with a globe- trotting priest and a god-fearing doctor ... Ghosh finds a story in every bend as he engages with quintessential Banarasis—their paan-stuffed mouths spouting expletives and wisdom with equal flair—and discovers why they are among the happiest people on earth.Then one evening at Manikarnika, as he emerges from a temple, wearing ash from the cremation ground on his forehead, he finds a bit of Banaras in himself.Aimless in Banaras is not only a sensuous portrait of India’s holiest city but also a meditation on life—and death.

$23
Underland: A Deep Time Journey
Underland: A Deep Time Journey
SPECIFICATION:
  • Publisher : ‎ Penguin
  • By : Robert Macfarlane
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Language : English
  • Edition : 2020
  • Pages : ‎ 496 pages
  • Weight : 393 g
  • Size : 12.9 x 3 x 19.8 cm
  • ISBN-10 : 0141030577
  • ISBN-13 : 978-0141030579
DESCRIPTION: 

In Underland, Robert Macfarlane takes us on a journey into the worlds beneath our feet. From the ice-blue depths of Greenland's glaciers, to the underground networks by which trees communicate, from Bronze Age burial chambers to the rock art of remote Arctic sea-caves, this is a deep-time voyage into the planet's past and future. Global in its geography, gripping in its voice and haunting in its implications, Underland is a work of huge range and power, and a remarkable new chapter in Macfarlane's long-term exploration of landscape and the human heart.

$32
The Braided River: A Journey Along the Brahmaputra
The Braided River: A Journey Along the Brahmaputra
SPECIFICATION:
  • Publisher : ‎ HarperCollins India
  • By : Samrat Choudhary
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Language : English
  • Edition : 2021
  • Pages : ‎ 424 pages
  • Weight : 390 g
  • Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
  • ISBN-10 : 939032758X
  • ISBN-13 : 978-9390327584
DESCRIPTION: 

The Brahmaputra is by some margin the largest river in India. After its confluence with the Ganga in Bangladesh, it becomes the largest in Asia. In The Braided River, journalist Samrat Choudhury sets out to follow its braided course from the edge of Tibet where it enters India down to where it meets the Ganga at a spot marked by the biggest red light district in Bangladesh. Along the way, he meets suspicious Indian spies, gets packed off on the back of a cement truck by soldiers, visit a shelter home for baby rhino and elephant orphans in Kaziranga, and hops from river island to riverside town meeting the locals. The tales of these encounters spice up a story that weaves in the history of the emergence of the border between India and China in Arunachal Pradesh, the formation of the Assamese identity -- a matter of great contemporary relevance owing to the National Register of Citizens and the Citizenship (Amendment) Act -- and the ecological challenges posed by proposed dams.This is a genre-bending book that touches upon several hot-button issues -- environmental, military and political -- as it blends travel, memoir and history with the present.

$27
In The Footsteps Of Rama: Travels with the Ramayana
In The Footsteps Of Rama: Travels with the Ramayana
SPECIFICATION:
  • Publisher : ‎ HarperCollins India
  • By : Vikrant Pande & Neelesh Kulkarni
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Language : English
  • Edition : 2021
  • Pages : ‎ 272 pages
  • Weight : 370 g
  • Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
  • ISBN-10 : 9354226388
  • ISBN-13 : 978-9354226380
DESCRIPTION: 

Vikrant Pande and Neelesh Kulkarni's quest to retrace the trail of Rama's fabled travels during his years in exile began with their trying to locate Chitrakoot on the map and realizing that they had little idea where it might be. Curious about the places mentioned in the Ramayana, they set off on a journey of their own, following Rama's route from Ayodhya to the Dandakaranya forest and Panchavati (near Nashik) and on to Kishkindhya (close to Hampi), Rameshwaram and Sri Lanka.Along the way they would discover how closely the narrative of the Ramayana is linked to local folklore, and how the stories of the Ramayana and the moral framework that binds them together still speaks to the people who live in the land across which Rama, Sita and Lakshman made their journey.For the armchair traveller as well as the enthusiast for epic tales, this is a wonderful book with which to revisit the world of the Ramayana.

 

$27
Cheen DiaryCheen Diary
Cheen Diary
SPECIFICATION:
  • Publisher : Rajpal and Sons 
  • By:  Rituraj (Author)
  • Binding :Paperback
  • Language: Hindi
  • Edition :2018
  • Pages: 112 pages
  • Size : 20 x 14 x 4 cm
  • ISBN-10: 9386534541
  • ISBN-13: 9789386534545

DESCRIPTION: 

कवि ऋतुराज की यह प्रवास डायरी गद्य का नया आस्वाद देती है। परदेस में बैठे कवि को आती घर की याद और चीन में लगातार बदल रहा परिदृश्य इस डायरी के गद्य को द्वंद्वात्मक बनाते हैं। यहाँ चीन के जीवन की आत्मीय छवियाँ हैं तो विकास की दौड़ में भाग रहे युवाओं के दृश्य डायरी को तार्किक बना देते हैं। अपने प्रवाही और प्रांजल गद्य में ऋतुराज डायरी में चीन के महान साहित्य और संस्कृति की झलक देते हैं तो विकास की आपाधापी में छूट रहे कोमल पक्ष पर भी उनकी निगाह गई है। चीन के जनजीवन को हिन्दी के वरिष्ठ कवि की नज़र से देखना रोचक, आश्वस्तिप्रद और आशा से भरा है।

                          $15
                          A Pilgrimage in South India in 1845: TiruvannamalaiA Pilgrimage in South India in 1845: Tiruvannamalai
                          A Pilgrimage in South India in 1845: Tiruvannamalai
                          Specification:
                          • Publisher : Sri Ramanasramam
                          • by : Francoise Boudignon
                          • Cover : Paperback
                          • Language : English
                          • Edition : 2016
                          • Pages : 64
                          • Weight : 550gm.
                          • Size :
                          • ISBN-10: 8182882478
                          • ISBN-13: 978-8182882478
                          Description:

                          It describes the main components of the Tiruvannamalai Festival along with the beliefs that underlie them from a pilgrim’s perspective. Tiruvannamalai, a pilgrimage centre for centuries, found a new steam when it got associated with the name of Sri Ramana Maharshi.

                          The South Indian town of Tiruvannamalai, in recent times associated with the great sage Ramana Maharshi, has, for more than a thousand years, been a major pilgrimage centre for devotees of Lord Siva. Its major festival, occurring between mid-November and mid-December, attracts hundreds of thousands of devotees. In this charming and beautifully-illustrated account, Françoise Boudignon, the author, describes the main components of the festival along with the beliefs that underlie them. The story unfolds through the eyes of a family of peasants who journey from their village to attend the ten-day event. A wide spectrum of Hindu customs, practices and beliefs unfold as the family explores the wonders and the traditions of their ancient culture.

                            $25
                            The Ananda-Vana Of Indian Art: Dr. Anand Krishna Felicitation Volume - With Contributions By Over Fifty International Experts
                            The Ananda-Vana Of Indian Art: Dr. Anand Krishna Felicitation Volume - With Contributions By Over Fifty International Experts
                            Specification:
                            • Publisher : Indica Books
                            • By : Krishna Manu
                            • Cover : Hardcover
                            • Edition : June 15, 2004
                            • Pages : 607
                            • Weight : 2.700 kg.
                            • Size : 10.9 x 9 x 1.6 inches
                            • Language : English
                            • ISBN-10 : 8186569480
                            • ISBN-13 : 978-8186569481
                            • Product Code : BK14251
                            Description:

                            Prof: (Rtd.) Dr. Rai Anand Krishna needs no introduction to the world of Indian Art and Culture. On his father Rai Krishnadasa’s rich foundation, he structured his own creativity, experience of study, research and publication in this field. His creativity goes back to 1944 (a long span of six decades); his tradition continues even to the next generation. His accessible and kind personality makes him a standing humanist dear to a whole generation of Indian art students (who consider him his guru) as well as his scholar friends.
                            These students and friends, now an intimate part of the “Krishna family”, have in course of time carved for themselves a niche in their respective fields and are today among the outstanding scholars of Indian Art around the world.
                            This unique volume is a compilation of articles contributed by these colleagues, friends and students — all Indian art specialists from the length and breadth of the world. They have come together by contributing interesting finds of their fields to form this book-offering which constitutes a landmark in this Ananda-Vana of Indian Art, that is “The Forest of Bliss of Indian Art”.
                            Covering a time span from centuries prior to the beginning of Christian Era to the modern times, i.e. almost 2,000 years, this book embraces almost every facet of Indian Art, such as architecture, sculpture, textile, decorative arts, folk and modern art, sociology and culture.
                            Enriched with over 500 spectacular colour and black & white relevant illustrations, this scholarly book, unprecedented in style, will not only be a source of information both textually and visually for the academics, but will also be of great interest to every person fascinated by the general or specialized study of Indian Art.

                            $71
                            Textiles of Banaras Yesterday and Today
                            Textiles of Banaras Yesterday and Today
                            Specification:
                            • Publisher : Indica Books
                            • By : Tarannum Fatma Lari
                            • Cover : Hardcover
                            • Edition : July 1, 2010
                            • Pages : 257
                            • Weight : 1.35 kg.
                            • Size : 11 x 8.5 x 0.9 inches
                            • Language : English
                            • ISBN-10 : 8186569901
                            • ISBN-13 : 978-8186569900
                            • Product Code : BK14250
                            Description:

                            Banaras, usually known as a religious and cultural centre, is also famous since antiquity for its textile industry. Banaras textiles and the designs produced there were sold throughout India and exported to many foreign countries. The Buddha was shrouded in a fine Banaras cloth, and kings and queens all over India used to dress with its more exquisite brocades. All foreign visitors to the city commented on this textile art, in which Banaras traditionally excelled.
                            Textiles of Bananas: Yesterday and Today is the product of a deep research on this textile industry since the distant past up to our times. The book explains in detail the different designs used and their conception, the various types of cloth weaving and the techniques employed (making of the threads, dyeing, stretching the warp, polishing, tools used, etc.), and handicrafts such as embroideries (karchobi, zardozi, etc.). It also studies the socio-economic condition of the artisans.
                            Illustrated with many colour and black and white pictures showing old and new designs, this book is the more complete book on this subject up to date, and will be invaluable for researchers, designers, and art lovers.

                            $62
                            Benares: A World within a World: The Microcosm of Kashi Yesterday and Today
                            Benares: A World within a World: The Microcosm of Kashi Yesterday and Today
                            Specification:
                            • Publisher : Indica Books
                            • By : Richard Lannoy
                            • Cover : Hardcover
                            • Edition : 2002
                            • Pages : 419
                            • Weight : 650 gm.
                            • Size : 8.6 x 5.7 x 1.3 inches
                            • Language : English
                            • ISBN-10 : 8186569251
                            • ISBN-13 : 978-8186569252
                            • Product Code : BK14190
                            Description:

                            This major contribution to the study of urban culture, first published in 1990 as the magnificent photographic book Benares Seen from Within, is now issued in a more accessible format, its text substantially revised.
                            This book is the most inclusive presentation of this extraordinary city ever attempted. It is the fruit of a lifelong interest in Benares from 1953 until the present day by an author well known for his unusual combination of reflective thought, scholarship and poetic sensibility.
                            Lannoy shows how the populace of Benares lives within a historical environment spanning at least three millennia of continuous habitation. Though now beset with all the characteristic urban ills of the age, it is arguably the oldest living city in the world to retain its original cosmic orientation. A centre of learning since antiquity, its way of life has not essentially changed until the last few years.
                            The variety and range of themes is remarkable. Lannoy explains the metaphysical substructure of the city orgazised as a microcosm of the universe. He shows how the extremely ancient cults of the pillar and the sun-wheel survive and continue to underpin the society’s ritual calendar in unbroken continuity for millennia, and gives a vivid account of how the Buddha’s life and teaching two thousand five hundred years ago had a profound influence on Benares. The city’s association with Yoga as well as with thriving commerce and weaving, the location of the uniquely central burning ghat — all under the aegis of Shiva and Kala Bhairava — the importance to the city’s economy of the pilgrim trade, are shown here to foster a distinctive blend of spirituality and worldliness.
                            Lannoy’s survey extends right up to the present, with a searching critique of the city’s troubled history of conflict between Hindus and Muslims, the politicization of the crisis between religion and secularism, and a lively account of leading personalities from Shankara to Kabir and Tulsidas, Gandhi and Anandamayi Ma. Lannoy has pondered deeply over a lifetime the significance of this venerable city, infusing these pages with the sagacity of lived experience.
                            Illustrated with many photographs by the author.

                            About Author:

                            Richard Lannoy is the author of several books on India, including The Speaking Tree: A Study of Indian Culture and Society, published by Oxford University Press in 1971 and still in print in India. He was on the founding staff of the ICA, London (1950-52), where he set up a celebrated forum, the Independent Group. He became a freelance photographer working for various international magazines, and on assignment for United Nations to the Palestinian refugee camps in Gaza (1952). He became seriously interested in India back in 1947, but began his work there, and particularly in Benares, in 1953, and on several subsequent visits until 1960, returning again in the Eighties, but completing his magnum opus on Benares in 1999. His thinking on Benares has never ceased for close on half a century, despite the infrequency of opportunities to reside there. He lives in Bath, and equally regards his work as author, photographer and painter as ways to advance a holistic view of life.

                            $30
                            Banaras: Cosmic Space of Life, Light and Twilight
                            Banaras: Cosmic Space of Life, Light and Twilight
                            Specification:
                            • Publisher : Indica Books
                            • By : Dilip Kumar 
                            • Cover : Hardcover
                            • Edition : September 10, 2014
                            • Pages : 220
                            • Weight : 650 gm.
                            • Size : 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
                            • Language : English
                            • ISBN-13 : 978-8186117187
                            • ISBN-10 : 8186117180
                            • Product Code : BK14189
                            Description:

                            Banaras: Cosmic Space of Life, Light and Twilight presents a short survey of a unique city which can be seen as various dimensions — A place of oldest civilization, A kingdom of Hindu pilgrimage, the River Ganga, A Centre for Oriental and Sanskrit studies, etc. It gives useful quantity of information and insight on the city, its history, culture; daily activities of typical inhabitants of Banaras and many more. As other tourist points located in other parts in India or the world are very much visible, in Kashi/Varanasi/Banaras people need to dive deep into its occult ocean of knowledge for true experience of ever vibrant settlement on this planet. No matter it is fade out or luminous. Enjoy Banaras!

                            About Author:

                            Dilip Kumar heretically the inhabitant of Kashi studied in Banaras Hindu University presently running a prestigious bookshop in Varanasi. Proud to say that his greatest grandfather’s family have been building contractors and helped making many of Grand Mansions and Forts in those times for those kings and Royal families of Banaras by bringing stones and boulders from Chunar mountains.

                            $22
                            Banaras, The Heritage City of India: Geography, History, and Bibliography
                            Banaras, The Heritage City of India: Geography, History, and Bibliography
                            Specification:
                            • Publisher : Indica Books
                            • By : Rana P.B. Singh
                            • Cover : Hardcover
                            • Edition : January 1, 2009
                            • Pages : 457
                            • Weight : 650 gm.
                            • Size : 8.5 x 5.2 x 1.1 inches
                            • Language : English
                            • ISBN-13 : 978-8186569856
                            • ISBN-10 : 8186569855
                            • Product Code : BK14188
                            Description:

                            This book describes various facets of geography, history and heritage of Varanasi, the heritage city of India, on/about which a vast historical literature is available. The section on Geography covers the general background of the topography, climate, soils, vegetation, and human landscape. The History section gives a general brief outline of history, from the ancient to the modern, including a chronological chart. The issue of inscribing the heritagescapes, especially of the riverfront ghats, on the line of UNESCO Heritage criteria, has also been fully described.
                            The Bibliography, by far the most complete up to day, contains 1,276 entries classified into 16 groups: Books, mostly in English; Research papers & essays; Persian works; Urdu sources; Sanskrit sources; Books/articles in Hindi; Marathi sources; Bengali sources; Published reports/ Government documents; Electronic publications; Films (English); Japanese sources; Unpublished dissertations; Unpublished reports; Unpublished reports (Varanasi: Inscribing Heritage Zones for WHL UNESCO); Unpublished (Undergraduate) fieldwork projects.
                            This book will serve as a major resource for Banaras studies, urban history, cultural geography, and heritage studies, and can also be used as model frame for similar heritage cities in other parts of the world.

                            About Author:

                            Prof. Rana P.B. Singh (b. 1950), PhD (1974), Professor of Cultural Geography & Heritage Studies since January 1999 at Banaras Hindu University, has been involved in studying, performing and promoting heritage planning, sacred geography and cultural astronomy, pilgrimage studies, eco-tourism and development in the Varanasi region for the last three decades, as consultant, project director, collaborator and organiser. He is widely recognized as one of the main authorities on the city of Banaras.

                            $28
                            Banaras Region A Spiritual and Cultural Guide (Pilgrimage & cosmology series)
                            Banaras Region A Spiritual and Cultural Guide (Pilgrimage & cosmology series)
                            Specification:
                            • Publisher : Indica Books
                            • By : Rana P.B Singh, Pravin S. Rana
                            • Cover : Paperback
                            • Edition : January 1, 2006
                            • Pages : 401
                            • Weight : 550 gm.
                            • Size : 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
                            • Language : English
                            • ISBN-13 : 978-8186569245
                            • ISBN-10 : 8186569243
                            • Product Code : BK14187
                            Description:

                            This book is the first compendium of cultural sites in and around Varanasi. It covers a very wide range of places and subjects and provides a huge quantity of information, being a veritable small encyclopaedia of the Banaras region.
                            The first section includes Setting, Historical background, Religious landscape, Cosmogony, Festivities, Riverside landscape, and seven detailed Area walks along the ghats and the old city. There are also sections on the cosmic circuit of Panchakroshi, Ramanagar, Sarnath, the Jain places, the Muslim sacredscapes, and the rural landscape.
                            The second section “Around Banaras” covers the sites lying at less than 80 km, like Chunar and its medieval fort; Ahraura, with an Ashokan inscription; Lekhania, having pre-historic rock paintings; Vindhyachal, the Goddess’s area; Kaithi, an ancient Shiva temple; Shitala Dham, a site of a folk goddess; Jakhini, the site of a pre-Aryan goddess; Bhadohi, a centre of carpet weaving; Sitamarhi, a site of Puranic antiquity; Jaunpur with its important Muslim monuments; Chandraprabha and Kaimur Wild life sanctuaries.
                            The third part covers the places in the range of 100-300 km, like: Allahabad, the city of the Kumbha Mela festival; Ayodhya, the place of Sri Rama; Chitrakut, Lord Rama’s halting site; Khajuraho, the city of lived monuments; Banvasi Seva Ashram, an NGO; Mundeshvari, a seventh century goddess temple; Sasaram, with a sixteenth century royal tomb; Ballia and Sonepur, sites of sacred bath and cattle fairs; Varanasi to Vaishali by road — via Ballia, Sonepur and Hajipur; Deo and Madanpur, the twelfth century Sun temples; Gaya the City of Ghostscape; Baijanath Dham, city of Shiva.
                            Rana P. B. Singh is professor in the Dept. of Geography, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, and Founding President, Society of Heritage Planning & Environmental Health.
                            Pravin S. Rana is a visiting faculty in the Dept. of History of Art & Tourism Management, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

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                            A Pilgrimage to Kashi: Banaras, Varanasi, Kashi, History, Mythology and Culture of the Most Fascinating City in India
                            A Pilgrimage to Kashi: Banaras, Varanasi, Kashi, History, Mythology and Culture of the Most Fascinating City in India
                            Specification:
                            • Product Code: BK14177
                            • Publisher : Indica Books
                            • Edition : December 1, 1999
                            • Pages : 78
                            • Weight : 500 gm.
                            • Size : 11 x 9 x 0.5 inches
                            • Cover : Paperback
                            • Auther : G. Gol
                            • Language : English
                            • ISBN-13: 978-8186569146
                              ASIN: 8186569146
                            Description:

                            “Marco Pallis was at once an incomparable authority on Buddhism, especially in its Tibetan form, a defender and protector of the Tibetan tradition in the West since the tragedies of 1951, a lover of nature and a mountain climber who first encountered Tibetan Buddhism while climbing Himalayan peaks in the 1920s, a profound student of other religions, especially Christianity, and a very accomplished musician. All of these concerns of Pallis are reflected in A Buddhist Spectrum, whose themes are woven together by the principles of tradition and, more particularly, by Buddhism. It is a Buddhist work on both religion as such and religions in their multiplicity, presented in a contemporary but traditional language. A major characteristic of the book is that it is concerned with the reality of Buddhism and not just a theoretical analysis of its ideas. A Buddhist Spectrum is a wise book while being thoroughly reliable from a scholarly point of view.
                            A Buddhist Spectrum is at once one of the most readable works on Buddhism and a major work on comparative religion and living spirituality. It is the fruit of the thoughts and meditations of a man whose authoritative exposition during several decades of religious questions in general and Buddhism in particular, especially in its Tibetan form, have had a profound influence upon many scholars and practitioners of religion in both East and West.”
                            —Seyyed Hossein Nasr, George Washington University
                            “For insight, and the beauty insight requires if it is to be effective, I find no writer on Buddhism surpassing him.”
                            – Huston Smith, Univesity of California Berkaley

                            $26
                            The House Of Kanooru
                            The House Of Kanooru
                            From Kannada's first Jnanpith award winner, a landmark of modern fiction that documents a vanishing world. When Hoovayya and Ramayya return from their studies in the city to their ancestral home, much has changed, throwing the even tenor of village life out of joint. The entry of Subbamma, the young wife of much-married Chandrayya Gowda into the House of Kanooru, sets in motion an irrevocable chain of events which signify the coming of age of a resolutely traditional society. Acutely conscious of the burden of their education amidst the torpor of manorial life, the brothers are forced to witness the descent into cruelty of Chandrayya Gowda, who breaks old familial ties, and demands an impossible fealty. The petty meanness of the Gowda s old age and the idealistic vitality of youth confront each other when Hoovayya and Ramayya both fall in love with Seethe, their childhood playmate, with disastrous consequences for the manor house of Kanooru. The epic conflicts of a decaying feudal order are seen through a multiplicity of characters, and voices that refuse to be silenced. The first stirrings of change in the lives of the Belas, the highland plantation workers and their labouring women, the proud Shudra landowners, the secretive and predatory Agrahara of the Brahmins, are dramatized by a humane eye sensitive to the slightest nuance. The House of Kanooru is ultimately a moving tribute by one of Kannada s greatest writers to the spirit of modernity. Translated from the Kannada by B.C. Ramachandra Sharma and Padma Ramachandra Sharma.
                            $35
                            The Temple of Chaunsatha yogin at Bheraghat
                            The Temple of Chaunsatha yogin at Bheraghat
                            Edition : 1978
                            Language : English
                            Size & Pages : Size 26 cm, pp. xvi, 184, Illus., 1978
                            Publisher : Agam Kala Prakashan
                            Format : Hardbound
                            $65
                            Merger of Sikkim :A New Perespectie by Sefali Raizada
                            Merger of Sikkim :A New Perespectie by Sefali Raizada
                            Author : Sefali Raizada
                            ISBN : 9789381843000
                            Edition : 2012
                            Language : English
                            Size & Pages : Size, 23 cm. pp 384-2012
                            Publisher : Swati Publications
                            Format : Hardbound
                            $39
                            Kailashnatha Temples
                            Kailashnatha Temples
                            This new cultural study by the learned authorlooks at the intersection of Hellenistic andEgyptian - Lycian art forms in the religious sphereof dynastic India that was ushered by Buddhist cult during the early Christian era. The Kailasanatha temple at Ellora (Deccan) and at Kanchipuram (Tamil Nadu) are both architectural marvels of the Dravidian style. The first one is rock-cut while the other is the earliest structural temple, both derived from Buddhist
                            $52

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