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| Vedic Books features some very special books on travel, mostly related to travels involving pilgrimage and spiritual quests. Discover Divine places within and without. Explore Kailash, Manasarovar, other ancient and holy abodes, sit under your local Banyan tree and travel with us far and wide and then travel with us within to the source of all. |
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Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati |
Significance of Vimanam & Gopuram |
$9.95 $5.97 |
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| Significance Of Vimanam and Gopuram explains temple culture and the subtleties of Temple architecture with special reference to the importance of Vimanam (roof member of inner sanctum) and Gopuram (the entrance gateway to a temple complex) is discussed in this book. This is a book that should necessarily be read by one and all who visit the Temple of India.
About the Author:Born in the year 1927, at Pillayarpatti, a village near Karaikudi, Tamilnadu, Dr. V. Ganapati... |
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Anna K. Chacko |
A Journey out of India |
$18.49 $11.09 |
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| A Journey out of India is a touching memoir, which describes the author’s life experiencing the joys and vicissitudes of growing up in a world of affluence followed by a period of privation.
The book touches upon many issues relevant in today’s world: childhood, family, identity, sexual awakening, women, culture, and religious differences. Using events, memories, and pain and discovery as multiple colours on her layered palette, the author creates a sensual, impressionistic account of her... |
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Rashmila Shakya, Scott Berry |
From Goddess to Mortal : The True Life Story of a Former Royal Kumari |
$35.49 $21.29 |
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| Reading this book is like traveling into the realms of very loving, genuine and thrilling experience of a living goddess. This book is a bridge that links the world of innocence with the world of experience. It also shows a unique and rare combination of innocence and power as reflected through the narratives of Rashmila Shakya as told to Scott Berry.
From Goddess to Mortal is a biography of Rashmila Shakya who was fortunate enough to live two different lives in one lifespan. It’s the story... |
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Indian Railways |
Trains at a Glance (Current Edition) |
$2.95 $1.77 |
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| 'Trains at a glance' is an annual publication produced by indian railways, it is about the size of an A4 sheet of paper and has about 230 pages, it contains details of about 1200 trains in all parts of india including fares.
It has all the info you need about indian railways and is well laid out and easy to read, it is essential for independant travel around india.
Table of Contents:
Trains At a Glance
How to Use The Time Table
Route Map With Table Number ... |
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Sudeshna banerjee |
Durga Puja |
$24.99 $14.99 |
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| The book is an introduction to Durga Puja, the grandest festival in eastern India, a celebration that provides a glimpse into the rich cultural heritage of Bengal. It is also a ready reckoner of all aspects of the Puja-its mythical origins, its socio-cultural evolution, its economic ramifications and its elaborate rituals. Spiced up with anecdotes and trivia collected from journals and newspapers from the 19th century to the present day, It is a compendium of knowledge associated with the... |
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Steven Darian |
Ganges in Myth and History |
$18.99 $11.39 |
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| No river has kindled Man's imagination like the Ganges. From its icy
origins high in the Himalayas, this sacred river flows through the holy cities
and the great plains of northern India to the Bay of Bengal. In a country where
the red heat of summer inspires prayer for the coming monsoon, the life-giving
waters of the Ganges have assumed legendary powers in the form of the Hindu
goddess Ganga, the source of creation and abundance. Pilgrims flock to her
shores to cleanse and purify... |
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Tourist Guide to South India |
$7.99 $4.79 |
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| Tourist Guide to South India covers the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. Over 1,500 places of interest are described and categorized according to state. It includes information on temples, mosques, churches, building, museums, historical and ancient sites, parks, botanical gardens, aquariums, handicraft centers, cultural centers (dance and song), ashrams, beaches, zoos, festivals, shopping, art galleries, libraries, caves, waterfalls, wildlife sanctuaries, hill... |
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H.Daniel Smith |
Handbook of Hindu Gods, Goddesses and Saints |
$46.99 $28.19 |
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| The thirty-five brief essays in this book provide glimpses of the variety that is most characteristic of Hinduism in urban south India today.
By examination, selected objects widely revered in contemporary Dravidian
country ³ gods, goddesses, historical figures, sacred plants and stones are
discussed.
The expert integration into each essay of K.S. Ramu`s line drawings serves as
vivid illustrations to the text.
About the Author:
H. Daniel Smith is perhaps best known... |
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David Crow |
In Search of the Medicine Buddha |
$18.49 $11.09 |
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| Appealing to all those interested in exotic places and genuine mystical encounters, this decade-long search for authentic medical wisdom evokes the beauty and wonder of a faraway land and reveals a hidden world of powerful and important healing knowledge.
Classical healing systems are repositories of valuable insights into urgent medical problems. These philosophies teach the interrelatedness of body and Earth, inseparability of consciousness and matter and our relationship with plants. The... |
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Charles Bell |
The People of Tibet |
$14.95 $8.97 |
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| The present book is an attempt to speak about the life of the Tibetan
people in their own homes. Shut-off from the outer world by their immense
mountain barriers Tibet still presented a virgin field of enquiry. There has
been little change in the inner life of the people during the last thousand
years.
About the Author:
Sir Charles Bell
was born in calcutta in 1870 and educated in England at Winchester
and Oxford. He joined the Indian Civil Service.... |
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Peter Matthiessen |
The Snow Leopard |
$28.00 $16.80 |
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| When Matthiessen went to Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and, possibly, to glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard, he undertook his five-week trek as winter snows were sweeping into the high passes. This is a radiant and deeply moving account of a "true pilgrimage, a journey of the heart."
In the autumn of 1973, the writer Peter Matthiessen set out in the company of zoologist George Schaller on a hike that would take them 250 miles into the heart of the Himalayan region of Dolpo,... |
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Rudrangshu Mukherjee |
India Then and Now |
$149.00 $89.40 |
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| India lives in many centuries. Discover the majesty and sweep of India's rich cultural and historical heritage, replete with the people, events and places that have contributed the chequered mosaic of India's past. Featured in this exquisite book, India Then and Now gives rare and never-before-seen vintage photographs from some of the finest collections across the world. The vibrant and ever-changing cultural landscape of contemporary India is also featured in a series of... |
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Koko Singh |
Driving holidays in the Himalayas Himachal |
$30.99 $18.59 |
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| The breezy style of Driving Holidays in the Himalayas, encompassing potted histories, insights into culture and customs, not to mention suggestions of where to take picnic breaks en route, makes for an enjoyable read.
This book includes:
• Detailed itineraries with costs • Driving maps for all sectors and a large state foldout map • Recommendations for accommodation and food • An expert’s guide to trekking • Discount coupons for meals at leading hotels and restaurants... |
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Paul Bauer |
Himalayan Campaign |
$10.99 $6.59 |
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| The exciting tale of the first two German expeditions to Kangchenjunga brings vividly to life the conditions of life in the subcontinent at the time.
At this time, India was part of the British Empire, but this was not an obstacle for the German team. "Our personal relationship with the English presented no problems.. We felt at home... with the British.. made a strict rule never to discuss religion or politics.. one can understand whey I smiled to myself when the British Consul-General... |
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John Lall |
Taj Mahal and Mughal Agra |
$22.95 $13.77 |
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| The Taj Mahal, one of the world's acknowledged wonders, represents the culmination of the arts of architecture and decoration which had developed in India during centuries of Mughal rule. In this book, John Lall briefly traces the history of the Mughals in India. The account of the lives of the six great Mughal emperors has been enlivened by a lucidly written text which successfully recreates the spirit of the time and place. The greatness of the Mughals has been vividly captured by the... |
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Maithily Jagannathan |
South Indian Hindu Festivals and Traditions |
$27.00 $16.20 |
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| The book on Hindu customs and traditions puts together
everyday beliefs, practices, observances, and etiquette of living a life
enriched by thousands of years of spiritual consciousness. Legend, history,
philosophy, and folk-lore are intricately linked with customs and traditions.
Hence the origin of festivals, and fasts is given through illustrations from the
epics, Puranas, traditional folk-lore. These help to clarify prayers or fasts to
deities, karmas or rituals associated with... |
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Stephen Alter |
Sacred Waters |
$18.49 $11.09 |
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| Garhwal, boasting the four sources of the Ganges River in northern India, must qualify as one of the most sacred stretches of land in the world, and novelist Stephen Alter transports us there in his travelogue Sacred Waters.
Countless pilgrims make the same trip every year, but whereas they now travel by bus, Alter does it the old-fashioned way, trekking to each of the headwaters on foot. Since this is also Alter's birthplace and childhood stomping grounds, we couldn't ask for a better guide.... |
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John Garrett |
A Classical Dictionary of India |
$25.49 $15.29 |
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| This Dictionary attempts to unfold all that anyone would want to know about Vedic, post-Vedic and classical India: its religions, mythology, pantheonic/legendary personages, schools of philosophy, sacred and secular texts, arts, antiquities, sciences, geography, rituals, customs, and the like. These besides, the dictionary includes English equivalents and definitions of a myriad of Indic (largely Sanskrit) terms.
For authenticity, the late John Garrett had drawn on key eminent Orientalists:... |
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Daniel Wright |
History of Nepal |
$18.49 $11.09 |
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| History of Nepal by Daniel Wright and translated from the Parbatiya by Munshi Shew Shunker Singh and Pandit Shri Gunanand forms part of the indispensable canon of works about the Himalayan kingdom of Nepal. Daniel Wright has his own distinctive style of writing about the people, culture, customs and history of Nepal.
In his book he talks about not only the history and geography of Nepal but also gives us an insight into the traditional instruments, songs and original manuscripts of this... |
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Swami Vimalananda |
In Indian Culture: Why do we |
$4.95 $2.97 |
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| Indian culture is admired and respected all over the world for its beauty and depth. This book features in simple terms, the various aspects of both beauty and depth in this culture. Almost every Indian custom and tradition has either a scientific, logical, historical, social or spiritual significance.
Understanding this lends meaning to an otherwise mechanical following of the customs which are often misunderstood to be mere superstitions that fade away in time. |
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