Gods and Goddesses of India: Vishnu

by B K Chaturvedi

Lord Vishnu: the most revered deity of the Hindu Pantheon, is described to be having his permanent abode in water: Why? Why has he become the all-powerful, all-knowing God having the exclusive potency to incarnate his various forms to redeem the earth of its distress? Why he alone is the slayer of maximum number of demons? Why did he never give any boon to a demon unlike his other two companions of the Supreme Trinity-viz; Brahm Why Lakshmi, the Goddess of all riches, is his consort? Find answer to all these queries in this Book encompassing not only a logical interpretation of this deity's omnipotence but also the Sanskrit/Hindi texts and their Hindi/English translations of all the hymns, orisons, art is etc; praising him.

About the Author:

B K Chaturvedi born in a reputed family had his education in Allahabad and Bangalore. His is now a free lance author, journalist and translator based in New Delhi. He has many articles/poems and books published in both Hindi and English to his credit. Prominent among them are the metered-verse English translation of the famous epic of modern Hindi, Kamayani. A prolific writer, he often writes for TV and Radio.