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Indian Mythology

  • Tales From the Land of Jagannatha

    Tales From the Land of Jagannatha

    There are 30 short essays in this book. They were written by renowned mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik over a ten-year period and published in various publications…

  • The Adornment of Gods

    The Adornment of Gods

    Rare Objects from the Amrapali Collection…

  • Garuda Purana

    Garuda Purana

    and Other Hindu Ideas on Death, Rebirth & Immortality…

  • Dharm Aur Samlaingikta/धर्म और समलैंगिकता

    Dharm Aur Samlaingikta/धर्म और समलैंगिकता

    हमारे देश में एक संस्था है क्वीयर हिन्दू अलायंस, जो समलैंगिकता और हिन्दू धर्म के …

  • The Stories We Tell: Mythology to Make Sense of Modern Lives

    The Stories We Tell: Mythology to Make Sense of Modern Lives

    In The Stories We Tell: Mythology to Make Sense of Modern Lives, renowned mythologist Devdutt …

  • Hope: Wisdom to Survive in a Hopeless World

    Hope: Wisdom to Survive in a Hopeless World

    Have you lost all hope? Does the world feel bleak and unforgiving? The pandemic crisis …

  • Marriage: 100 Stories Around India’s Favourite Ritual

    Marriage: 100 Stories Around India’s Favourite Ritual

    Marriage, by mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik, brings together stories from Vedic, Puranic, Tamil, and Sanskrit literature, …

  • Dharma Artha Kama Moksha: 40 Insights for Happiness

    Dharma Artha Kama Moksha: 40 Insights for Happiness

    Artha-shastra is about generating food, i.e. wealth, by creating goods and services; Kama-shastra is about …

  • Pilgrim Nation: The Making of Bharatvarsh

    Pilgrim Nation: The Making of Bharatvarsh

    Before nationalists and patriots, before colonizers and invaders, before emperors and kings, India was woven …

  • Hindu Trinity: 21 Life-enhancing Secrets Revealed Through Stories and Art

    Hindu Trinity: 21 Life-enhancing Secrets Revealed Through Stories and Art

    In the living tradition that is Hinduism, divinity manifests as the Goddess, who embodies the …

  • Aranyaka: Book of the Forest

    Aranyaka: Book of the Forest

    In the wilderness of humanity, In the forests of the mind, Who eats whom? Who …

  • Wisdom of the Gods for You and Me: My Gita and My Hanuman Chalisa

    Wisdom of the Gods for You and Me: My Gita and My Hanuman Chalisa

    Hindu mythology is vast and voluminous. There is so much we don’t know or has …

  • Yoga Mythology: 64 Asanas and Their Stories

    Yoga Mythology: 64 Asanas and Their Stories

    The popular names of many yogic asanas – from Virbhadra-asana and Hanuman-asana to Matsyendra-asana, Kurma-asana …

  • Faith: 40 Insights into Hinduism

    Faith: 40 Insights into Hinduism

    Why are Hindus so ritualistic? Why do they worship idols? Were Hindus always casteist? Are …

  • Ramayana Versus Mahabharata: My Playful Comparison

    Ramayana Versus Mahabharata: My Playful Comparison

    Ideas in this book are distributed over 56 chapters. In temples ritual, Vishnu is offered 8 different meals daily, different on all seven days of the week–56 dishes in all. May each chapter serve as a mouthwatering offering to the Vishnu within you…

  • Shyam: An Illustrated Retelling of the Bhagavata

    Shyam: An Illustrated Retelling of the Bhagavata

    This book seamlessly weaves the story from Krishna’s birth to his death, or rather from his descent to the butter-smeared world of happy women to his ascent from the blood-soaked world of angry men…

  • Devlok 3: With Devdutt Pattanaik

    Devlok 3: With Devdutt Pattanaik

    After the enormous success of the first two seasons of EPIC Channel’s Devlok with Devdutt Pattanaik, India’s favourite mythologist is back with a third instalment to answer these questions and more, this time delving deeper into Hinduism and other religions as well!…

  • My Hanuman Chalisa

    My Hanuman Chalisa

    Reflecting on one of Hinduism’s most popular prayer for positive energy Acclaimed mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik demystifies the Hanuman Chalisa for the contemporary reader. His unique approach makes the ancient hymn accessible, combined as it is with his trademark illustrations…