Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Myth = Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology
In this groundbreaking book Dr Devdutt Pattanaik, one of India’s most popular mythologists, seeks an answer to these apparent paradoxes and unravels an inherited truth about life and death, nature and culture, perfection and possibility…
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Shiva to Shankara: Giving Form to the Formless
Explains the phallic symbol of Shiva in detail…
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The Clothes of Draupadi
The disrobing of Draupadi is horrifying not simply for the terrible act of humiliating a woman in public- it is what it signifies – the collapse of dharma…
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Waves of Varuna
Water – sometimes turbulent,most times tranquil,occasionally destructive but always ever changing and fluid…
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He who rides Rats
How can something as repulsive as a rat be associated with one of our most revered gods ?…
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The Lotus and The Swan
The fact is they both cannot exist without each other and the tragedy is few people get this fundamental truth…
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How to Share in the Lord’s Delight
Sometimes,it is also about the physical,sensory,and auditory pleasures…
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Celebrating Shiva’s Holy Night
An unconventional God – an unconventional way and rituals of worship…
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The Book of Kali: By Devdutt
Compiled by my sister…based on my essays….the cover has changed though in new reprint…
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Return of the Love-God
Few have escaped being struck down by the flowery sting of his arrows,shot from an even sweeter,sugary bow !…
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Man Who Was A Woman: And Other Queer Tales from Hindu Lore
The world changes with time and with it human behavior and social law…
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Indian Mythology: Tales, Symbols and Rituals from the Heart of the Subcontinent
An exploration of 99 classic myths of India…
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HANUMAN — an Introduction
This book is an attempt to understand the imagery, ritual and philosophy associated with Hanuman worship in our time…
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VISHNU: An Introduction
This is an attempt to understand the meaning of Vishnu worship in our time…
