Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Hanuman’s Ramayana
A story belongs to no one person. It can have as many forms as there are tellers, it can grow and change, and each time it makes us see it afresh…
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The Book of Ram
This is my favorite book because as I wrote this book so many secrets of the epic were revealed to me. I realized I know so little. Humbling…
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The Pregnant King: By Devdutt
My only fiction…that has become a best seller over time…spreading virally without publicity…restored my faith in India’s youth with the kind of responses I got…
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HIndu India
Hinduism’s faces are several: to some it is a philosophy of life; others associate it with the Vedas, sacrifices and worship of icons; yet others acknowledge Bhagawan as the supreme lord of all beings. In India itself over 700 million people are Hindus: orthodox, reformist, philosophically inclined or a combination of all. Hinduism, as a…
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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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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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LAKSHMI, the Goddess of Wealth and Fortune: An Introduction
Lakshmi, the goddess of material abundance, affluence, authority and auspiciousness, is the most popular goddess of the Hindu pantheon. An understanding of her helps in appreciating the Hindu attitude towards wealth and power…
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The Goddess in India: The Five Faces of the Eternal Feminine
The first exhaustive collection of goddess mythologies from India…
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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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Devi, the Mother Goddess: An Introduction
This is an attempt to understand the meaning of goddess worship in our time…
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