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Author : Malathi Rao
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book --And in Banares Flows the Ganga written by Malathi Rao and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rashmi Sanghi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3319005308
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Our National River Ganga written by Rashmi Sanghi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a plethora of information available on the river Ganga in the form of books, blogs, articles, websites, videos. Unfortunately, most of the information about this famous river is in a scattered form and reproduced from unverified sources. This contributed volume is the first multi-author volume publication on this subject. The River Ganga includes a vast array of topics written by several authors of distinction. Topics include; hydrology, tributaries, water uses, and environmental features such as river water quality, aquatic and terrestrial flora/fauna, natural resources, ecological characteristics, sensitive environmental components and more. Part I gives a basic introduction of the Ganga river. The existing data and available information from various sources has been compiled in a pictorial fashion in the form of cmaps. Its cultural importance with changing times is also discussed. Part II looks at the rich biodiversity of the Ganga Basin. It gives a detailed description of the major floral and faunal biodiversity with special emphasis on the national aquatic animal dolphin and Sunderbans, the largest mangrove wetland in the world. Part III examines ‘The Ganga Water as it flows’. It focuses on the water quality as well as its associated challenges. Part IV looks at the complexities of issues confronting the river ‘Ganga in changing times’ be it snowmelt runoff, river bank erosion hazards and hydropower assessments; how the factors of population, poverty and pollution contribute to the fate of the river. Part IV touches on economic aspects derived from the river such as business opportunities and tourism.
Author : Atula Bhāradvāja
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788190587709
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (877 download)
Download or read book Ganga: A Divinity in Flow (Forward By Amitabh Bachchan) written by Atula Bhāradvāja and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ganga Or The Ganges Is No Ordinary River. Instead She Represents The Essence Of A Civilization, Form Of A Culture And Substance Of A Faith. She Is In Fact, A Way Of Life. She Is A Living Goddess Whose Importance In The Day To Day Life Of A Believer Cannot Be Described In Words Or Through Pictures. This Book Is Only A Small But Sincere Effort To Present The Mother Ganga, Before The Reader, In All Her Varied Dimensions. This Book Is An Ode Sung In Praise Of Ganga Which Has Been Variedly Described As Waters Of Creation, Symbol Of Life, River Of India And Source Of All Knowledge. This Is Also A Pictorial Depiction Of Divinity-In-Flow And Personification-Of-Purity In The Form Of A River Which Is Stated To Have Descended From Heaven For The Emancipation Of Mankind. The Uniqueness Of The Book Is In Its Approach To The Subject. It Is Not A Focus On The Popular Destinations Of Rishikesh, Haridwar And Varanasi. Three Years Of Extensive Travel Along The 2,510 Km Long River – Right From The Gangotri Glacier (The Source Of The River), Down To The Ganga Sagar, Where It Merges Into The Bay Of Bengal, This Is A Visual Delight. Over 400 Pictures Portray The Daily Life Of Millions Of People, As The Vivacious River Flows Through Their Hearts, Day After Day, Sustaining And Purifying On Esoteric And Mundane Levels. The Inimitable Endeavour Is Reflected In The Array Of Places, People And Life Around The Divine River, As It Grows From Gentle Streams, Flows Through The Eponymous Planes Of Northern India And Is Consumed Through The Vast Delta In The Sundarbans.
Author : Assa Doron
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789382264958
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (649 download)
Download or read book Life on the Ganga written by Assa Doron and published by . This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This intriguing anthropological study investigates how the boatmen of Banaras have repositioned themselves within the traditional social organization and used their privileged position on the river to contest upper-caste and state domination. The author examines the evolution of the boatmen community, drawing on a variety of sources to illuminate the cultural politics of social and economic inequality in contemporary India. Life on the Ganga: Boatmen and the Ritual Economy of Banaras offers insight into recent debates about the cultural and historical forms of social practice and resistance at the juncture between tradition and the global economy, and will therefore appeal not only to anthropologists, but to anyone working in the field of development studies, globalization, religion, politics and cultural studies.
Author : Vatsala Sperling
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1591439086
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (914 download)
Download or read book Ganga written by Vatsala Sperling and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-11-10 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells how the Hindu goddess Ganga came to Earth as the Ganges River • Introduces children to one of the most beloved characters of Hindu mythology • Illustrated throughout with full-color paintings in traditional Indian style The Ganges River, which flows from the high reaches of the Himalayas all the way down to the Bay of Bengal, is sacred to the Hindu people, who consider it to be the earthly form of the goddess Ganga. The story of how Ganga was born, and how she became a river, tells of a journey from a place even higher than the Himalayan mountaintops--a journey from Heaven itself. Born in a pot of sacred water, the baby Ganga grows into a beautiful and lighthearted girl, the darling of Heaven. But one day her sense of humor gets her in trouble. When grumpy Sage Durvasa is caught in a whirlwind that blows his clothes right off him, Ganga makes the mistake of laughing at him. In a rage, the sage puts a curse on her: “You must go to Earth as a river!” Ganga is heartbroken and begs the sage to forgive her. He can’t take back the curse, but seeing that she is truly sorry, he gives her a blessing as well: her water will purify the souls of men, releasing them from sin. When Sage Baghirath prays to the gods to help him release the souls of his ancestors, Ganga comes tumbling from the sky and follows the sage across India, the river unfurling behind her. To this day millions of people take comfort in her healing waters, and Ganga, too, takes comfort in relieving their suffering.
Author : Earle Rice
Publisher : Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1612283683
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (122 download)
Download or read book The Ganges River written by Earle Rice and published by Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ganges is India’s holiest river. But to millions of devoted Hindus, it is much more than just a river. It is also a goddess and a benevolent mother—Ganga Ma or Great Mother. To her devotees, bathing in “Mother Ganga” washes away all sin, drinking her waters heals all illness, and dying on her banks ensures deliverance from the cycle of death and rebirth. Or so they believe. Ganga Ma begins at the Gangotri Glacier in the Himalayas. Her waters plunge spectacularly out of the lofty mountains, meander lazily across India’s broad Gangetic Plain into Bangladesh, and finally spread out fan–like with a thousand watery fingers to empty into the Bay of Bengal. For more than 1,500 miles, the watery personification of the goddess Ganga sustains life in one of the world’s most densely populated regions, and charts a spiritual course to eternal contentment for most of India’s Hindu masses.
Author : Anand Prakash
Publisher : Academic Foundation
ISBN 13 : 9788171880676
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (86 download)
Download or read book Marxism and Literary Theory written by Anand Prakash and published by Academic Foundation. This book was released on 1994 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kapil Kapoor
Publisher : Academic Foundation
ISBN 13 : 9788171880645
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (86 download)
Download or read book Language, Linguistics, and Literature, the Indian Perspective written by Kapil Kapoor and published by Academic Foundation. This book was released on 1994 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Manju Jaidka
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000933156
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)
Download or read book The Routledge Encyclopedia of Indian Writing in English written by Manju Jaidka and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-29 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, Indian writing in English is a fi eld of study that cannot be overlooked. Whereas at the turn of the 20th century, writers from India who chose to write in English were either unheeded or underrated, with time the literary world has been forced to recognize and accept their contribution to the corpus of world literatures in English. Showcasing the burgeoning field of Indian English writing, this encyclopedia documents the poets, novelists, essayists, and dramatists of Indian origin since the pre-independence era and their dedicated works. Written by internationally recognized scholars, this comprehensive reference book explores the history and development of Indian writers, their major contributions, and the critical reception accorded to them. The Routledge Encyclopedia of Indian Writing in English will be a valuable resource to students, teachers, and academics navigating the vast area of contemporary world literature.
Author : Rangoon Kapoor
Publisher : Academic Foundation
ISBN 13 : 9788171881093
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Canonical Texts Of English Literary Criticism With Selections From Classical Poeticians written by Rangoon Kapoor and published by Academic Foundation. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Śivaprasāda Miśra
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788173030543
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Tales of Banaras written by Śivaprasāda Miśra and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short stories.
Author : Molly Aloian
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0778791653
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (787 download)
Download or read book The Ganges written by Molly Aloian and published by Crabtree Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-01-15 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reveals facts about the Ganges, a river sacred to Hindus. Flowing through one of the most densely populated areas in the world, its banks are also the site of shrines, temples, and holy cities, including Varanasi, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
Author : Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook
Publisher : SkyLight Paths Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1594734720
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)
Download or read book Pilgrimage--The Sacred Art written by Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook and published by SkyLight Paths Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the many dimensions of the pilgrimage experience and change your orientation to the world. "Pilgrimage is an opportunity for pilgrims to cultivate their inner life (or inner voice) in a way that leads to a greater sense of peace and compassion--a sense that pervades all of life." --from Chapter 6, "Preparing to Practice" Pilgrimage is a spiritual practice of nearly every major religion of the world. If you are a Christian you may travel to sites associated with the life of Jesus; Jews might visit the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem and other sacred places in the Holy Land of Israel; Muslims participate in the Hajj, the journey to Mecca; Buddhists visit the sacred sites related to the life of Buddha. Even if you practice no religion at all you will still find that you most likely participate in this practice--the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC, and Lenin's tomb in Moscow are considered national pilgrimage sites. As a spiritual practice, pilgrimage transcends religious, national, cultural and linguistic boundaries. This fascinating look at the sacred art of pilgrimage integrates spirituality, practice, spiritual formation, psychology, world religions and historical resources. It examines how the world's religious pilgrimages evolved as central spiritual practices and the relationship between pilgrimage and transformation. It explains what makes a place holy, and why and how some sites are so compelling that they attract thousands, even millions of pilgrims each year.
Author : Jayasinhji Jhala
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781794336551
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Ganga Speaks written by Jayasinhji Jhala and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-18 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Writing: I navigate in the waters of a beautiful world between of the islands of anthropology, iconography, ecology, genealogy and gemnology. My feet are unsteady, always inmoving water and my head is seldom outside the clouds. So wonder tales, magic talesand nonsense tales are my sculptors. They make me. They give me body and form withwhich I am a presence in the world. These stories have become music that sustain me inmy world. Contradiction is comforting in the fluid worlds that are mine
Author : Hans Wolfgang Schumann
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120818170
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (181 download)
Download or read book The Historical Buddha written by Hans Wolfgang Schumann and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No man has had a greater inflience on the spiritual development of his people than Siddartha Gautama. Born in India in the sixth century BC into a nation hungry for spiritual experience, he developed a religious and moral teaching that, to this day, brings comfort and peace to all who practise it. This comprehensive biography examines the social, religious and political conditions that gave rise to Buddhism as we now know it.
Author : Richard Spilsbury
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN 13 : 9781403465269
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (652 download)
Download or read book Settlements of the Ganges River written by Richard Spilsbury and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2005 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores important settlements along the Ganges River from its source in the Himalayas to its mouth at the Bay of Bengal. Looks at cities such as Delhi, Allahabad, Patna and Kolkata.
Author : Sudipta Sen
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 030011916X
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Ganges written by Sudipta Sen and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping, interdisciplinary history of the world's third-largest river, a potent symbol across South Asia and the Hindu diaspora Originating in the Himalayas and flowing into the Bay of Bengal, the Ganges is India's most important and sacred river. In this unprecedented work, historian Sudipta Sen tells the story of the Ganges, from the communities that arose on its banks to the merchants that navigated its waters, and the way it came to occupy center stage in the history and culture of the subcontinent. Sen begins his chronicle in prehistoric India, tracing the river's first settlers, its myths of origin in the Hindu tradition, and its significance during the ascendancy of popular Buddhism. In the following centuries, Indian empires, Central Asian regimes, European merchants, the British Empire, and the Indian nation-state all shaped the identity and ecology of the river. Weaving together geography, environmental politics, and religious history, Sen offers in this lavishly illustrated volume a remarkable portrait of one of the world's largest and most densely populated river basins.
