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 17 Jun 2019 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Speaking of Siva
Edited and translated by A.K. Ramanujan
Published by Pengiun Books, England - 1973

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Speaking of Siva is a book of vacanas. A vacana is a religious lyric in Kanna... Read More
 16 Jun 2019 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Purandara and the Haridasa Movement
By M.V. Krishna Rao
Published by Karnatak University, Dharwar - 1966

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Fountainhead of Carnatic music
By G.Dwarkanath
Published in The Hindu - December 02, 20... Read More
 15 Jun 2019 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The Srikara Bhashya
Being the Virasaiva Commentary On The Vedanta Sutras
By Sripati (ca. 14th century)
Edited by Rao Bahadur C. Hayavadana Rao
Printed at The Bangalore Press, Bangalore - 1936

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 10 Jun 2019 Article/Essay
Essay:
The Secret of the Veda
By Professor Subhash Kak
Published in Medium - Apr 14,2019

Most people are perplexed about the Vedas. Very few have read them, and those who have find them difficult to understand. They can’t make sense of its many divinities, sacrifices, rituals, riddles and para... Read More
 25 Jun 2017 Rare Photographs
View from the east towards the Jagannatha Temple, Puri, with the bazaar in the foreground - 1892

Photograph of the Jagannatha Temple, Puri from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections, taken by William Henry Cornish in c.1892. Puri is one of the holiest places of Hinduism and is particula... Read More
 25 Jun 2017 Rare Paintings
Painting of the Jagannatha temple at Puri - 1820

Watercolour depicting the Jagannatha temple at Puri by an anonymous artist, c. 1820. Inscribed on album page: 'Temple at Juggernauth'.

Puri is one of the cardinal centres of pilgrimage for Hinduism and is particularly revered by the Vaishnavas as... Read More
 25 Jun 2017 Rare Photographs
Entrance to the Jagannatha Temple, Puri - 1865

Photograph of the Lion Gateway (Singhadwara) of the Jagannatha Temple at Puri from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections: India Office Series (volume 21, 'a' numbers), taken by Henry Dixon in the early 1860s. Puri, a town on the east coast ... Read More
 25 Jun 2017 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Mysticism In The Temple Of Jagannath At Puri Orissa
By Servus Servorum
Published by Satgrantha Prachar Sangha, Ganjam - 1950

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Temple of Jugannath at Puri - 1847

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 25 Jun 2017 Rare Paintings
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The Great Temple of Jagannath and procession, Puri in Orissa) - 1820

Pencil drawing of the procession at the Great Temple of Jagannatha at Puri in Orissa, part of the MacKenzie Collection, dated September 1820. Inscribed on front in ink: 'View of the Temple & Procession at Pooree, Septr, ... Read More
 25 Jun 2017 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
PURI
Bengal District Gazetteer
By L.S.S. O’Malley
Printed by Superintendent, Government Press, Patna - 1929

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Panorama of the Great Temple of Jagannath, Puri in Orissa, taken from the we... Read More
 25 Jun 2017 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
History Of The Jagannath Temple
By Sir Hans Singer
First published by A.N.Dwivedi in 1958

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Procession at the Great Temple of Jagannath, Puri, Orissa -July 1818

Watercolour of the proces... Read More
 25 Jun 2017 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Lord Jagannatha in Indian Religious Life
Written by Bulloram Mullick
Edited by Dr.H.C.Das
First published in Calcutta - 1892

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Jagannatha, Balabhadra, and Subhadra in the Jagannatha Temple
India, Odisha (Orissa), Puri, circa 187... Read More
 23 Jun 2017 Rare Photographs
Temple with sculptured façades near the Chennakeshvara Temple at Belur - 1865

Photograph of a temple with sculptured façades near the Chennakeshva Temple at Belur from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections: India Office Series (volume 24: 'a' numbers), taken by Henry Dixon in the 1860s.... Read More
 23 Jun 2017 Rare Photographs
South entrance, Chenna Kesava Temple, Belur - 1895

This photograph of the Chennakeshava Temple, Belur taken in the 1890s by an unknown photographer, is from the Curzon Collection's 'Souvenir of Mysore Album'.This temple was built at the behest of the Hoysalan king Vishnuvardhana in 1117 AD. The ... Read More
 23 Jun 2017 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The Kesava Temple At Belur - Volume 1
By Ramanujapuram Narasimhachar
First published in Volume 63 of Indian Historical Researches - 1911

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 22 Jun 2017 Rare Photographs
Carved friezes at base of the Keshava Temple shrine at Somnathpur - 1865

Photograph of a detail of carved friezes at base of the Keshava Temple shrine at Somnathpur, taken by an unknown photographer in the 1860s from the 'Photograph album of Major General Jackson Muspratt Muspratt-Williams'. The... Read More
 22 Jun 2017 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
The Kesava Temple At Somanathapur - Volume 2
By Ramanujapuram Narasimhachar
First published in Volume 64 of Indian Historical Researches - 1916

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 21 Jun 2017 Rare Photographs
Details of carvings at the Prasanna Chennakesava temple, Somnathpur - 1895

This photograph of the Prasanna Chennakesava temple, Somnathpur taken in the 1890s by an unknown photographer, is from the Curzon Collection's 'Souvenir of Mysore Album'. The Keshava Temple at Somnathpur near Mysore, comp... Read More
 21 Jun 2017 Rare BOOKS
Digital Book :
The Yoga Upanishads
By T.R. Srinivasa Ayyangar
Edited by Pandit S.Subrahmanya Sastri
Published by The Adyar Library, Madras - 1938

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A marble figure of a Jina
Gujarat or Rajasthan, circa 11th... Read More
 20 Jun 2017 Rare BOOKS
Digital Rare Book:
Studies In Indian Temple Architecture
By Pramod Chandra
Published American Institute of Indian Studies - 1975

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Photograph of the shrine of the Kailasanatha Temple, Chingleput District, K... Read More
 16 Jun 2017 Rare Paintings
Brihadishvara temple at Thanjavur - 1785

Watercolour of the Brihadishvara temple at Thanjavur with a tank in the foreground, by Elisha Trapaud (1750-1828), c.1785.

Thanjavur was established and used by the Chola rulers in the 9th-12th centuries; it later became a Nayaka stronghold in the 16th-1... Read More