About the Author:
Dr. Gupta is an established writer on Hindu mythology and has published 7 books on the subject. Her latest book is a comprehensive volume on Festivals, Fairs and Fasts of India. Four of her books have already gone into second edition. She obtained a Ph.D. in Botany from the university of Delhi, and a Ph.D. in Oriental Archaeology from the Martin-Luther University, Halle wittenberg, Germany. As an Ethnobotanist she has done considerable work on plant myths and rituals, and a survey of plants sculptured on Hindu, Buddhist and Jain temples of India.
Contents:
LIST OF ILLUSTRATION 1. MANIFESTATIONS OF SHIVA 2. ICONOGRAPHY OF SHIVA 3. SHIVA MARRIES PARVATI 4. MAHASHIVARATRI, THE FESTIVAL OF REPENTANCE 5. SOME INTERESTING LEGEND 6. PARVATI ACCEPTS SHUKRA AS SON 7. SHIVA AS ARDHANARISHVARA 8. SHAKTI, THE AUSPICIOUS GODDESS 9. NATARAJA BIBLIOGRAPHY GLOSSARY INDEX
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