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Hardcover. Zustand: New. The book takes the reader on a journey inside the Sri Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane, Chennai. It is one of the oldest and most famous temples in Tamil Nadu and is of the 108 Divya Desams restored by a King of the Pallava dynasty. The book is a well-researched and comprehensive tome on the five thousand-year-old temple. It provides fascinating insights into its history and legend while tracing the evolution of both Chennai and the Triplicane are. Rich in detail, it includes vivid descriptions of various sculptures, shrines, deities, Vimanams, Gopurams and rituals; including the annual festival (Pagalpathu and Rapathu). The clear and simple narrative transports the reader right into the heart of its time-honoured traditions and bustling activities, making him or her part of the divine atmosphere of the Sri Parthasarathy temple.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Human adaptation to high altitude has been an interesting area of research in physical anthropology, physiology, as well as in medical sciences. The question on 'how human adapt to high altitude environments?' receives considerable attention from researchers because of the distinctive characteristics of high altitude environment. This book is a brief presentation of a comparative-quantitative research which was carried out among the Monpas of West Kameng and Tawang districts in Arunachal Pradesh from September 2012 to August 2015 with an objective to understand the adaptation pattern of the Monpas vis-a-vis other high altitude (e.g., Andean and Tibetan) populations. It focuses on the analyses of those variables that by and large fall within the field of physiological anthropology (Physiological, and Hematological characteristics); other traits i.e., skin fold thickness, body fat (fat%, fat-mass, fat-free mass), and BMI are also selected for the purpose of analysis. The author invites the readers to be generous in their critical appreciation, forgiving the limitations they might find in some places, but exploring the insightful findings this book presents.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. The increasing erosion in the right bank of the Padma in the Moribund delta region of Murshidabad district, West Bengal is becoming the nightmare for the people of the area. The Padma is the principal river of the region and controls total drainage system of the area by oscillation and change of its course. As the Padma is a meandering river, bank erosion followed by flood is the common phenomenon. But indiscriminate drawal of water in the upper reaches of the Ganga, deforestation and most importantly construction of Farakka Barrage has aggravated the dimension of river bank erosion. Areas near the Padma have seriously been affected by the changing course of the mother river or its distributaries. In the present treaties author has tried to focus and highlight through empirical data that the study area according to intensity of erosion has been divided.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 'Social Justice' and 'Reservation' are the words which have motivated the Indian society and politics right from the days of Independence of the country in August 1947 and the dream amply reflected in our polity and constitution as well to realise in days to come. Over the years and decades, the theme of both-social justice and reservation evaporated gradually, becoming today merely a political slogan to gain political power in this multi-ethnic, multi-cultural nation whose only strength is its unity in diversity. In addition, the coming and expansion of globalisation from 1980s has exposed the inherent weaknesses of polity and its limited reach with vast opportunities but shrinking government jobs where reservation is to be applied for socially, economically and educationally disadvantageous groups. In the prevailing situation omnipresence of corruption, illiteracy and social divisions have put the justice everywhere in danger posing a challenge for the polity itself.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Sufism is in tune with Secularism. The founders of Sufis came from a mixed urban population and their ideals of tolerance were born out of their experience in interacting with people of other faiths. Sufism is an adoptive and universal creed. Sufis were far ahead of their time and accepted any faith into their fold. Sufis advocated tolerance and encouraged interfaith harmony. Sufi mystics lived in multicultural societies and many of their followers were Sikhs, Hindus, or Muslims. Bulleh Shah breaks down the division between Hinduism and Islam to claim that all holy men belonged to the human order and should thus be embraced by all humans equally. Some of the Sufi writings have been liberally included in the holy book for Sikhs. One of the most interesting observations about Sufis is that they encouraged their disciples to separate politics and spirituality. Sufism decrees "that Mosque and State must be separated, but not in order to preserve the State, but in order to preserve religion or spirituality itself" (Sofia, ASufi Metamorphosis).

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Among the "contemporary primitives", the Kharias has been occupied an important position in the anthropological literature. The present study Habitat, Economy and Society of the Kharias of Odisha is an attempt to understand the relationship between Kharia social organization and their habitat. The fieldwork for the present study was carried out in different phases in 1995-1999 in Similipal of Mayurbhanj district of the than Orissa now Odisha. Understanding of such a relationship requires analysis of the productive forces, material culture, and technology and value system associated with the exploration of natural resources. It is the economic relations, which provide the needed linkage between society and environment. Thus, the focus of the study centres around three important interrelated dimensions i.e. habitat, economy and society. For this, a detail understanding of the physical environment of the Kharia would act as the point of departure.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. The Periya Puranam is a part of the large corpus of Shaiva canonical works. It was compiled by Sekkizhar, who was both poet and the Chief Minister in the court of the Chola King, Kulothunga II or AnabhayaCholan. The king himself was a staunch devotee of Lord Nataraja at Chidambaram. As minister Sekkizhar had complete access to information on the lives of the Shaivite saints or Nayanmars. Sekkizhar used the data and put together the Periya Puranam. The epic was written in the Thousand Pillared Hall of the Chidambaram temple. Sekkizhar proved to be the best choice, as he was noted for his literary expressions and neutrality while interpreting sayings. His devotion to Lord Shiva and the 63 Nayanmars, was unparalleled and unquestionable. This book is a prose version of the lives of the 63 saints. It is a wonderful source for Tamilians and non-Tamilians alike seeking to know more about Shaivite saints and the meaning of devotion.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. The book is come and quietly elementary approach oriented book of Indo Bangladesh studies. Actually the book has phenomenological objectivity of socio political common History of India Bangladesh. The book is a picture of India Bangladesh. The origin of Indo Bangladesh, Cultural identity explored by this book. Bangladesh studies is a part and parcel of Indology. The history of Indo Bangladesh is common source oriented. The Anthropological entity of Indo Bangladesh is multicultural. Phenomenological objectivity of this book had History, Culture, Art, Anthropology, Archaeology, Political Science and Economics oriented. Ancient period, Muslim Rule, British Rule, Partition of India, Creation of Pakistan, Language Movement, Election of 1954, Marshal Law of Pakistan, Education Movement, 6 Point Movement, The Mass Movement of 1969, General Election of 1970, Liberation War of 1971, Geopolitical Realities of Bangladesh, Climate, Agriculture.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. The book entitled 'Hill Kharia and Health Care Practices: Perspectives and Problems'disseminates the health care practices as well as disease aetiology prevalent among the Hill Kharia population in the Indian state of West Bengal. The Hill Kharia is classified as the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) in some of the Indian states and also identified as a vulnerable population in the present context, although the community does not hold the said designation in the state of West Bengal. The present study highlights the habitat, ecology and traditional health care practices in their cultural milieu along with the accessibility and availability of modern health care facilities and programmes in the close vicinity. The field work has been carried out during 2014-2019 in different phases and continued in the south-western part of West Bengal of the districts Purulia and Bankura. The topic covered indigenous notions of health care, healer and healing practices; ethnomedicinal practices, ethno-botanical knowledge; child rearing and pregnancy care practices etc. prevailing among the Hill Kharia community.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. This book, An Intellectual and Cultural History of India in Modern Times (From the 18th Century to the Present), contains chapters on the essence of the present world of science and the state of historical Studies, and the growth of science and technology in India in modern times along with deeper studies on the impact of the British rule in India, Indian Renaissance, Gandhism, Islamic ideology for the creation of Pakistan, Indian communism, secularism, urbanization, modern Indian painting, music and dance. Explorations have also been made in the domains of the societal ideas of Gandhiji and Ambedkar; Gandhiji's environmentalism, Vivekananda's Neo-Vedantism, Rabindranath Tagore's philosophy of Nature, life and culture; philosophical and political thought of Netaji and Nehru. In the conclusion, a review has been made of India's contribution to world civilization.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. The Book entitled "Socio-Economic and Cultural Life of Santals and Mundas Tribes" makes an indepth study of two major tribes of India. It makes an analytical study on the life of Santals and Mundas Tribes mainly through observations, field study and primary and secondary sources. It analyses the basic concepts of both the tribes pertaining to their Socio-economic and Cultural aspects. In this book analysis of their origin, sojourn, original homeland and dispersal has been made. It comprehensively deals with the comparative study of both the tribes pertaining to their socio-economic and cultural life. While dealing with these tribes their myths, folk songs, folk tales and inscriptions have been taken into consideration. A long with socio-economic and cultural life, the different theories on their origin and original homeland have been critically examined. In the analysis of social structure of both the tribes, a valuable information have been collected by examining their settlement and housing pattern, family and marriage organizations, kinship and clan institutions, birth and death rituals, position of women and their role in the society. Their food and drinks, dress and ornaments and hair style tattoo mark have been examined.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. The concept of ecology and its role play an integral part in the development of culture and civilization of human beings. The Vedas and other Brahminical literatures universally acknowledged everything of nature which is embodied under the sun. The Vedas and other literatures deal with knowledge and the knowledge covers both ecological and philosophical aspects of nature. The oldest and simplest form of nature-worship finds expression in Vedic texts. Many scholars have come to the conclusion that the Vedas are primarily concerned with cosmology, however, they are not in a position to show that Vedic cosmology has the solutions to the most difficult problems of modern cosmology. As Sanskrit literature is so wide we refer here mainly to Vedic texts, particularly the Vedic Samhitas, Upanishads and Epics for our study of ecological awareness. The living organisms can be grouped into three types those living mainly on land, in water and in air.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Perhaps Assam is a stranger to the world Buddhist family when it comes to Buddhism and Buddhist practice. Then this landmass has been a place of tantric and Theravada Buddhism alongside Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Sufism, and 15th-century Neo-Vaishnavism of Srimanta Sankardev since the time immemorial. This book beautifully portrays the Theravada practices of the Tai Buddhist communities, viz, Phake, Khamti, Khamyang, Aiton, and Turung, living in Assam with a brief account of Buddhist philosophy and Buddhist history of Assam. The work is an outcome of the author's arduous research on these communities through the lens of Buddhist philosophy and practices.