Durga Rahasya: A Key to the Eternal FeminineAbout the book: An initiate of the late Swami Venkatesananda, Durga Rahasya builds on the insights vouchsafed by him. It brings out the cosmological, anthropolo gical and existential meaning of the text via the three tales. The Introduc tion unravels the stories syntactically together with the lauds in a relaxed semiotic rhythm, supplementing with a commentary cultural and trans cultural in five brief chapters enabling insights on the Eternal Feminine

Yang Cheng was granted his request by the abashed Emperor

Apart from Lord Ganesha's carvings the beautiful conch also contains some floral depictions

The figure of the great devotee is given a resplendent and detail treatment with some exquisite sculptural designs

The Kalamkari painting derives its name from kalam or pen

It also helps in concentration during meditation

with his left foot elegantly raised and the right foot on a prostrate figure

Manu approached his father Brahma and prayed to him to rescue the earth

Parvati combined these six babies into one with six faces

the great Casanova

Lord Krishna is shown here fitting the bangles on the hand of Radha

Quartz Crystal Mala

practitioners add extra counters to their malas