Hindu Gods and Goddesses

This book makes available basic information about the Hindu pantheon of Gods in a simple and attractive manner. Information about the origin of each deity, its various forms, relationship with other deities, and the important shrines, is given in a condensed manner. There is a deliberate variety in the visuals of the book, to highlight the diversity in the understanding of the individuals. It has also added a lot of colour and ethnic charm to the crisp text. Every effort has been made to source as many Indian art forms as possible: sculptures of stone, wood, metal, clay, miniatures, pattachitra, madhubani, tanjore, phas, kalamkari, warli etc., to show the unifying principle underlying the work of the various artists. However diverse the understanding of any artist may be about a deity, one can still see the basic fundamental representations in the hundred visuals in the book.