Swami Kailashanand Kailashanand Giri, Deo Datta

River of Moksha (eBook, ePUB)

Pilgrimages along the Ganga

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Ganga is a beloved and revered bearer of religious, spiritual and cultural values. To Swami Kailashanand Giri, the Ganga is his foster mother. In River of Moksha, he takes the reader on a journey to the many sacred places found along the river's course-from Gaumukh in Uttarakhand to Gangasagar in West Bengal. In an engaging and lively manner typical of the Indian katha tradition, he narrates the stories and myths that mystify and attract people to these places for ages.
Some of the stories recollected on the shores of the Ganga are Parikshit's death when he was stung by Takshak, the king of snakes; the romance of Shakuntala and Dushyant; the self-imposed exile of Vidur; the time Draupadi spent in her father's house and tales of Durvasa's many curses and boons.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789394701045
• Artikelnr.: 65311230

Autorenporträt

Acharya Mahamandleshwar Kailashanand Giri mastered the essence of innumerable religious texts at an early age. The Pithadhishwar (head) of the Niranjani Akhara, he has observed maun vrat (vow of silence) during Shravan for the past twenty-five years. He has journeyed to Mansarovar for as many as 21 times. He has dedicated his life to the cause of Ma Ganga besides serving the poor.