7 Secrets Of Vishnu

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TITLE: 7 Secrets Of Vishnu

AUTHOR: Devdutt Pattanaik

PUBLICATION DATE: 20 October 2022 (UK)

PRICE: UK£17.50, US$19.77

ISBN: 9789395073189

GENRE: Non-fiction

PAGES: 232

BINDING: Paperback

IMPRINT: Westland

TERRITORY: World

RELEASE TYPE: Original

 

ABOUT THE BOOK

Examining the different myths and rituals about Lord Vishnu and his avatars, this book uncovers the ancient wisdom inherited over generations which still hold relevance today.

Vishnu is God who inspires man to discover humanity by engaging with the world. Artists have visualized him with as curly-haired, dark complexioned man with a smile on his lips and a sparkle in his eyes. Draped in yellow silk, garlanded with forest flowers, bedecked with dolphin-shaped earrings, anointed with sandal paste, he reclines on a thousand-hooded serpent that floats on the ocean of milk and rides a golden hawk bearing in his arms a conch-shell, a wheel, a mace and a lotus. Poets say that when he is awake, the world takes shape; when he is asleep, the world ceases to be. Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, follows him wherever he goes. To him is made offerings of rich creamy butter. Locked in the stories, symbols and rituals of Vishnu is the wisdom of the ancestors, transmitted over hundreds of years. This book attempts to unlock seven secrets that are relevant even in modern times.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Devdutt Pattanaik is a physician turned leadership consultant, mythologist and author whose works focus largely on the areas of myth, mythology and also management. He is former chief belief officer of Future Group, and writes a column for the newspaper Mid-Day.