title: Indian Mythology: Tales, Symbols, and Rituals from the Heart of the Subcontinent
author:  Devdutt Pattanaik 
description: "Further calls on the ability of the Western mind to see from another point of view." (<i>ForeWord, 2004, Vol.7 No.1</i>)<br /><br />"I cannot praise this book highly enough. Pattanaik is a gifted teacher and writer." (<i>Alicia Elkins, Rambles, May 2004</i>)
zlib_text: 7 SECRETS
  FROM
  HINDU
  CALENDAR ART
  Devdutt Pattanaik is a medical doctor by education, a leadership consultant
  by profession, and a mythologist by passion. He writes and lectures
  extensively on the relevance of stories, symbols and rituals in modern life.
  He has written over fifteen books, which include 7 Secrets of Hindu
  Calendar Art (Westland), Myth=Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology
  (Penguin), Book of Ram (Penguin), Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the
  Mahabharata (Penguin).
  To know more visit devdutt.com
  
  7 SECRETS
  FROM
  HINDU
  CALENDAR ART
  DEVDUTT
  PATTANAIK
  
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  First e-pub edition: 2009
  First published by westland ltd 2009
  Copyright © Devdutt Pattanaik 2009
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  978-93-86224-02-6
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