.png "Library Home Page")
Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids Jumbo, an imprint of Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
This title is complete with historical and modern illustrations and photographs, as well as a glossary and a closer look at the traditional foods that can be eaten at the event. Learn all about the history and cultural significance that the exciting Holi Festival of Color event holds around the world today.
22) It's Diwali!
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
In this take-off of the counting rhyme One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, the wonders of Diwali are described.
Publisher
Harmonia Publications
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The inner voice of your soul guides your ultimate journey . . . The Gita is one of the world's most trusted, timeless guides for happiness, meditation, spiritual personal-growth and transformation. One which is ever so relevant today. Beethoven, Jung, Leonard Cohen, Gandhi -- these and so many others of the world's most brilliant scientists, creative-minds and spiritual-teachers, found the Gita a source of Wisdom and inspiration. Your happiness does...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Bhagavad Gita, perhaps the most famous of all Indian scriptures, is universally regarded as one of the world's spiritual and literary masterpieces. Richard Davis tells the story of this venerable and enduring book, from its origins in ancient India to its reception today as a spiritual classic that has been translated into more than seventy-five languages. The Gita opens on the eve of a mighty battle, when the warrior Arjuna is overwhelmed by...
25) The Diwali gift
Author
Publisher
3 Curious Monkeys
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Happy Diwali Suno! When a mysterious package arrives from her Dadima, Suno and her friends-- Dekho and Jaano--get swept up in the excitement and wonder of the Diwali Gift! Sparkly, auspicious, and precious, the 3 Curious Monkeys discover it's the little things that make Diwali the most special holiday of all"--Page 2 of dust jacket.
30) Divali
Author
Publisher
Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Colorful introduction to the festival of Divali, which Hindus celebrate as the start of the new year.
Author
Language
English
Description
"In Tamil Nadu, India, a boy is born with blue skin. His father sets up an ashram, and the family makes a living off of the pilgrims who seek the child's blessings and miracles, believing young Kalki to be tenth human incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. Kalki is confronted with three trials in his tenth year-tests of his power that will prove his divine status and, his father tells him, spread his fame worldwide. Over the next decade, as the story...
32) Why I am a Hindu
Author
Publisher
Scribe Publications
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In Why I Am a Hindu, one of India’s finest public intellectuals gives us a profound book about one of the world’s oldest and greatest religions. Starting with a close examination of his own belief in Hinduism, he ranges far and wide in his study of the faith. He talks about the Great Souls of Hinduism, Adi Shankara, Patanjali, Ramanuja, Swami Vivekananda, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and many others who made major contributions to the essence of Hinduism"--Amazon....
Author
Series
Sona Sharma volume 2
Language
English
Description
When Sona learns about the climate crisis at school and is very worried that no one is doing enough to combat it, she takes up the challenge herself. But Appa isn't amused when Sona throws out her baby sister's nappies and Thatha isn't happy when she tells him to get rid of his colour-coded plastic files. When Sona learns that many of the kolams - the traditional art that people draw in front of their homes to celebrate the winter months and the festival...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Banaras, Varanasi, Kashi: India's holy city on the banks of the Ganges has many names but holds one ultimate promise for Hindus. It is the place where pilgrims come for a good death, to be released from the cycle of reincarnation by purifying fire. As the dutiful manager of a death hostel in Kashi, Pramesh welcomes the dying and assists families bound for the funeral pyres that burn constantly on the ghats. The soul is gone, the body is burnt, the...
36) The guide
Author
Language
English
Description
Rogue is reluctantly cast in the role of a holy man in this ironic comedy of East Indian life.
Didn't find it?
Didn't find it in the Minuteman Library Network? Request it from other Massachusetts library systems.
Can't find what you are looking for? Recommend it to your local library as a future purchase. Suggest a Purchase
