{"product_id":"journeys-across-india-paperback","title":"Journeys Across India - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDurgacharan Rakshit\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSarbani Putatunda\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDurgacharan Rakshit (1854-1938) was a scholar and a business owner. In the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elate 1800s and early 1900s, he set out on an unprecedented set of travels that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etook him to nearly all corners of India. Travelling by foot, boat, train, carriage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand more, he traversed the length and breadth of the country-quite literally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this detailed journal written over several years, Rakshit recounts seeing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe temples of Orissa and the small towns of Assam; he describes the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emountainous heights of Kashmir, the beauty of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe magnificent Jain temples near Mount Abu, and the transcendent Taj Mahal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the south, he travels through Andhra, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evisiting cities, temples and towns, describing in detail what were for him\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunknown customs and ways of living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverywhere, Durgacharan Rakshit turns his enquiring eye on the way men\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand women look, dress, and their religious and traditional beliefs. From\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe elaborate rituals of major temples, to the price of bananas and betel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enuts, nothing escapes his meticulous notice. Along the way he meets poets, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eadministrators, wandering sadhus, businessmen, householders and more-all\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof which he records in his journal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJourneys Across India, first published in Bengali as Bharat Pradakshin in 1903-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand still in print-is an invaluable and exhaustive portrait of India and Indian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esociety rooted in history, and will be of immense interest to both scholars and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe lay reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 378\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48875191337209,"sku":"9789354476297","price":40.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/bk0-FzrY9M9789354476297.webp?v=1787333333","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/journeys-across-india-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}