Books

Amar Chitra Katha-bhagawat - The Krishna Avatar  

The Bhagawat Purana sings of the glory of Vishnu and his incarnations. It is one of the most popular of the eighteen major puranas, and its recitations lasting for a week, called...

Amar Chitra Katha-ram Charit Manas  

The Ramayana is the oldest poem in Sanskrit. Hence its author is known as the Adi Kavi or pristine poet. This is a lavishly illustrated 160-page rendering of the great epic for all...

Amar Chitra Katha-Mahatma Gandhi Special Issue  

Mahatama Gandhi needs no introduction, nor does the magnanimity of his personality. With the principle of Ahimsa (non-violence) and satya (truth), the cornerstones of his ideals,...

Vivekananda  

Vivekananda (1863 -1902) was an ascetic in the service of the people and country. To the traditional Indian practice of renunciation he gave new meaning for material and cultural...

Vidyasagar  

Ishwar Chandra was born in a Brahmin family in Bengal at a time when British rule was firmly established and Bengali society was ridden with superstition and meaningless ritual....

Tulsidas  

The Ramayana, written in Sanskrit by Valmiki is considered to be the ‘Adikavya’, the first ever poem. Tulsidas rendered it into Hindi in the sixteenth century. But his...

Tansen  

Tansen was born into a musical family during the reign of the Mughal kind Akbar (16th century CE). He was accepted as disciple by an eminent maestro of the times. Over his life...

Tales Of Sai Baba  

Nobody knows for certain when Sai Baba was born or who his parents were, or what his real name was. He arrived one day in 1872 at Shirdi in Maharashtra. He was dressed like a fakir...

Swami Chinmayananda  

Hari Om! Great men are many. Some become great by bringing other people down while a truly great man is one who raises even small and ordinary people to sublime heights of...

Subramania Bharati  

Subramania Bharati, the famous Tamil poet, writer and patriot, loved all people and cultures, and nourished a strong desire for freedom. He loved India with all his heart and...

Sri. Ramakrishna  

Gadadhar was born in 1836 in Bengal, in a village to which his father had to shift from his native village for refusing to be a false witness. As a child he was fond of making clay...

Soordas  

Soordas, the blind bard of Brij, occupies a very eminent position in Hindi literature. He is considered the Valmiki of Brij (a dialect of Hindi), not only because he was the first...

Shankar Dev  

Shankar Dev, who was born in Assam in 1449, was one of the greatest saints of India. But for the "Ekasharana Dharma, " the Vaishnava movement initiated by him in Assam, the several...

Ram Shastri  

In the history of India, Ram Shastri stands unique as the ideal public servant. He was the chief justice under the Peshwas. His integrity in public affairs is a model for all...

Ramanuja  

Ramanuja (1017-1137), the great Vaishnava saint-philosopher, upheld bhakti (loving surrender to God) as the sole path to the realization of God. His school of philosophy is knows...

Ramana Maharshi  

Bhagwan Sri Ramana Maharshi was born Venkataraman Iyer in 1897 in the South Indian village of Tiruchuzhi. When he was young, he was sent to Madurai to study. He became spiritually...

Rabindranath Tagore  

Rabindranath Tagore played a significant role in bringing about a new awakening in India in the latter half of the nineteenth century. His life and creative work provided the then...

Mirabai  

Mira was a princess of a small kingdom in Rajasthan. From childhood she was devoted to Krishna. She was married queen into the royal house of Chittor. Though the family deity was...

Megasthenes  

Megasthenes was among the first foreigners to have visited India in historical times and given an eyewitness account of conditions prevailing in this country during the fourth...

Mahavira  

Mahavira was born in Kundagram near Vaishali in Bihar to King Siddhartha and his wife, Trishala, in 599 BC. Prince Vardhamana, as he was named, was destined to become great. After...