Book Review: Ananta Vinayaka
Book Review: Ananta Vinayaka:
The Eternal God. Original in Telugu authored by Prof V Balamohandas and English
version translated by Sri S Vinaya Bhushan Rao.
Published by Vasantha Mohana
Foundation, Vishakapatnam. (Ph 0891-2551 1282) 2011. Pages 226 + ten colour plates.
Price: Rs 200/-
This book on Lord Vinayaka is
a veritable encyclopedia offering a wide variety of information on the God
Ganesha. It has one less than sixty chapters. You can find stories about the
origin of “elephant god”, his relationship with personages like: Agastiya,
Kubera, Talaasura, Parasurama, Vibheeshna, Vyasa, Jambavanta, Avvaiyaar etc.
Info on prominent temples of Ganesha in India and abroad are furnished. Methodology
of conducting Pujas, Vratams, Prayers are given. The book is an indispensable
source for several Naamavalis, stotras and poems. All stories connected with
Vinayaka – including the miracle of Ganesha Idols drinking milk in 1995 – are described
in detail. Ganesh festival as obtaining in Andhra Pradesh has been described vividly.
It is a book that will help
us recover and retain our culture. Senior citizens will find a mine of info to
share with their grand children. Ladies’ Bhajan groups will benefit immensely
in learning and reciting shlokas and naamavalis. Every newspaper published
something or the other on Vinayaka chaturthi . The first place they should look
for is here.
Prof Balamohandas, being a
management oriented academician, has a passion to lecture on leadership
qualities of Vinayaka analyzing his physical features. No wonder he has given
200 plus talks on this topic alone. His entire family members are ardent
devotees of Lord Ganesha. The person who
inspired the author to write this wonderful book is Sri YVSR Moorti. We should
thank these Trimurthys: Author, Translator and the Inspiration for this
literary treasure house on Eternal God – VINAYAKA. I am hopeful of the book becoming
eternally useful in times to come.
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