{"product_id":"journeys-across-india-9789354476297","title":"Journeys Across India","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354476297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.84d","brand":"Durgacharan Rakshit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52983069769909,"sku":"9789354476297","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9789354476297.jpg?v=1787063954","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/journeys-across-india-9789354476297","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}