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This is a book about romantic moments, heart throbbing moments, soul stirring moments, enchanted moments that have inspired our poets and have been celebrated by our artists, patronised by the raja and indulged in by the praja, moments that have enlivened courts and enriched havelis, moments alive with passion and radiant with emotion, sensual moments that were born with the first glance and grew with the first touch, nurtured by the first embrace, moments of ...
Art in India is never removed from life, intimately tied as it is to religion, aesthetics and utility. A walk into a temple or a place of worship becomes an experience at many levels, tactile, olfactory, sensory and visual, spiritual and religious. Taking any of the elements individually is thus a part experience at best. In this book the author brings to the reader the Goddess Parvati, the Female Principle, consort of the God Shiva, lover, mother, provider, ...