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It was not long ago that any reference to south India food would bring to the mind of a north Indian images of dosas (plain pancakes), uadas (fried patties), idlis (steasmed rice cakes) and uttapams (vegetable pancakes). But the fact is that the cuisine of all the four south Indian states, Andhra Pr... More

South Indian vegetarian cuisine is not only fast to cook but fun to eat. It uses the bare minimum of oil and is characterized by its imaginative use of spices. A typical Tamil Nadu meal would consist of three courses -- sambar rice, rasam rice and yoghurt rice. Rice is the central to the mean. Each... More

Hindu customs, however minor and unpretentious they might be, all have a sound and solid base and background. As the author P.V. Jagadisa Ayyar says in the Preface, 'The customs and usages prevalent in the land are, in the opinion of the Hindus, as sacred as religion itself.' Customs, in the Hindu t... More

South Indian Festivities is a path-breaking effort in reviving some of the disappearing festivities.The author, P.V. Jagadisa Ayyar, details various festivities of South India to bring to the fore their underlying meanings.... More

Set in contemporary farm country of north central Indiana, just south of the Big Four railroad tracks, this extraordinary first novel tells the story of thirty-year-old Arthur Conason and his return to his family's abandoned farmhouse. The land is now farmed by the indomitable Gerry Maars, who immed... More

Early Buddhist monastic establishments of South India between2nd century B.C. and 5th century A.D. were embellished with sculptural panelsdepicting the life events of the Buddha and his former births. This book, forthe first time, attempts to corroborate the panels with original textual sourcesand i... More

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, ... More