Ramayan Soul of Indian Civilisation
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Author: | Ramchandra Mutatkar |
ISBN 13: | 9789355946584 |
Binding: | Hardbound |
Language: | English |
Year: | 2023 |
Subject: | Philosophy and Religion/Ramayana and Mahabharata |
About the Book
The book offers an anthropological perspective about the eternal values of Truth and Dharma, as the Soul of Indian Civilization, personified by Sri Ramchandra. ‘Satyamev Jayate’, is the destination of this Soul inscribed on the National Emblem of India, the Lion Capital of Ashoka, from Sarnath.
The book is inspired by the unwavering faith of the people of India about an ideal human personality, Sri Ram. Tagore identified him as the human, rising to the level of Divinity, and Gandhi visualized India as Ram-Rajya. Ramayan is about the empowered Sita whose high moral stature and fearless demeanour wrecked the ego of Ravan.
The architectural marvels of monuments and temples, in India and South-East Asia; art, dance, drama, music and literature, across the country, indicate Indian Soul visible in various forms.
This Indian anthropological book attempts to analyse Indian civilization, through the perspectives of common people about Ramayan as the fountain-head of Indian spiritual values, permeating through the history and geography of India. The book hopes to provide an agenda to Indian Anthropology to study Indian Civilization as the trunk of Banyan tree, with multiple cultures as the branches taking firm roots in the soil.
About the Author: Ramchandra Mutatkar was trained in Anthropology by Prof. S.C. Dube and worked with Prof. Irawati Karve. He was the first Head of the Department of Anthropology, and first Director of the Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University. He Chaired UGC Panel on Anthropology and Curriculum Development Committee to prepare Model curriculum for UGC in 2001. He has been Chairman of Indian National Confederation and Academy of Anthropologists (INCAA). He is Patron of United Indian Anthropology Forum and Society of Indian Medical Anthropology.
He established an academic institution, ‘The Maharashtra Association of Anthropological Sciences’ in 1976, and is Emeritus President. He initiated research on social aspects of Leprosy at WHO, Geneva in 1981. He Chaired the first working group on AYUSH in Public Health for the XI Five Year Plan. He Chaired the first Scientific Behavioural Research Group at the ICMR. He has been a recipient of Tagore National Scholarship bestowed by Ministry of Culture (GoI), affiliated to Anthropological Survey of India.
Prof. Mutatkar has been honoured with ‘International Gandhi Award for Leprosy’ by Hon. Vice President of India and ‘Adiwasi Sevak Puraskar’ by Governor of Maharashtra.