Myths of Creation

The Book contains the vedic Accounts and takes into consideration the Upanishads, Epic and Puranas, Jain- Buddhist narratives. It throws light light on Egyptian, Middles-eastern, Chinese-Japanese,Nordic accounts of Creation. The reader will get an overview of creation accounts with their commonalities and differences in a theotrical framework. Book got released in the hands of Prof.…

Plenary speaker

Dr. Shakuntala Gawde presented a paper titled “Govardhana: Divine Interplay – Unveiling its Nature as the Supreme and the Devotee” at the International Conference on “Philosophy of Vaishnava Vedanta: Culture, Legacy and Traditions”, held at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, on 26–27 August 2023. In her presentation, she explored the theological and philosophical dimensions…

Presented a paper in IACM 2023

Dr. Shakuntala Gawde presented a paper on ‘Transformation of demon into devotee- A Case of Putanā’ in sixteenth annual International Conference on Comparative Mythology- Mythologies of Violence: War in Heaven, War on Earth organized by organized by International Association for Comparative Mythology, 21th -25th August, 2023  compmyth.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IACM_Tulsk_2023_program_PRINT.pdf

Book Launch Programme

The book “Narrative Analysis of Bhāgavata Purāṇa”, authored by Dr. Shakuntala Gawde, was formally inaugurated by a distinguished panel comprising Baldev Das (Vice President, ISKCON Temple), Jessica Merritt (Indiana University, Bloomington), Dr. Fr. Arun D’Souza (Director, Heras Institute of Indian Culture, St. Xavier’s College), Prof. Rajendra Shinde (Principal, St. Xavier’s College), and Dr. Sumanta Rudra…

Book Launch

Book ‘Narrative Analysis of Bhāgavata Purāṇa’. The book will be inaugurated at the hands of Baldev Das (Vice President, ISKON temple), Jesicca Merritt (Indiana University-Bloomington), Keith D’souza (Rector, St. Xavier’s College), Dr. Fr. Arun Desouza, (Director, Heras Institute of Indian Culture, St. Xavier’s College), Prof. Rajendra Shinde (Principal, St. Xavier’s College), Dr. Sumanta Rudra (Dean…

Narrative Analysis of Bhagavata Purana

Book entitled ‘Narrative Analysis of Bhagavata Purana’ authored by Dr. Shakuntala Gawde is now published. This book is sponsored by Bhaktivedanta Research Centre (BRC) and published by Dev Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi. Prof. Ferdinando Sardella ( Associate Professor of History of Religions, Stockholm University) has written a Foreword for the book and Dr. Gauri…

Presentation in World Sanskrit Conference 2023

Dr. Shakuntala Gawde presented a paper on ‘Exploring Gokarṇa Purāṇa- a sthalapurāṇa of Gokarṇa Mahābaleśvara‘ in World Sanskrit conference 2023. This paper was presented in in the Puranans section which was chaired by McComas Taylor (Associate Professor, Reader in Sanskrit College of Asia and Pacific, Australian National University). She participated in panel discussion.