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 […]

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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.

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Lecture at Yuvaspandah on Puranic Mythology

Dr. Shakuntala Gawde engaged lecture on Puranic Mythology- Exploring New Dimensions in Yuvaspanda– an initiative by Public Relations Cell, Kavikulaguru Kalidasa Sanskrit University, Nagpur on 26th February, 2022. Explaining definitions, classifications, and features of Puran, Dr. Gawde said that the main source of Puranas is the maukhik tradition. Supernatural elements, divine beings, and miracles are […]

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