Why I Wrote This Book On Kashi
The Valiant History of a Sacred Geography
My latest book has just been released in India and will soon be available for sale in the US and on Kindle, too: It is entitled Kashi: The Valiant History of a Sacred Geography — please click on the link to purchase. All royalties will be donated to Dharmic causes in Kashi.
All eyes are on Kashi Vishwanath these days and for good reason. It is the site of litigation around the Gyanvapi/Vishwanath compound, which has indisputably been one of the most sacred sites of Hinduism since ancient times. It is the next and most high-profile contested site, waiting to be resolved by the courts after the Sri Rama janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya, along with Sri Krishna janmabhoomi site in Mathura.
Varanasi / Kashi is also the seat from which PM Modi is contesting his election to become Prime Minister of India for a third consecutive term.
Important books about Kashi have come out recently, including Vikram Sampath’s book, Waiting…