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365 Tales From Indian Mythology
Indian mythology is a rich repository of fantastic tales. This book forms a perfect introduction to the Indian literary tradition. The episodic and concise format of this book, coupled with beautiful illustrations, makes it a fascinating engagement for kids. With this book, let your child indulge in a collection that offers a window into the world of the sublime.
220 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 1, 2012
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March 7, 2021
The stories are inaccurate, being an Indian I have heard all these stories from my childhood. They have changed it so much that I was discouraged to finish it.
September 24, 2019
Sequencing of tales could have been better!
January 9, 2020
The stories are hypercondensed. It would be better to have 50 tales of Indian Mythology and go a bit more in depth.
Like they do the Bhagavad Gita in 1 minute, which is ridiculous.
Like they do the Bhagavad Gita in 1 minute, which is ridiculous.
February 5, 2022
365 Tales from Hindu Mythology is a compilation of 365 short incidents taken from Ramayana, Mahabharata and others. This book is suitable for kids because the stories are narrated on the basic level. This is definitely not sophisticated enough for adults to read. Nevertheless, 2 stars for the illustrations and compilation of various stories. I’d recommend this to those people who are unaware of any of the mythological stories.
February 14, 2021
This would have been better if they had picked just a few takes and actually fleshed them out or combined them instead of jumping all over the place with no perpos or with out a resolution to a particular tale. It was like listening to short fables with out the underlining resolution that u would get in a fable. Sad as I ushaly really like mythology tales.
February 9, 2021
True stories about Indian mythology but so many errors in the narration. One needs to correct the facts about the Indian mythological stories.
December 23, 2022
Best book ever
June 26, 2023
One of the worst book I have ever read. Don't change the stories in the pretext of creative liberty. Lot of stories are incomplete and inaccurate.
February 27, 2024
Don't judge this book by its cover
Not worth in content.
It is amazing how people want to cash in on the rich variety of India mythology but do not want to invest some time in researching the topic. Most of the information and stories are readily available online and in many easy to read books in multiple Indian languages and also in English.
The fountains of knowledge about Indian traditions that are spread by the Aurovindo Ashram and Ramakrishna Mission in their books are available in English and provide fantastic style of storytelling for young readers.
In contrast this is a n0-brainer.
The highpoints of this volume happen to be the well bound volume with fantastic glossy paper and finish which makes it a beautiful piece as a gift item.
All positivity ends there.
The publishers have expended their budget in the paper and packing and left nothing for the content and the stories.
Extremely sad and there are high 4star and 5star reviews on Amazon, probably by people who have not read any of the content and have judged the book by the cover.
Not worth in content.
It is amazing how people want to cash in on the rich variety of India mythology but do not want to invest some time in researching the topic. Most of the information and stories are readily available online and in many easy to read books in multiple Indian languages and also in English.
The fountains of knowledge about Indian traditions that are spread by the Aurovindo Ashram and Ramakrishna Mission in their books are available in English and provide fantastic style of storytelling for young readers.
In contrast this is a n0-brainer.
The highpoints of this volume happen to be the well bound volume with fantastic glossy paper and finish which makes it a beautiful piece as a gift item.
All positivity ends there.
The publishers have expended their budget in the paper and packing and left nothing for the content and the stories.
Extremely sad and there are high 4star and 5star reviews on Amazon, probably by people who have not read any of the content and have judged the book by the cover.
May 5, 2019
Wonderful book, for growing kids as well as for oldies...for refreshing those forgotten knots of Indian mythology... there are certain aspects which ave been depicted differently on which I probably do not agree, but its okay, no major flaws with the main narrative .An Interesting and educative book.
May 10, 2022
Great book! (Got the inspiration from 365 Inventions book). Loved to read it. All the stories from old Indian times has been restored in my mind. Some were dangerous for me just to read. Great tales in the book, big war between the gods and demons and some about our holy books!
July 22, 2021
If you like Indian mythology
Just wanted to see if there was more to the Mahabharata
There are some interesting points mentioned in this worth reading.
Just wanted to see if there was more to the Mahabharata
There are some interesting points mentioned in this worth reading.
November 15, 2021
Meh. It was OK, I guess the tales seem less developed than typical Norse and Greek tales.
June 18, 2023
Pathetice boom.
These are the worst stories I have ever read. Most of the stories are not accurate and others are not complete.
These are the worst stories I have ever read. Most of the stories are not accurate and others are not complete.
February 26, 2024
Not worth reading.
The tales are all shoddily presented and many are contrary to the original stories which are rich sources of knowledge.
The tales are all shoddily presented and many are contrary to the original stories which are rich sources of knowledge.
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