The Austerity of the Ascetic Atri and Anasuya at the Ashram
Cape Comorin: Hari Kumari Arts, [Ca. 1950s]. First edition. 9x13cm, [12]ff with 12 photographs mounted at corners on stiff card stock, with captions facing. Staple bound in printed card wrappers. One photo corner chipped, otherwise very good.
Interesting little booklet published by the Hari Kumari Arts Gallery in Kanyakumari, India, which was established in 1950. Tells the story of Anasuya, an ascetic character in the Hindu epic Ramayana, wife of Safe Atri and known for her great austerity. According to Hindu tradition, Anasuya and Atri lived at Gnanaranya (now called Suchindram) in India's Tamil Nadu province, site of the famous Thanumalayan temple.
OCLC cites a single holding at the University of Newcastle Auchmuty Library in Australia.
. Item #6698
Price: $100.00