Bhoonda- "The Cosmic or Golden Egg" : Himalayan Cultural Heritage

ISBN-13: 9783659713309 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 128 str.

Ashwani Kumar Sharma

Opis

Socio- cultural Traditions play vital role in sustainable development of Himachal Himalayas. The folk culture, folklores, folktales and connected festivals not only provide wholesome entertainment to the concerned, but it is a reflection of the social standard, its originality and usefulness. Himachal Himalayas- a region of temples and gods affords an ample environment to strengthen spiritual, aesthetic and ethical values. An extensive study of the subject traces the Origin of the Bhoonda Mahayajna to prehistoric times and is suggestive of the fact that all the settlements and rituals of the past are not mounds alone but still continue to thrive by retaining its essential basic features of life and culture.Besides an enlivening symbol of Himalayan cultural heritage Bhoonda Mahayajna depicts an exquisite display of temple administration. It plays a significant role in the sustainable development by, generation of employment; fostering of social integrity and brotherhood; installation of divine devotion; fervour and religious belief; promotion of spiritualistic, aesthetic, socio-economic, scientific and ecological values and last but not the least- the infrastructural development.

O autorze

Ashwani Kumar Sharma is an alumini of Himachal Pradesh University Shimla-India and is presently heading the Department of Chemical Sciences at Govt.PG College Seema,Rohru.Born At village Bhamnoli in the lap of North Western Himalaya has motivated the author to bring to the forefront the enlivening symbol of Himalayan Cultural Heritage.