Uma‘s Tapasya

Lakshmi Niwas Birla, Uma's Tapasya, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co., 1961

72 pages, including 6 colour plates; hardbound, title in gilt on front cover.
9.3 x 6.3 in (23.5 x 17 cm)

"New Delhi / November 15, 1961 / Sri L N Birla's book, sumptuously brought out with fine illustrations deals with Uma's penance and the birth of Kumara. It presents the need for austerity and exalts purity of love and glory of motherhood. Penance or tapasya helps the human being to discover the spirit in him, learn the values of truth and love and gain him, grace and strength to implement the great ideals. In a comfort-loving world full of restlessness, it is not easy to maintain a balanced outlook. In the present world with its threat of nuclear war, increasing crimes of violence and fierce competition in economic life it is good to be reminded of the values of self-control and pure devotion.

I wish Sri Birla success in his literary work." (Foreword by S Radhakrishnan)

List of plates:
Uma by Ababindra Nath Tagore
Narada visits Himavan, by Phani Bhusan
Summer, by Dhirubhai Gandhi
Rati, by An Old Moghul Painting
Mist on the Himalayas, by Nandalal Bose
Uma and Mahesa, by An Old Mewar Painting

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