Bangalore (Karnataka): Ramakrishna Math is publishing a concise encyclopaedia of Hinduism in April, the head of the City branch Swami Harshananda said on Saturday.
The encyclopaedia will be in three volumes of 1000-page each and priced at Rs 1,000 each, he told reporters here. However, as a pre-publication offer, all the three editions will be sold for Rs 1,000 and the booking closes on March 31.
Harshananda said he had been working on this project for the past 33 years and it would cost Rs 32 lakhs. Devotees have donated about Rs 20 lakhs, he said. The book contains 3500 titles on religion, philosophy, Indus valley civilization, places of worship and pilgrimage, he said.
Source:hindu.com
