Vaisnava Contribution to Varanasi

Contents: Preface. 1. Vaisnava contribution to Kasi : an introduction/Vidyanivasa Misra. 2. Vaisnava contribution to radiance of Kasi/Goswami Shyam Manohar Ji Maharaj. 3. Splendour of Kasi in Mahabharata/Pranati ghosal. 4. The mediaeval Vaisnava Bhakti movement and Kasi/Vasudeva Singh. 5. Vaisanava image of Kasi/Yugeshvara. 6. Vaisnava ideology of Kabira/shyam Sundara Shukla. 7. Vaisnava adoration/Acharya Ganga Sharma Shastri. 8. Kasi: the abode of Lilas/Bhanu Shankara Mehta. 9. Pustimargiya Vaisnava tradition in Kasi/Brajratnadasa Gupta. 10. Contribution of Vaisnava Saints of Maharashtra to Kasi/Nilkanth Purushottam Joshi. 11. Vaisnava Haveli Music/Pradip Kumar Dikshit "Neharang". 12. Vaisnava texture of Kasi: an antiquarain perspective/R.C. Sharma. 13. Visnu in the art of Kasi/Maruti Nandan Prasad Tiwari and Pramod Giri. 14. Vaisnava images of Kasi/Kamal Giri. 15. A copy of "Bhagavata Bhakha" illustrated in Kasi/Rai Ananda Krishna. Index.

"Varanasi, the abode of Lord Siva has also embraced other sects including Vaisnavism. If Sive is Nataraja or Natesa, Krsna is known as Natavara dancing with gopis. There are traditions which reveal that Kashi was once a Vaisnava stronghold. In the medieval period many Visnava saints from different quarters thronged to Varanasi to preach and popularise their faith. The book projects the Vaisnava contribution to Varanasi in literature, sculptural and other artistic renderings, visual and performing arts, temples, festivals and ceremonies." (jacket)