USEFUL WEB SITES FOR INDIA AND HINDUISM (7/09)

(all start with http://)

Good starting places for information on India:

www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/southasia/cuvl

(excellent collection of sites and info on India and South Asia)

Frances Pritchett of Columbia has put together an astonishing array of sites at

www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/

for example, an extensive array of maps can be found at www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/index.html

asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/india/index.html (a huge array of sites on things concerning India)

www.lib.berkeley.edu/SSEAL/SouthAsia (a wide array of resources on South Asia, esp. on diaspora [note: capitalization is important here])

And two excellent starting places for information on Hinduism:

virtualreligion.net/vri/hindu.html (good collection of websites on Hinduism)

www.religiousworlds.com/hindu.html (ditto)

Sites on more specific topics and issues:

www.harappa.com (on Indus Valley Civilization)

www.hindunet.org; Hinduism.about.com (good examples of “insider” sites)

www.Advaita-Vedanta.org (good on the Advaita tradition)

www.ramanuja.org (on the Sri Vaishnava tradition)

www.vedanta.com (the Vedanta Society [Vivekananda] site)

http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan/programs/sac/Outreach/ramayana/index.asp (good on Ramayana)

kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/exhib/meetgod/hp.htm (excellent exhibit on elements of Hindu devotion

www.pluralism.org/affiliates/narayanan/index.php (on Hindu temples in America)

www.avatara.org (lots of info on avataras of Vishnu)

www.asia.si.edu/devi/index.htm (on goddess worship)

www.shivashakti.com (on Tantra and beyond)

www.goloka.com (Gaudiya Vaishnava ideas and art)

www.iskcon.com , webcom.com/~ara/ (Hare Krishna websites)

www.hindu.dk/english/1a/default.htm (good on daily life in Hinduism)

virtualvillage.wesleyan.edu (superb introduction to village life in India)

http://www.vhp-america.org (Vishva Hindu Parishad website, good for insight into “Hindutva”)

There are some nice groups of images on www.flickr.com/groups/

followed by hindus, india_images, or exoticindia.

Some Indian newspapers and magazines:

www.samachar.com (includes headlines from most of India’s major papers)

http://indiatoday.intoday.in (major Indian news weekly)

www.hinduismtoday.com (journal advocating a modern ecumenical Shaiva interpretation of Hinduism)

www.indiatogether.org/manushi (major Indian feminist magazine)