Amritanandamayi Ma 26
Sikh devotees outside the Golden
Temple in Amritsar 28
Anandamayi Ma 32
Sri Aurobindo 52
Devotional practice (bhakti)
is a central feature of
Hinduism 76
Birla Mandir, a temple devoted
to Vishnu 86
The Universal Peace Hall in
the Brahma Kumaris World
Spiritual Organization 90
Brahmin priest with sacred
thread at village temple 92
Haridas Chaudhuri 105
Gurumayi Chidvilas-
ananda 108
Sri Chinmoy 111
Shantivanam 113
Goddess Durga slaying
Mahesha, the buffalo
demon 139
Eknath Easwaran 143
Brahmin householder per-
forming water ablutions at
dawn on the banks of the
Ganges 148
Hindu sculpture at Ellora
Caves 149
Mohandas Karamchand
“Mahatma” Gandhi 158
Lord Ganesha, the elephant-
headed god 161
Morning bathing on the steps
to the Ganges River 163
Hanuman 178
Baba Hari Dass 179
Harihara, iconic deity that
combines Vishnu and
Shiva 181
Woman worshipping her
personal divinity (ishta
devata) 203
Jain temple complex of white
marble 209
Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati 213
Temple to goddess Kali where
Sri Ramakrishna served as
priest 221
Sant Keshavadas 233
Temple to the sun god, with
his chariot 236
Lord Krishna, an incarna-
tion of Vishnu, with consort
Radha 239Jiddu Krishnamurti 242
Swami Krishnananda 245
Main symbols of Lord Shiva:
lingam and trident 260
Monolithic stone architec-
ture 267
Mahavira, 24th Tirthankara of
Jainism 271
Hindu temple in Kuala Lum-
pur, Malaysia 274
Wedding of Shiva and
Minakshi, goddess of
Madurai 284
Meher Baba 286
The Mother 292
Swami Muktananda 295
Naked hermit of Naga sect at
source of Ganges River 301
Guru Nanak 303
Nandi, divine bull 304
Neem Karoli Baba 310
Swami Bhagawan Nity-
ananda 315
om 319
Parshvanath 325
Religious mendicants on pil-
grimage 328
Sri Harilal Poonja 331ix