India Resources ~ Hindu Traditions
  • Harappa Multimedia
    http://www.harappa.com/
    [Beautifully designed pages (in fact something of a visual and aural feast) that introduce the arts and cultures of India prior to 1947. Perhaps a bit too romantic for some tastes, but a resource that counters some negative stereotypes even while encouraging its own forms of nostalgia. See especially A Walk through Mohenjo Daro".]
  • Meeting God
    http://www.meetinggod.com/
    [The site introduces the work of a contemporary anthropologist and photographer, Dr. Stephen P. Huyler, who has produced a number of excellent books of photographs of India, most notable in this context Meeting God: Elements of Hindu Devotion. Also see the interview by Vikas Kamat.]
  • Hindu Temples in the United States
    http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~pluralsm/affiliates/narayanan.html
    [Photos by Dr. Vasudha Narayanan, affiliate of the Pluralism Project.]
  • The Hindu Universe
    http://www.hindunet.org/
    [A comprehensive index or Internet portal maintained by diaspora Hindus in North America who are organized as the Hindu Students Council. Socially and politically conservative.]
  • Hinduism
    http://www.uni-giessen.de/~gk1415/hinduism.htm
    [A long page of introductory information, resources, and links, maintained by ecologically sensitive Prakash Arumugam in Giessen, Germany.]
  • Hinduism: Introduction to Hinduism
    http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/1415/indexd.html
    [A useful starting-point. A hyperlinked essay on Hinduism, from a devotional orientation.]
  • International Journal of Hindu Studies
    http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/ijhs/
    [The table of contents, information about the authors, abstracts of articles, and information for prospective subscribers and contributors to this new print journal.]
  • The Kumbh Mela Home Page: Hindu Pilgrimage in Contemporary India
    http://www.smsu.edu/RelSt/kumbhmela.html
    [A remarkable phenomenon -- one of the largest gatherings in human history -- reported as it most recently happened by J. E. Llewellyn of Southwestern Missouri State University.]
  • Shiva Shakti Mandalam
    http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/tantra/
    [A colorful and informative presentation of traditional texts, yantric diagrams, and other basic information about a neglected and often misunderstood aspect of Hindu tradition.]
  • TempleNet
    http://www.indiantemples.com/
    [One of the best linking pages for Hindu temples.]
  • Vedavid
    http://www.vedavid.org
    [Extraordinary site developed by John Gardner, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Iowa (USA). A very large, visually rich, site. Some pages may require a relatively long time to load and a large amount of memory on your computer. Is a good way to begin to learn about the ancient Vedic religion and culture of Hindu India.]
  • The Vedic Experience
    http://www.himalayanacademy.com/books/vedic_experience/VEIndex.html
    [Online version of an anthology of texts in the Vedic tradition as translated by Raimudo Panikkar.]
  • Yoga Research Center
    http://members.aol.com/yogaresrch/
    [Large site with many sorts of resources on the forms and practices that constitute traditional yoga.]
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