Raj Balkaran, "The Goddess and the Sun in Indian Myth" (Routledge, 2020) - a podcast by Marshall Poe

Why are the myths of the Indian Great Goddess, Durg?, found in the M?rka??eya Pur??a framed by myths glorifying the Sun, S?rya? And why do these glorifications mirror each other in both content and form?
In exploring these questions,?this book argues for an ideological ecosystem at work in the M?rka??eya Pur??a privileging worldly (prav?tti) values, of which Indian kings, the Goddess (Dev?), the Sun (S?rya) and sage M?rka??eya himself are paragons.
Join us in the “flip interview” as as your New Books Network Hindu Studies host Raj Balkaran (University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies) is interviewed on his new book, The Goddess and the Sun in Indian Myth: Power, Preservation and Mirrored M?h?tmyas in the M?rka??eya Pur??a (Routledge, 2020) by guest-interviewer Christopher Austen.
Christopher Austen is Associate Professor, Religious Studies at Dalhousie University
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