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Lumbiniyile Rajahamsam : Book Review

thewinkstore.com LUMBINIYILE RAJAHAMSAM (The Royal Swan of Lumbini) Author : K. P. Ramesh Language : Malayalam Publisher : DC Books Price : Rs. 75 THIS COLLECTION of travel articles, presented in three parts, gives an overview of some interesting elements of India's cultural and religious ethos, apart from giving a glimpse of the historical evolution of certain places held high in public esteem for their spiritual significance. The first part covers visits to places linked to Gautama Buddha, including Kushi Nagar that houses a museum. The essays provide a fairly good description in a lucid language, although one finds clichéd expressions — for instance, “travelling in the chariot of time” and “the feeling of awakening from the night of one country to the morning of another country” — occurring rather frequently.