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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Ahalya

Ahalya

Mohanty, Phani
Sahu, Sonali

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN10: 1645606813
ISBN13: 9781645606819
Publisher: Black Eagle Books
Published: Apr 8 2025
Pages: 70
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.17 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Ahalya, according to mythology, was the wife of Sage Gautama, known for her beauty and wisdom. The story suggests that she was deceived by Indra, the king of gods, who disguised himself as her husband. When Sage Gautama discovered this, he did not seek to understand the situation but instead cursed Ahalya to turn into stone, condemning her to ages of suffering. The most striking part of her tale is that she was punished without committing a mistake. No one questioned the injustice of her fate- neither the sages nor the intellectuals of that time. Her suffering was normalized until Lord Rama arrived in Treta Yuga and liberated her with his divine touch. Dr. Phani Mohanty, through his poetic and thought-provoking writing, compels us to reconsider Ahalya's story beyond its mythological context.

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