Cultural heritage of the Himalayas (Record no. 70388)

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082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 306.4 VAI
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Vaidya, K L
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Cultural heritage of the Himalayas
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Delhi
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. National Publishing House
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1977
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 183p.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. The book is primarily intended,<br/>in a neat and modest framework,<br/>to contribute to the general under<br/>standing of the cultural heritage of<br/>the Himalayas - India's perennial<br/>source of life and inspiration, and<br/>more particularly of Himachal Pra.<br/>desh--the state to which the author<br/>himself belongs. It is an anthology<br/>of essays focussed on different<br/>aspects of the colourful life of the<br/>sturdy hillfolk with an aura of gran-<br/>deur and solemnity around them.<br/>While making his survey the author<br/>has deliberately avoided his involve-<br/>ment in the futile academic discus-<br/>sions and baffling details wherein<br/>the very beauty of the subject<br/>is likely to be lost or blemished.<br/>It is again neither the feudal gla-<br/>mour nor the history overwhelming<br/>with names and dates that interest<br/>the author ; what he takes into his<br/>purview is a brief account of the<br/>art and culture of the simple<br/>common folk having a down-to-<br/>earth life, full of sacred associa-<br/>tions and imbued with a glow, that<br/>is virtually their own. What he<br/>further endeavours is to make this<br/>glow of the popular genius into<br/>contact with his own time with a<br/>keenness to see some of the forms<br/>and vitalities of his region joining<br/>the mainstream of world art and<br/>culture without losing their own<br/>peculiarities in the process.<br/>The present work, it is hoped,<br/>will not only meet a long felt need<br/>but will also inspire further study<br/>and research into the hitherto little<br/>explored realm of highly distinctive<br/>cultural traits which have somehow<br/>survived the vicissitudes of time.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Culture-Himalayas
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