Many Many Many Gods of Hinduism

Many Many Many Gods of Hinduism
by Swami Achuthananda.

Join us and come share your thoughts on the book. We will talk about things that we found interesting in the book and any connections we might make to other literature.
I will post the link to the online meeting on the day of the meetup. We are using Google Meet.

Look for it at your local library or
Available on Amazon: [Many Many Many Gods of Hinduism: Culture, Concepts, Controversies - Kindle edition by Achuthananda, Swami. Religion & Spirituality Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.](https://www.amazon.com/Many-Gods-Hinduism-Concepts-Controversies-ebook/dp/B00E52W2YQ/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1678632865&sr=1-1-catcorr)

Book description:
*** Winner 2014 Next Generation Indie Book Awards ***

Religion is the opium of the people, said Karl Marx many centuries ago. For more than a billion people living in India and abroad, Hinduism is the religion and a way of life. In this multi-award winning book, Swami Achuthananda cracks open the opium poppy pods, analyzes the causes for euphoria, and comes away with a deeper understanding of the people and their religion.

This is a comprehensive book on Hinduism. It tells you why Hindus do the things they do - and don't. Written in a easy, casual style, the book guides you through the fundamentals of the religion. It then goes further and debunks a number of long-standing myths, some of them coming from the academia of all places. While most books shy away from contentious issues, this book plunges headlong by taking on controversies, like the Aryan Invasion Theory, idol worship, RISA scholarship and many more. In fact one-third of the book is just on controversies that you rarely find in any other literature.

*** Finalist - 2014 Pacific Book Awards ***