Garuda Purana And Other Hindu Ideas Of Death, Rebirth And Immortality (Paperback) By Devdutt Pattanaik

In Garuda Purana and Other Hindu Ideas of Death, Rebirth & Immortality, Devdutt Pattanaik offers a deep and accessible exploration of the Hindu perspectives on death, what happens after death, rebirth, and the quest for immortality. He unpacks rituals, myths, and texts—especially drawing on the ancient Garuda Purana—and discusses questions like: Why are ancestors fed after death? Why is cremation preferred over burial in many Hindu traditions? What does “judgement” look like in Hindu myth? Pattanaik covers a wide range of beings (bhūta, piśācha, pretā, pitṛ), gods (Yama, Kāl-Bhīrava), and practices across Vedic and tantric traditions.

Buy this book from Kitabharu and deepen your understanding of how Hindu mythology frames the big questions of existence, death and what comes next.