The Vedic Wedding Book

An excellent account of the Vedic wedding [...] Amrutur Srinivasan has written a fine book.' - Prof. Subhash Kak Louisiana State University An immensely accessible guide The Vedic Wedding will take you to the roots of the Hindu wedding ceremony on a journey of its evolution from the Rig Vedic times to the present day. A.V. Srinivasan brings the best of his experiential wisdom as a Hindu priest and scholar in the US in uniquely accessible explanations of each ritual of the traditional ceremony along with a wealth of knowledge about their origin variations and significance. One of its kind this book will help you understand and appreciate as well as execute the traditional Vedic wedding ceremony and get a flavour of India's wedding culture its true meaning and significance. About the Author Dr. A.V. (Sheenu) Srinivasan has resided in the United States since 1961. In addition to a long career in engineering research and education he has developed and taught courses on the ancient Indian epics the Ramayana and the Mahabharata at the University of Connecticut and Wesleyan University. He is the primary founder of the Connecticut Valley Hindu Temple Society and the driving force in the establishment of the Satyanarayana Temple in Middletown Connecticut. His publications include A Hindu Primer Yaksha Prashna (1984) the second edition released by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in 2002 and now in its third revised enlarged edition from Vision Books. His 2011 J Wiley publication Hinduism for Dummies is also available in India. Aside from books and articles in professional engineering journals he has also published a number of articles on Hinduism and related topics in Indian-American newspapers and journals and a series of guidebooks on Hindu religious ceremonies.