Kashi: Sonnet Series on Varanasi (Varanasi Texts Book 2) (English Edition)

Sanskrit literature has a long tradition of puranas and sthala mahatmyas i.e. literature in praise of places viz. cities. The whole Kashi Khanda of Skanda Mahapuran is praise of the city of Kashi, Varanasi, Benares or Banaras. There has not been much written on or about the city of Banaras in English. This book is an attempt to fill in the gap. Sonnet form or a series of sonnets on any theme is nothing new. This book is new because as far as I know, there has never been any sonnet series on my city in English. So, here’s a series of sonnets, an offering to Mother Kashi.