Mandala Publishing Wins Benjamin Franklin Award

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Mandala Wins Benjamin Franklin Award

 

BY MANDALA PUBLISHING

 

NOVATO, CA, May 20 (VNN) — Mandala's In A World Of Gods And

Goddesses Wins Benjamin Franklin Award!

 

Mandala Publishing is proud to announce that "In a World of Gods and

Goddesses: The Mystic Art of Indra Sharma" has won the prestigious

Benjamin Franklin Award for best Spiritual/Metaphysical book

published in 2001. In a near sweep of the category nominations,

Mandala's "Ramayana: A Tale of Gods and Demons" (B. G.

Sharma/Ranchor Prime) was also singled out as a finalist for the

honor! The award ceremony took place on May 1st at the Grand Hyatt

Hotel in New York City on the eve of this year's Book Expo America.

 

Mandala would like to congratulate Indra and Nimisha Sharma, James

Bae (Jagadish Das), the Palace Press design team and everyone else

who contributed to this amazing title. If you've not yet seen the

book, we encourage you to visit us online at www.mandala.org for

more information.

 

The Benjamin Franklin Awards are sponsored by Publishers Marketing

Association and celebrate excellence in editorial and book design. A

panel of 150 judges selected the award nominees from more than 1,400

book entries from North America.

 

Steeped in India's ancient Vedic cosmology, the prayerful paintings

of In a World of Gods and Goddesses invite the viewer to experience

a visually astounding who's who of the Hindu pantheon. Ganesh,

Shiva, Laxmi and Krishna are just some of the divine forms that

grace the oversized pages. Here's what some recent reviewers have to

say:

 

Gorgeous! The color verity is awesome and Stunning art lavishly

illustrated windows into the divine with commentaryoffering readers

accessible insights into the diverse traditions of Hindu art and

Hinduism itself. -Publishers Weekly

 

Sharma combines contemporary and traditional elements to create

intriguing icons of fascinating splendor. -Common Ground

 

Sharma's paintings are colorful, vivid and lush, with great

attention to the details of clothing, jewelry, and the world of

nature. a beautifully produced and relatively inexpensive large-

format book, this is warmly recommended for public and academic

libraries. -Library Journal

 

Indra Sharma, long considered one of India's most prolific and

sensitive painters, was born in 1923 in the small town of Nathdwara,

in Rajasthan, India. He learned the art of painting from his family

and did his first creation at age ten. An India National Award

winner, this is the first time a collection of his work has appeared

outside of the Indian subcontinent.

 

Contact: Mandala Publishing, 800.688.2218 - mandala

 

In a World of Gods and Goddesses: The Mystic Art of Indra Sharma

Written by James Bae and illustrated by Indra Sharma Hardbound, 200

pages, 12 x 14, over 100 original color plates, $75.00 To order,

visit us at http://www.mandala.org or call 800.688.2218.