URLs useful for a Hinduism class

[Madhav Deshpande]

[Thanks to all those who made suggestions for URLs.  Here is a select list
that I put together for my Hinduism class this semester.]
                                            Madhav Deshpande

URLs USEFUL FOR HINDUISM CLASS STUDENTS


http://www.harappa.com
(on Indus Valley Civilization)

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCINDIA/CONTENTS.HTM
(general info on Ancient India)

http://www.san.beck.org/EC7-Vedas.html
(general website on Vedic literature)

http://www.picatype.com/dig/dc/dc0aa03.htm
(on the Rigvedic river Sarasvati)

http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/00786.html
(on Aryans)

http://folklore.ee/folklore/vol8/veda.htm
(Orality vs. Written Text: Mediaeval Developments in Vedic Ritual
Literature)

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/1335/Soc/w_ary.html
(women in Hindu Society)

http://www.mnet.fr/aiindex/ch2.html
(communalism and history in India)

http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/hindu/holymen
(Sadhus and Swamis, Holy men of India)

http://www.zapme.com/net/class/pr/pr_rel_hindu_history.html
(an excellent general website with essays on various topics)

http://members.tripod.com/~INDIA_RESOURCE/sahistory.html
(useful site with lots of essays on Coming of Aryans, Vedas etc.)

http://religion.rutgers.edu/vri/hindu.html
(good collection of websites relating to Hinduism)

http://www.spiritweb.org/Spirit/veda.html
(on Vedas)

http://www.spiritweb.org/Spirit/image-gallery-vedicdeity.html
(Vedic deities)

http://www.hindunet.org/home.shtml
(general website for Hinduism)

http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/avhp/
(Advaita Vedanta tradition)

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/5084/agni.html
(on Vedic ritual)

http://www.ambedkar.org/
(offers critique of Hinduism from a Dalit point of
view)

http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/maxpages/special/ramayana
(Ramayana)

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/2178/
(Tribute to Hinduism)

http://adaniel.tripod.com/brahmosamaj.htm
(Brahmo Samaj, a reformist Hindu movement in Bengal)

http://www.hindu.dk/english/1a/default.htm
(Daily life and Hinduism)

http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/feature/pune.html
(Ganesh festival in Pune, India)

http://www.Rochester.edu/college/REL/rel249/durga/index.html
(worship of Durga)

http://india.indiagov.org/culture/festival/festival.htm#fest
(Festivals in India)

http://www.rochester.edu/college/REL/rel249/ganesha/
(On Ganesha)

http://www.compulink.co.uk/~ganesh/default.htm
(Ganesh worship)

http://hindusaktha.freeservers.com/
(Goddess worship)

http://www.rochester.edu/college/REL/rel249
(excellent info on Hindu divinities)

http://www.kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/exhib/meetgod/meetgod/meetgod.htm
(meting God:  elements of Hindu devotion)

http://www.members.xoom.it/kundalini/kundalini_eng/index.html
(general Hinduism, Shavism, and Yoga)

http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/alvars/nammalvar/preface.html
(Tamil saint Nammalvar)

http://www.si.edu/organiza/museums/freer/puja/lesson_contents.html
(Intro to Hindu Puja ritual)

http://www.rama.avatara.org/
(Rama devotion)

http://www.advaita-vedanta.org/avhp/sankara-life.html
(biography of the philosopher Shankara)

http://www.home.att.net/~s-prasad/ramanuja.htm
(on the philosopher Ramanuja)

http://www.vedanta.com/vivekananda1.html
(on Vivekananda)

http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/alvars/index.html
(Tamil Alvar saints)

http://www.avatara.org/
(info on Avataras of Vishnu)

http://www.parallel.park.org/India/Durga/dp_index.htm#directory
(festival of Durgapuja in Bengal)

http://www.easternreligions.com/hinduism-n.html
(general intro to Hinduism)

http://www.lalwani.demon.co.uk/sonney/wedding.htm
(Hindu wedding rituals)

http://www.vaishnava.com/main.htm
(Intro to Vaishnavism)

http://www.teleport.com/~rravi/wedding/wedding.html
(on Hindu wedding rituals)

http://www2.eu.spiritweb.org/Spirit/yoga.html
(excellent intro to Yoga)

http://www.uiuc.edu/providers/psames/programs/identity2000.htm
(lots of useful links)

http://www.asia.si.edu/devi/index.htm
(goddess worship in Hinduism)

http://www.goloka.com/index.html
(Vaishnava ideas)

http://www.picatype.com/dig/dig.htm
(good on archaeology; also features Sir William Jones's "Sacontala")

http://cofah.utsa.edu/drinka/pie/pie.html
(good for introducing students to Indo-European comparisons)

http://www.kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/
(great resource on Nepali Buddhist (and Hindu) culture and works of art)

http://religion.rutgers.edu/vri/hindu.html
(lots of useful links)

http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/tantra/
(on Tantrik Hinduism)

http://www.mandirnet.org
(on Hindu temples)

http://www.rit.edu/~mrreee/dvaita.html
(on the philosophy of Madhvacharya)