An English translation of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's Bengali novel Radharani. The novel told the story of an educated Hindu housewife who fought against the conservative attitudes of the nineteenth century colonial society. Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district...
A compilation of short biographies of eight famous persons of undivided Bengal. This book contain biographies of Krishnachandra Ray, Jagannath Tarkapanchanan, Bharatacandra Ray Gunakar, Krishna Panti, Rammohun Roy, Padmalochan Mukhopadhyaya, Matilal Sil and Harish Chandra Mukhopadhyaya. Accordin...
A book on Indian philosophy. It contain philosophical explanations of nature and ideas of devotion towards the nature. This book is a compilation of different ideas of Sankhya philosophy of ancient India. Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district. Sisir Bani Mandir ...
Religious teachings of Srikrishnananda Svami, a Hindu saint and founder of Hindu Yogasrama of Benares. It contains the idea of ethics mentioned in Hinduism according to Srikrishnananda. The book, once used as a textbook for the schools (in Bengal, Bihar and United Provinces of British India [Utt...
Bengali translation of the rules and regulations about the rituals on last rights for Hindu community. Drafted by Raghunandana Bhattacaryaya, leading figure of Hindu law. These regulations were well accepted among the larger sections of people who believed in Hindu faith. Custodial history: One...
Gospels of Srikrishnananda Svami about the relation between devotion and devotee's in Hinduism. Published on the occasion of the annual ceremony of a Vasinavite festival, the book is a well circulated one among the believers of Vaisnavism. Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the H...
Short biographies of Balmiki, Beda-Byasa, Kalidasa, Sakyasimha, Chanakya, Sankaracharya and Bijaysimha. The book was written for Hindu schoolchildren to teach the lost glory of Hinduism. The book also gave a brief idea about nationalism with discussing those biographies. Custodial history: One ...
A compilation of short biographies of seventeen famous persons of Bengal. It includes biographies of Raghunath Siromani, Isvara Candra Vidyasagar, Radha Kanta Dev, Madan Mohan Tarkalankar and many others. Written by Sambhucandra Bidyaratna, brother of Isvar Candra Vidyasagar, the book was once a...
Story of Bijana Grama written in verse. The book shows decline of the village based economic development with the advent of colonialism. The bad effect of various colonial laws regarding re-regulating village administration. Apart from that, the book also criticized the emergence of western mode...
A book of devotional songs written by Srikrishnanda Svami. This book also contains a short biography of the Hindu saint. Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district. Sisir Bani Mandir was established at Guptipara in 1917. The library has a good collection of old Sansk...