Editor’s Note: Shri U. V. Kini through his immense dedication towards our community heritage, brings to us an e-book on GSB Temples. Amgele Devasthana (our temples) have had a distinct architecture. We perhaps have the only temples in the whole of India, in our community, where Vishnu and Shiva are worshipped in the same Altar.

Our terus and utsavs surrounding the temples enhance the grandeur of the rich heritage which we have been following as a community through cycles of prosperity and famine.

Shri U. V. Kini’s book, rich with images is an excellent and God-sent medium to revisit our temple traditions.

Directions to read the ebook:

You may read the book in any of the three ways:

1) Allow the book to load in i-paper format in the space below

2) if you are unable to see the book below… kindly login to the following link

http://www.scribd.com/doc/4890397/Temples-of-the-GSB-Community-Their-uniqueness-Revised

The book is also available for download through the same link above. You will need to sign up for free with scribd.

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Introduction of our new contributor:

Roshan Pai Ramesh is the Chief Editor of the Konkani Dictionary Project (www.savemylanguage.org). His passion is researching and documenting the Konkani Language. He also maintains an extensive collection of Indian coins (pre-british era). Professionally he’s the Director of an IT Consultancy company based in the UK. He does occasionally fancy a pub crawl when he’s not too busy with the above.

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Through the ages mankind has come up with some remarkable inventions. Language is one such beautiful invention.

Languages progress and evolve over time, enriching themselves as time flows. It no longer remains just a means of communication, but rather a complex medium of interaction between people.

Konkani too has seen it all. It’s been there and done that. Originating from Sanskrit, it has taken its own unique path. To really appreciate the richness of Konkani, you need to overhear two Mangloreans speak to each other in their so called pure ‘Amchigele’. The richness of the language is immediately striking.

Having a rich spoken language however does not suffice. It needs documentation. It needs rules. It needs to be standardized. First and foremost it needs a dictionary. This step has always preceded the organized literature phase. This is where the ‘Konkani Dictionary Project’ comes into the picture. (more…)