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About the Book:“The Yoginis of Ranipur Jharial: Tantric Goddesses of Yore” is a compilation of the author’s research, readings and insights on the Chausathi Yoginis temple at Ranipur Jharial (Balangir, Odisha, India). This book was motivated by the author’s desire to delve deeply into the tantric roots in which the Yogini cult is embedded and to link it to the significance of this site as a potential cultural tourism destination. The book focuses on the forgotten Chausathi Yoginis along with rare facts about the temple, the author’s mystical insights, explorations of the Yogini cult and its contemporary relevance.About the Author:Dr. Adyasha Das is the Amazon India bestselling author of “The Chausathi Yoginis of Hirapur: from Tantra to Tourism”. She is a contemporary writer from Odisha known for her insightful and colourful portrayals of life. Suffused with sensitivity, she uses words and imagery with an uninhibited freedom, modulated with quality. Her stories and poems have a rare psychological insight and are at the same time reflective, sensuous and elegant in their observations. She is the author of poetry collections Anuchharita (Odia), Nemesis, Brass Flowers & The Yogini Poems: Love and Life (English), apart from academic and non-fiction books.