Indian philosophy and Javanese mysticism: A spiritual link


(190306) -- YOGYAKARTA, March 6, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian Hindu devotees participate in a ceremony ahead of the Nyepi Day at Prambanan Temple in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on March 6, 2019. Nyepi marks the New Year day of the Balinese Saka calendar in Indonesia. On this public holiday, which falls on March 7 in 2019, locals devote themselves to fasting and meditation, while refraining from practices such as lighting fires, working, traveling and entertaining. (Xinhua/Supriyanto).

JAKARTA (ANN): Nishkam Agarwal’s forthcoming book on the philosophical correlation between India and Indonesia has generated a great deal of interest in the scholarly world.

The upcoming book by the Washington DC-based philosopher, historian and author, who is also an economist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is tentatively entitled Exploring Indian Influences in Javanese Architecture and Art.

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