Tripurari: Gods, Demons, and Timeless Legends

By Amit Ghosh

Before Rama. Before Lanka burned. There was the story the victors erased.

Every epic is written by the winners. Tripurari goes beneath the familiar Ramayana to recover what was buried: Pratyangira, the forgotten goddess of Lanka; Ravana not as a demon but as a polymath scholar-king and devotee of Shiva; and a civilization slandered and burned to justify its conquest.

Drawing on the Jain, Tamil, and Bengali retellings the mainstream tradition left behind, Amit Ghosh reconstructs a suppressed history - the making and unmaking of the three cities of Tripura, the true lineage of Lanka, and the fierce mother-goddess and her devoted son whose memory was systematically erased.

Inside, you will discover:

Pratyangira - the hidden goddess of Lanka, and why the epic buried herRavana reconsidered: scholar, musician, Shiva-bhakta, kingThe Jain, Tamil, and Bengali Ramayanas that tell a different truthTripura, Tripurari, and the theology of conquestThe lost voices and darker questions history left unanswered

Not just a myth. Not just a god. A contested history older than memory.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H9GCQPV3
• ISBN13: 9788197460425
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Bellephant
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.6" x 5.5"