Well-known Indian academic and Indian religious studies expert Nilima Chitgopekar has written extensively on Shiva and the goddess. She was the author of Shakti: An Exploration of the Divine Feminine, published by DK, now in its third reprint. She has lectured extensively at Harvard and Oxford and has published six other books, including The Reluctant Family Man: Shiva in Everyday Life (2019), Rudra: The Idea of Shiva (2007), The Book of Durga (2003), Invoking Goddesses: Gender Politics in Indian Religion (2002), and Encountering Sivaism: The Deity, The Milieu, The Entourage (1998).

Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)

Pub date: 2026-05-12

Length: 328 pages