For the unversed, originally preserved through oral tradition and rich with fantastical elements — genies, fairies, ghostly figures, and divine sages — these ballads have long been central to regional performance traditions across melas, weddings, and spiritual gatherings.<\/p>\n
Through narratives that combine magical realism with lived experiences, the book sheds light on how marginalised communities used folklore as a vehicle of resistance, transformation, and spiritual inquiry.<\/p>\n
According to the publisher, this anthology not only documents these stories with historical sensitivity and literary finesse but also offers a “critical lens into their enduring social and philosophical resonance.”<\/p>\n
Also, at the heart of each tale lies the Gorakhnathi worldview — fluid, inclusive, and radically humanist — “blurring the lines between religion, caste, and creed”.<\/p>\n
“I believe ‘Lores of Love and Saint Gorakhnath’ offers a rare glimpse into a world where folklore and faith come together to illuminate universal truths of love, loss, longing, and transcendence,” Gurveen Chadha, executive editor of ‘Ebury Press’ and ‘Penguin Veer’ at PRHI.<\/p>\n
The book, priced at Rs 399, is available for purchase across online and offline stores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the unversed, originally preserved through oral tradition and rich with fantastical elements — genies, fairies, ghostly figures,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[353,49,48,75,25878,25877],"class_list":{"0":"post-34126","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-gorakhnathi-tradition","13":"tag-lalu-prasad-yadav"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}