Hindu & Indian

Appu's Tales

For ages 4+ - Appu's Tales is based on the collection of fables from the Panchatantra, which was compiled over 2000 years ago in Sanskrit by Vishnusarman to instruct the sons of kings in worldly wisdom. Appu tells us about the antics of his delightful friends the crow, lion, and monkey. Six small stories (in both English and Hindi) in which Appu's friends teach the children lessons through fun and games.

Bhagavad-gita As It Is

A 30-hour audio-visual spiritual journey through the Bhagavad-gita.

This Gita CD contains all that is in the printed book and more. In fact, it adds what print media cannot reproduce: sound and visual movement - all synchronised with text. This combination produces a powerful rendition of the Bhagavad-gita that has bhajans, background music, narration of slokas, lectures by Srila Prabhupada and even video clips of the Krsna-conscious lifestyle

India Clips

A collection of 5000 Indian colour clip art images covering categories such as religion, men, women, appliances, places, marriage, culture, music & dance, cartoons, monuments, food and lots more.

India Festiva

Virtually celebrating each day of the year, there are more festivals celebrated in India than anywhere else in the world. From the Hemis festival in the North, to Christmas in the South, from Durga Puja in the East, to Navroz in the West; from Bakr-Id to Raksha Bandhan, Gurpurab to Losar – you'll find them all in India Festiva .... a multimedia CD that brings you face to face with the fascinating festivals of all major religions in India : Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Jew, Parsi, Muslim, Sikh.

Discover how these festivals originated, and the ways of their celebration. Watch the past comes to life in video clips that entertain & inform. Get instant explanation of glossary words.

Locate facts and information using Search and Index. Explore the richness of festivals from this land of celebrations, brought alive with brilliant visuals and sounds of music.

India Musica

Hundreds of pictures, hours of listening pleasure & thirty minutes of video . . . India Musica is your multimedia guide to styles, instruments, personalities and the philosophy of Indian music.

A variety of musical instruments – drum, solid, string and wind. You can view them up close, identify different parts, learn about their origins, and listen to their unique sounds.

Discover music’s diverse forms. All you ever wanted to know about thumri, khayal, qawwali, ghazal, bhajan, shabad . . . Select the music of your choice; trace its origin and evolution; sit back and enjoy an authentic rendition by a virtuoso.

An interactive initiation into Hindustani music – words like raga, tala, laya and alap explained in simple terms; the philosophy of music including the divine aim of sangeet and the Guru-Shishya parampara; the origin of music and its evolution . . . all this and more to enhance the bonds between you - the discerning listener – and your music.

India Mystica

Why are cows worshipped in India? What is the significance of Bindi? How did Ganesha get his elephant head? What is Om?

The answers to these and many more questions are found in India Mystica - an interactive multimedia journey through the popular beliefs and practices of a 4000 year civilisation.

Read, watch, hear and experience the mystique of India.

India Mystica contains hundreds of pages of text with 400 pictures and illustrations. Over 400 audios, videos and animations bring alive one of the world’s oldest living faiths with the power of multimedia.

Read explanatory text researched from ancient scriptures. Visualise symbols of faith in high quality photographs and illustrations. See myths and legends come alive in vibrant, narrated animations. Discover the sounds of hymns and songs routinely heard in homes and temples. Watch full motion video of ceremonies and festivals as practised for centuries Hear authentic pronunciation of vernacular words. Look up the comprehensive Glossary for an explanation of unfamiliar terms.

Living Hinduism

Comprehensive Multimedia Guide to Hinduism including: scriptures; core beliefs; places of worship; culture; movers & shakers; history; festivals; the caste system; music; the Hindi script; authentic pronunciations of Sanskrit and Hindi words.

The Mahabharata

The Mahabharata is a timeless saga. It is woven around two branches of a royal family divided on the issue of inheritance. It features heroes, villains, kings and women of beauty, and their epic stories of love and hatred, joy and sorrow, pride and endurance. The Mahabharata is the story of human nature, and indeed, of life itself.

This story now comes to life before you through beautiful hand-painted illustrations, animated to emphasize the dramatic moments. Narration adds to the “story-time” effect and an original music score enhances the scenes.

As you are swept along by the tale, you realise that each character is ageless, recognisable in every age and civilisation, and very plausible. No one is all good, nor entirely evil. Blind Dhritarashtra, brave Karna, the honourable Yudhishthira, Arjuna, Draupadi – each of them are human, real, with moments of both greatness and shame in their lives. They are so real, and so ageless, you begin to identify with them in their moments of trial or tragedy, shame or victory. All you need to do is sit back – the music, narration and visuals transport you into another world, and you float away on a journey of time.

System Requirements:16 MB RAM, CD-ROM drive, Sound card

Srimad-Bhagavatam

A 35-hour audio-visual presentation of the Srimad-Bhagavatam.

Includes: Ten Cantos; Sanskrit verses (also viewable in Gujarati); Roman script transliterations; word-for-word meanings; translations with diacritical marks; around 500 full-screen colour pictures associated with many of the verses; Bhagavatam Lectures; multimedia Sri Dashavatara-stotra; multimedia Prayers; other bhajans and multimedia presentations; extensive glories of chanting the Hare Krsna Mahamantra; print or copy any verse; greeting the Deities of the Supreme Lord simulation.

Talk Now

Talk Now! is designed for people who want to learn a language quickly. If you don't have time to become fluent, but need the basics in a hurry, Talk Now! is for you. Ideal for beginners.

Multimedia Krsna + Power of Krsna

A special double program containing two CDs compressed onto one CD. Includes a multimedia rendering of the entire Krsna Book (Krishna) as well as the game "Power of Krsna" based on the Krsna Book and 5th Canto of the Srimad-Bhagavatam.

Multimedia Krsna contains 51 hours of audio-visual material delineating the pastimes of Lord Krsna from His transcendental birth and childhood days of stealing butter to His living in Dvaraka with 16108 wives. While the Krsna book is narrated by Srila Prabhupada, the transcription of the audio scrolls at the bottom with pictures synchronised with the text.

There is also a "Tour of the Vedic Universe" section that simply allows you to travel to different places in the universe without playing the game. Have you ever wanted to know from where the Ganges enters into the universe? Or where the sun is in relation to the earth? Or where Narakaloka or Dhruvaloka are? You will easily be able to answer these, and many other, questions using this interactive software.

Plus . . . enter the world of Vedic Astronomy with the Vedic Planetarium on this new CD-ROM