Sheenu Srinivasan

I (Dr. Amrutur Venkatachar Srinivasan) was born in India in the the southern state of Karnataka. I had eight years of formal education in Sanskrit, the liturgical language of Hinduism, followed by many years in the U.S. performing a wide variety of Hindu religious ceremonies of worship, weddings, housewarmings, and bhajans or kirtans. More at www.avsrinivasan.com

I have published/presented numerous papers on a variety of cultural, social and religious issues in the U.S. and India. I have given courses on the epic literature of India at the University of Connecticut and Wesleyan University. Founder member of the Connecticut Valley Hindu Temple Society (1979) , and the Raga Club of Connecticut (2006).

My most recent publication (2011) is Hinduism for Dummies. My publication, The Vedic Wedding: Origins, Tradition and Practice, (Periplus Line LLC, 2006, www.periplusbooks.com) is widely acclaimed and won the USA Book News 2007 Best Book Award in the category of Eastern Religions. I have developed a contemporary format for Vedic (Hindu) weddings which retains all essential Vedic rites within a one hour ceremony, and in practice have blended this approach with those of other creeds in many interfaith weddings. Please visit www.indianweddings.us.com

Books Published
• Dharma: Hindu Strategy for a Purposeful Life; An ebook, Periplusline, LLC, 2013
• How to Conduct Seemantam: Hindu Rites for the Wellbeing of the Mother-To-Be; Periplusline, LLC, 2009
• Hinduism for Dummies; Wiley Publications 2011
• Hindu Wedding: The Guide ; White River Press, 2010
• A Series of nine individual booklets on HOW TO CONDUCT PUJA to the following gods and goddesses: Soorya, Shiva, SriRamachandra, SriKrishna, MahaaGanapati, Durgadevi, Saraswathi, Lakshmi and Navagrahas (1999 – 2009)
• VEDIC WEDDING: Origins, Tradition & Practice; Periplusline, LLC, 2006. Received the USA BOOK NEWS 2007 Best Books AWARD WINNER in the category
of Eastern Religions.
• Padayatra; published for and in behalf of Connecticut Valley Hindu Temple Society, Periplusline, LLC, 2005
• Yaksha Prashna: A Hindu Primer (1984); second edition released by the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bangalore, April 2002