Publish Date
29 Jul, 2025
About This Book
A travelogue from the pen of a historian, The Buddha In My Backyard, is a spell-binding account of the monasteries and artefacts ranging from the time of the Buddha in her backyard of Visakhapatnam district. She dwells on the destruction that time, an apathetic state and a society ridden with ignorance of history, have wreaked on these rich remains that speak of a society and culture long past.
About The Author
Emani Rani Sarma (born 1947) taught history for two decades at Delhi and Hyderabad. She founded the Historical Society of Hyderabad, and was the convenor of INTACH, Visakhapatnam Chapter. As an ardent heritage activist, she litigated in the AP High Court to save a heritage site in Hyderabad and the Thotlakonda Buddhist site in Visakhapatnam. She authored 'The Deodis of Hyderabad – A Lost Heritage,' (2008) and ‘The Boy Who Wanted to Know More' (2025)
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