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Divya, and Usha Bhanotfor their unending support and hospitality. Other generous friends also willingly opened doors for me: Vivek Srivastava, Kiran Sachdev, Nishat Mummunka, and Shubra Gupta. I also want to thank Professor H.D. Chhaya for his patience and guidance, Sudesh Prabhakar for his willingness to share his knowledge about the Vedic culture, vastu and architecture with me, Dr. Pandit Vishwanath Sharma and his son Anurag whose remarkable family started Shree Baidyanath Ayurved Bhawan, India's oldest ayurveda company. Finally, I would like to thank Suneet Paul (editor of India's finest architecture and design magazine, A+D), Parveen Chopra (editor and publisher of India's New Age magazine, Life Positive), and Krishna Deva, India's brilliant archeologist and the author of Khajuraho.
After I returned from India to Manhattan, numerous friends in the United States also offered their support and excellent advice throughout the months of preparation of this manuscript. They were all invaluable alliesmy daughter Kia, Kathryn Kilgore, Larry Estridge, Reniera Wolff, Chris Lupton, Sally Helgesen, Laura Rittenhouse, Tannia and Manu Goswami. I also want to thank four very special people for their enthusiasm and contribution: my illustrator, Allison Eden Karn; my agent, Kathy Anderson; and my editors, Matthew Lore and Caroline Pincus.

 
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