Idols: Unearthing the Power of Murti Puja

A great book highlighting the history behind idol-worship across the globe and bringing to light many of the aspects of different Hindu Gods and Goddesses. I was looking for such a book for some time now and finally Amish delievered.

Here's what I loved about the book:
1. The Topic of Ishta Devtas and how devotees connect to them
2. Exploring the core as well an surface notions in Hinduism
3. Correlation with other polythiest religions like that of Greek and Egyptian

What I didn't enjoy as much:
1. Digressing from current topic too much to discuss correlations with Greek Culture.
2. Less information about Pranprathista in Murti Pujas and precursor to idol worships: Mandals & Yantras.
3. Less information about Nirguna Bhakti and it's parallelism with Abrahmaic Faiths.