About Lotus Lantern Tales

Lotus Lantern Tales began at home, with a parent who wanted their own children to grow up knowing the stories of India as whole stories, not fragments, and who could not find books that told them completely, beautifully and simply.

So we started making them. Our first series, The Complete Mahabharata, retells the whole epic in eleven illustrated books. More collections, from the Ramayana to India's real-life heroes, are on the way.

Our name brings together two old symbols: the lotus, which rises clean and beautiful from muddy water, and the lantern, which carries light into dark places. That is what we hope our books do.

What we believe

• Every child deserves to know the stories of their heritage.
• Ancient stories should be told truthfully, warmly and in full.
• Books for children should be beautiful enough for adults to treasure.