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River of Offerings

River of Offerings is a hard cover photography and story book covering twelve stories from a variety of locations along the Ganga, India’s sacred river, from Gangotri in northern India to the delta where it opens into the Bay of Bengal. River of Offerings is distributed by Mandala Publishing.

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2021 Award Winner | Spirituality & Practice

2021 Award Winner | Spirituality & Practice
Jennifer's River of Offerings was named one of the Best Spiritual Books of 2021 by Spirituality & Practice. It stands along other notable books like Brene Brown's Atlas of the Heart, Jane Goodall's The Book of Hope, and Amanda Gorman's Call us What We Carry.
Spirituality & Practice
Mid-Day Magazine, Mumbai


Mid-Day Magazine, Mumbai
“A California-based yoga and spiritual teacher has spent 10 years returning to India to meet the Ganga, hoping for answers which have now made it to a photo book she thinks can offer readers solace during a global crisis."
Mid-Day Mumbai
Lion's Roar


Lion's Roar Foundation
“In this striking collection of images and stories, Prugh details her many pilgrimages to India, and her experiences as she encounters the sacred Ganges River. With her, we bear witness to the raw truth of life and death, to profound beauty and unspeakable destruction.
Lion's Roar
YOGA + Life Magazine


YOGA + Life Magazine
According to author, yoga teacher and world traveler Jennifer Prugh, traveling with awareness makes “moving around the globe a practice of compassion.” YOGA + Life® caught up with Prugh to hear how her yoga practice has evolved this past year and what she’s looking forward to next.
YOGA + Life

2021 Award Winner | Spirituality & Practice

Jennifer’s River of Offerings was named one of the Best Spiritual Books of 2021 by Spirituality & Practice. It stands along other notable books like Brene Brown’s Atlas of the Heart, Jane Goodall’s The Book of Hope, and Amanda Gorman’s Call us What We Carry.

Mid-Day Magazine, Mumbai

“A California-based yoga and spiritual teacher has spent 10 years returning to India to meet the Ganga, hoping for answers which have now made it to a photo book she thinks can offer readers solace during a global crisis.”

Lion's Roar Foundation

“In this striking collection of images and stories, Prugh details her many pilgrimages to India, and her experiences as she encounters the sacred Ganges River. With her, we bear witness to the raw truth of life and death, to profound beauty and unspeakable destruction.”

YOGA + Life Magazine

According to author, yoga teacher and world traveler Jennifer Prugh, traveling with awareness makes “moving around the globe a practice of compassion.” YOGA + Life® caught up with Prugh to hear how her yoga practice has evolved this past year and what she’s looking forward to next.

Kind Words

This book is a rare and extraordinary offering. It brings the flow of the sacred Ganges River directly into our hearts. In India, the Ganga is more than a river of water. It is a river of consciousness and love-and for those with souls ripe to feel, it is a path of purification for our hearts. Immerse your Self in this sublime and beautiful offering.
~Krishna Das
This is more than just a book about the Ganga. Crafted over many years of tireless work, and undertaken out of palpable love for a people and a place, it is a work of great artistry. The stunning photos and the text that accompanies them give astonishing insights into the many faces of the great river, and into the mysteries and contradictions of life-and death- for those who live along it. It is also the record of a personal pilgrimage, and a testament to how deeply landscapes and people can transform us in ways we can't foresee.
~Dr. Mark Singleton
River of Offerings is a truly delightful voyage through the kaleidoscope of India. Chock-full of reflections, color, spontaneous moments, and historical reference within the tradition of yoga, this is a richly textured book. Jennifer's lens moves from micro to macro, from intimate detail to a cosmological view. I felt transported in the flow of each passing scene, eagerly devouring both the textual references and the photographs. This is a mesmerizing journey on the river of life that is at once paradoxical and sublime.
~ Tias Little
River of Offerings takes you on an adventurous journey that flows like the most prominent river in the world. Jennifer has a special way with story and image and a deep emotional connection to the places she pilgrimed to tell this special story. I was lucky enough to join her on a small part of the journey, and the way she experienced the place and then re-created it here is just pure magic! The images offer a special way to revisit the adventure again and again, I know I will.
~Melissa Arnot Reid, first American woman to ascend/descend Mount Everest without oxygen, mountain guide, mother
In mythic time, the goddess Ganga, daughter of Brahma, India's Jehovah, was overwhelmed by compassion for beings suffering from thirst, and so graciously flung herself down from heaven to become the sacred river Ganges. Today, the holy river is also one of the most toxic. This book takes us down the river to reveal its world of overwhelming beauty and unspeakable horror, opening our minds and hearts. Jennifer's skillful vision and intense devotion kindles our meditation on the different qualities of the river, letting her become our teacher. She teaches us that we each have our own special flow to share, that we each are a River of Offerings. Her photography immerses us in a lucid dream, kindling our joyful awareness, inspiring us to dare to love the world, as it is, yet moved to powerful action to make it better.
~ Robert A. F. Thurman, Buddhologist emeritus
This is a story about becoming the best you can be. You cannot help but learn, grow, and up-level your own game while reading this book.
~ Ronnie Lott
For Indians, the Ganges is far more than just a river. She's revered as a goddess; a sip of her water will heal the sick and purify the sinner. For countless generations pilgrims have gathered at her tirthas, sacred "crossings" along her banks, to bathe and be renewed. Through words and photos, Jennifer breathes startling life into the world of the Goddess, as she energy and embodies her essence. This is a rare piece of art, and our sip and our crossing. channels her.
~ Richard Rosen
One of the river Ganga's many names is Tripathagamini, "the Goddess Who Travels Through Heaven, Earth, and Hell. In this beautiful and touching book, Jennifer Prugh takes us through all three levels of Ganga's fascinating existence. O Ganga, take away suffering! Gange har!
~ Dr. James Mallinson
This book is beautiful.
~ Ram Dass