The red kum-kum is essential in all auspicious occasion and Hindu religious rites. Also red color in Hindu religion is considered to be very auspicious and as symbol of Ganesha and Lakshmi. Further, in India traditionally, business ledger books are bound in red color. In Hindi and Urdu languages Lal means the color red and Kitab means a book.
The books were published in red hard-cover. In other word the book is on astro-palmistry, that is, it has mixed the two different arts of Palmistry and Jyotisha a.k.a. Lal Kitab is unique in field of vedic astrology because for the first time a book explained how certain planetary positions in one's horoscope should also reflect in the lines of his palm. Ilm-e Samudrik ki buniyad par ki Lalkitab (Lal Kitab), 1952, 1173 pages.Lal Kitab Ke Farman (Lal Kitab – Tarmeem Shuda), 1942, 384 pages.Gutka ( Ilm Samudrik Kee Lal Kitab) (Third Part), 1941, 428 pages.Lal Kitab Ke Arman ( Ilm Samudrik Kee Lal Kitab Ke Armaan), (The “Aspirations” of Lal Kitab), 1940, 280 pages.Lal Kitab Ke Farman (The Edicts of Lal Kitab), 1939, 383 pages.Roop Chand Joshi, together called as Lal Kitab with their years of publication, are as follows.Ī copy of first book published in 1939 is preserved in Lahore Museum. :.
The names of the five set of books authored by Pt. Some regard him also as originator of this books or 1 Authorship & the practitioners of todayĪuthorship & the practitioners of today Īlthough, the author of the original verses is unknown or a matter of debate, however, Pandit Roop Chand Joshi (1898-1982) of Punjab, who authored the presently available version during the years 1939 to 1952 in five volumes, is regarded as the master of this science.