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	He has also been the story consultant at [[STAR India\|Indian television network Star TV]], where ''[[Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev]]'' is based on his work<ref>http://www.dailypioneer.com/sunday-edition/sunday-pioneer/special/god-of-small-screen.html</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/bt-mindrush/speaker-Devdutt-Pattanaik.jsp\|title=MindRush\|website=businesstoday.in}}</ref><ref>http://indiaopines.com/devon-ke-dev-mahadev-review/</ref> and [[EPIC (TV channel)\|Epic channel]], where he presents ''[[Devlok with Devdutt Pattanaik]]''.<ref name="indiantelevision.com">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/mam/marketing/an-eclectic-set-of-speakers-announced-for-goafest-2014-140402\|title=An eclectic set of speakers announced for Goafest 2014\|date=2 April 2014\|website=Indian Television Dot Com}}</ref>		He has also been the story consultant at [[STAR India\|Indian television network Star TV]], where ''[[Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev]]'' is based on his work<ref>http://www.dailypioneer.com/sunday-edition/sunday-pioneer/special/god-of-small-screen.html</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/bt-mindrush/speaker-Devdutt-Pattanaik.jsp\|title=MindRush\|website=businesstoday.in}}</ref><ref>http://indiaopines.com/devon-ke-dev-mahadev-review/</ref> and [[EPIC (TV channel)\|Epic channel]], where he presents ''[[Devlok with Devdutt Pattanaik]]''.<ref name="indiantelevision.com">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/mam/marketing/an-eclectic-set-of-speakers-announced-for-goafest-2014-140402\|title=An eclectic set of speakers announced for Goafest 2014\|date=2 April 2014\|website=Indian Television Dot Com}}</ref>

	In 2015, Pattanaik presented the Hindi television series [[Devlok with Devdutt Pattanaik]] on the "EPIC ON" channel. In the show, he attempts to demystify and decode the folklore and traditions that accompanies Indian mythology. In December 2016, he made "his debut on the Forbes India Celeb 100 list, on the 93rd spot."<ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/culture/story/chetan-bhagat-devdutt-pattanaik-forbes-india-celebrity-100-2016-lifest-359231-2016-12-23</ref>		In 2015, Pattanaik presented the Hindi television series [[Devlok with Devdutt Pattanaik]] on the "EPIC ON" channel. In the show, he attempts to demystify and decode the folklore and traditions that accompanies Indian mythology. In December 2016, he made "his debut on the Forbes India Celeb 100 list, on the 93rd spot."<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/culture/story/chetan-bhagat-devdutt-pattanaik-forbes-india-celebrity-100-2016-lifest-359231-2016-12-23\|title=Seeing Chetan Bhagat and Devdutt Pattanaik in the Forbes India Celeb 100 list is confusing us no end}}</ref>

	Pattanaik worked on [[Audible Originals\|Audible Originals (India)]]'s [[audiobook]] titled ''Suno Mahabharat Devdutt Pattanaik ke Saath'' and ''[[Revisiting Mahabharata with Devdutt Pattanaik]]''.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Majumdar\|first=Meghna\|date=2020-05-25\|title=Devdutt Pattanaik narrates The Mahabharata as a six-hour audio tale\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/devdutt-pattanaik-narrates-the-mahabharata-as-a-six-hour-audio-tale/article31670737.ece\|access-date=2020-06-22\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Audible Suno launches Suno Mahabharata Devdutt Pattanaik Ke Saath\|url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/culture/books/2020/may/29/audible-suno-launches-suno-mahabharata-devdutt-pattanaik-ke-saath-25350.html\|access-date=2020-06-22\|website=www.indulgexpress.com}}</ref> In his show he talks about the details of the war in the Mahabharata, how it affected the world, and what happened to India after the death of the [[Pandava\|Pandavas]] and the [[Kaurava\|Kauravas]]. He also communicates the Vedic tenets which describes [[karma]] and [[dharma]].<ref>https://www.indulgexpress.com/culture/books/2020/may/29/audible-suno-launches-suno-mahabharata-devdutt-pattanaik-ke-saath-25350.html</ref>		Pattanaik worked on [[Audible Originals\|Audible Originals (India)]]'s [[audiobook]] titled ''Suno Mahabharat Devdutt Pattanaik ke Saath'' and ''[[Revisiting Mahabharata with Devdutt Pattanaik]]''.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Majumdar\|first=Meghna\|date=2020-05-25\|title=Devdutt Pattanaik narrates The Mahabharata as a six-hour audio tale\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/devdutt-pattanaik-narrates-the-mahabharata-as-a-six-hour-audio-tale/article31670737.ece\|access-date=2020-06-22\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Audible Suno launches Suno Mahabharata Devdutt Pattanaik Ke Saath\|url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/culture/books/2020/may/29/audible-suno-launches-suno-mahabharata-devdutt-pattanaik-ke-saath-25350.html\|access-date=2020-06-22\|website=www.indulgexpress.com}}</ref> In his show he talks about the details of the war in the Mahabharata, how it affected the world, and what happened to India after the death of the [[Pandava\|Pandavas]] and the [[Kaurava\|Kauravas]]. He also communicates the Vedic tenets which describes [[karma]] and [[dharma]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/culture/books/2020/may/29/audible-suno-launches-suno-mahabharata-devdutt-pattanaik-ke-saath-25350.html\|title=Audible Suno launches Suno Mahabharata Devdutt Pattanaik Ke Saath}}</ref>

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	Pattanaik opines that "no society can exist without myth as it creates notions of right and wrong, good and bad, heaven and hell, rights and duties".<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/no-society-can-exist-without-myth-says-devdutt-pattanaik/story-PG1v4iB17j07dV5Vyv86QN.html\|title=No society can exist without myth, says Devdutt Pattanaik\|date=4 July 2016\|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> To him, mythology "tells people how they should see the world... Different people will have their own mythology, reframing old ones or creating new ones."<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/featurephilia/story/devdutt-pattanaik-mythology-importance-interview-1023028-2017-07-07\|title=Devdutt Pattanaik explains how understanding the symbolism behind Indian mythology can entirely change the way we view life\|agency=Ist\|newspaper=India Today}}</ref> His desire is "to get Saraswati out of the closet. Saraswati belongs everywhere, she has to flow everywhere" and his body of work is aimed "to make knowledge accessible."<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/devdutt-pattanaik-modern-people-want-to-feel-liberal-so-they-construct-a-past-thats-conservative-5420504/\|title=Modern people want to feel liberal, so they construct a past that's conservative\|date=27 October 2018}}</ref>		Pattanaik opines that "no society can exist without myth as it creates notions of right and wrong, good and bad, heaven and hell, rights and duties".<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/no-society-can-exist-without-myth-says-devdutt-pattanaik/story-PG1v4iB17j07dV5Vyv86QN.html\|title=No society can exist without myth, says Devdutt Pattanaik\|date=4 July 2016\|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> To him, mythology "tells people how they should see the world... Different people will have their own mythology, reframing old ones or creating new ones."<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/featurephilia/story/devdutt-pattanaik-mythology-importance-interview-1023028-2017-07-07\|title=Devdutt Pattanaik explains how understanding the symbolism behind Indian mythology can entirely change the way we view life\|agency=Ist\|newspaper=India Today}}</ref> His desire is "to get Saraswati out of the closet. Saraswati belongs everywhere, she has to flow everywhere" and his body of work is aimed "to make knowledge accessible."<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/devdutt-pattanaik-modern-people-want-to-feel-liberal-so-they-construct-a-past-thats-conservative-5420504/\|title=Modern people want to feel liberal, so they construct a past that's conservative\|date=27 October 2018}}</ref>

	In ''Shiva to Shankara: Giving Form to the Formless'',<ref>{{Cite book\|title=Shiva to Shankara : giving form to the formless\|last=Devdutt\|first=Pattanaik\|isbn=9789352641956\|location=Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India\|oclc=985916928}}</ref> Pattanaik explores the layers of meanings embedded in Shiva's [[linga]] and the transformation of Shiva, the hermit, into Shankara, the householder by the Goddess. ''Culture: 50 Insights from Mythology'' contextualises mythology and proposes that myths are alive, dynamic, shaped by perception and the times one lives in.<ref>{{Cite book\|title=CULTURE : 50 insights from mythology.\|last=DEVDUTT.\|first=PATTANAIK\|date=2018\|publisher=HARPER360\|isbn=9789352644971\|location=[S.l.]\|oclc=990971229}}</ref>		In ''Shiva to Shankara: Giving Form to the Formless'',<ref>{{Cite book\|title=Shiva to Shankara : giving form to the formless\|last=Devdutt\|first=Pattanaik\|date=30 January 2018\|isbn=9789352641956\|location=Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India\|oclc=985916928}}</ref> Pattanaik explores the layers of meanings embedded in Shiva's [[linga]] and the transformation of Shiva, the hermit, into Shankara, the householder by the Goddess. ''Culture: 50 Insights from Mythology'' contextualises mythology and proposes that myths are alive, dynamic, shaped by perception and the times one lives in.<ref>{{Cite book\|title=CULTURE : 50 insights from mythology.\|last=DEVDUTT.\|first=PATTANAIK\|date=2018\|publisher=HARPER360\|isbn=9789352644971\|location=[S.l.]\|oclc=990971229}}</ref>

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'''Devdutt Pattanaik''' is an Indian mythologist, speaker, illustrator and author, known for his writing on Hindu sacred lore, legends, folklore, fables and parables. His work focuses largely on the areas of religion, mythology, and management. He has written books on the relevance of sacred stories, symbols and rituals in modern times; his more popular books include ''Myth = Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Myth = Mithya : a handbook of Hindu mythology|last=Devdutt.|first=Pattanaik|date=2006|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=9780143099703|location=New Delhi, India|oclc=154688788}}</ref>'';'' ''Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Jaya : an illustrated retelling of the Mahabharata|last=Devdutt|first=Pattanaik|isbn=9780143104254|location=Gurgaon, Haryana, India|oclc=692288394|year = 2010}}</ref>'';'' and ''Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sita : an illustrated retelling of the Ramayana|last=Devdutt|first=Pattanaik|isbn=9780143064329|location=Gurgaon, Haryana|oclc=863077858|year = 2013}}</ref> and ''My Gita''. Pattanaik has incorporated the [[Mahabharata]] and the [[Ramayana]] into human resource management.<ref>{{cite news|date=4 July 2010|title=Mythic Past, Resonating in the Present|work=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/movies/04mahabhrata.html?pagewanted=1}}</ref>

Pattanaik is a columnist for ''[[MiD DAY|Mid-Day]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mid-day.com/news/devdutt-pattanaik|title=Devdutt Pattanaik {{!}} Editorial, Columnists – Midday|website=mid-day|language=en|access-date=11 September 2017}}</ref> Times of India,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/author/devduttpattanaik/|title=Devdutt Pattanaik Blog – Times of India Blog|website=Times of India Blog|language=en-US|access-date=11 September 2017}}</ref> CN Traveller,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cntraveller.in/story/india-via-gujarat/|title=Where does history begin?|date=19 October 2017|website=Condé Nast Traveller India}}</ref> Daily O<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.dailyo.in/user/22/devduttmyth |title= Devdutt Pattanaik |website= www.dailyo.in |access-date= 11 September 2017}}</ref> and Scroll.in.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://scroll.in/author/2786 |title= Devdutt Pattanaik {{!}} Scroll.in |website= scroll.in |language=en |access-date= 11 September 2017}}</ref> He hosts a radio show/podcast for Radio Mirchi,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiomirchi.com/mirchi-podcast/details/the-devdutt-pattanaik-show/4|title=The Devdutt Pattanaik Show|website=Radiomirchi}}</ref> called ''The Devdutt Pattanaik Show''.

==Early life and education==
Pattanaik is an [[Odia people|Odia]], born and brought up in [[Mumbai]]. He spent his childhood and student life in [[Chembur]], Mumbai.<ref name="mi">{{cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/2010/09/16194217/The-mythologist.html|title=The mythologist|date=16 September 2010 |work=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]}}</ref> He studied in [[Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School]] in Chembur.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/devdutt-pattanaik-ramayana-in-olps/17326190|title=Devdutt Pattanaik: Ramayana in OLPS|work=mid-day|access-date=23 September 2017|language=en}}</ref> Pattanaik graduated in medicine ([[M.B.B.S.]]) from [[Grant Medical College]], Mumbai, and subsequently did a course in [[Comparative Mythology]] from [[Mumbai University]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/printer/news/77330/ |title=Teaching Old Heads New Tricks|date=25 May 2003|work=Financial Express}}</ref>

==Career==
Pattanaik worked in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry ([[Sanofi Aventis]] and [[Apollo Hospitals|Apollo Group of Hospitals]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasscom.in/devdutt-pattanaik-chief-belief-officer-future-group |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209143409/http://www.nasscom.in/devdutt-pattanaik-chief-belief-officer-future-group |archive-date=9 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> respectively) for 14 years and spent his spare time writing articles<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyo.in/politics/historians-mythology-india-awardwapsi-mahabharata-ramayana-ashoka-brahmi-pali-jainism-buddhism/story/1/7097.html|title=Devdutt Pattanaik on 14 things historians taught him|website=dailyo.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/et-commentary/metoo-in-mahabharata-political-needs-were-placed-over-draupadis-security/|title=#MeToo in Mahabharata: Political needs were placed over Draupadi's security|date=17 November 2018|website=Economic Times Blog}}</ref> and books on mythology,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/5151-years-of-gita/15033045|title=5151 years of Gita|date=19 January 2014|website=mid-day}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/krishna-the-complete-man.html|title=The complete man|website=theweek.in}}</ref> which eventually became his full-time profession. His first book ''Shiva: An Introduction'' was published in 1997.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LGbXAAAAMAAJ|title=Shiva: an introduction|first=Devdutt|last=Pattanaik|date=20 August 1997|publisher=Vakils, Feffer and Simons Ltd.|isbn=9780863110085|via=Google Books}}</ref> Pattanaik illustrates most of his own books.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/04/24/stories/2009042451310400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429012100/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/04/24/stories/2009042451310400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 April 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Demystifying mythology: A conversation with Devdutt Pattanaik|date=24 April 2009}}</ref>

He has worked as a consultant at [[Ernst and Young]]. He also served as the Chief Belief Officer at [[Future Group]], one of India's largest retailers.

He was a speaker at the first [[TED (conference)|TED conference]] in India held in November 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/11/01/stories/2009110154420400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105062442/http://www.hindu.com/2009/11/01/stories/2009110154420400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Great response to first TED meet in India|date=1 November 2009}}</ref><ref>[http://www.ted.com/talks/devdutt_pattanaik.html speaker at TEDIndia 2009].</ref>

Pattanaik has consulted Star TV network on mythological television series like ''Mahabharata'' and ''Siya Ke Ram''; these serials have challenged conventional views of the narratives and opened up new avenues of interpretation.<ref name="The Times of India">{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/Renowned-author-Devdutt-is-all-set-to-make-his-off-screen-TV-debut-with-Mahabharat-/articleshow/22255263.cms|title=Devdutt Patnaik roped for Mahabharat – Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.radiomirchi.com/audio/best/devdutt-pattanaik-speaks-about-siya-ke-ram-saath-jeeturaaj/31057/150|title=Best of Radio Mirchi : Devdutt Pattanaik speaks about Siya Ke Ram saath Jeeturaaj|website=radiomirchi.com|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.adgully.com/exclusive-mahabharat-will-stir-lot-of-curiosity-devdutt-pattanaik-55522.html|title=Exclusive {{!}} Mahabharat will stir lot of curiosity: Devdutt Pattanaik|access-date=21 August 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>

He has also been the story consultant at [[STAR India|Indian television network Star TV]], where ''[[Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev]]'' is based on his work<ref>http://www.dailypioneer.com/sunday-edition/sunday-pioneer/special/god-of-small-screen.html</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/bt-mindrush/speaker-Devdutt-Pattanaik.jsp|title=MindRush|website=businesstoday.in}}</ref><ref>http://indiaopines.com/devon-ke-dev-mahadev-review/</ref> and [[EPIC (TV channel)|Epic channel]], where he presents ''[[Devlok with Devdutt Pattanaik]]''.<ref name="indiantelevision.com">{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/mam/marketing/an-eclectic-set-of-speakers-announced-for-goafest-2014-140402|title=An eclectic set of speakers announced for Goafest 2014|date=2 April 2014|website=Indian Television Dot Com}}</ref>

In 2015, Pattanaik presented the Hindi television series [[Devlok with Devdutt Pattanaik]] on the "EPIC ON" channel. In the show, he attempts to demystify and decode the folklore and traditions that accompanies Indian mythology. In December 2016, he made "his debut on the Forbes India Celeb 100 list, on the 93rd spot."<ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/culture/story/chetan-bhagat-devdutt-pattanaik-forbes-india-celebrity-100-2016-lifest-359231-2016-12-23</ref>

Pattanaik worked on [[Audible Originals|Audible Originals (India)]]'s [[audiobook]] titled ''Suno Mahabharat Devdutt Pattanaik ke Saath'' and ''[[Revisiting Mahabharata with Devdutt Pattanaik]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Majumdar|first=Meghna|date=2020-05-25|title=Devdutt Pattanaik narrates The Mahabharata as a six-hour audio tale|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/devdutt-pattanaik-narrates-the-mahabharata-as-a-six-hour-audio-tale/article31670737.ece|access-date=2020-06-22|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Audible Suno launches Suno Mahabharata Devdutt Pattanaik Ke Saath|url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/culture/books/2020/may/29/audible-suno-launches-suno-mahabharata-devdutt-pattanaik-ke-saath-25350.html|access-date=2020-06-22|website=www.indulgexpress.com}}</ref> In his show he talks about the details of the war in the Mahabharata, how it affected the world, and what happened to India after the death of the [[Pandava|Pandavas]] and the [[Kaurava|Kauravas]]. He also communicates the Vedic tenets which describes [[karma]] and [[dharma]].<ref>https://www.indulgexpress.com/culture/books/2020/may/29/audible-suno-launches-suno-mahabharata-devdutt-pattanaik-ke-saath-25350.html</ref>

== Art ==
[[File:Hanuman with Ram's banner.jpg|thumb|Hanuman with Ram's banner]]

All of the illustrations present in Devdutt Pattanaik's written works are sketched out by the author himself, except in the ''[[Devlok]]'' series.{{cn|date=May 2021}} Columnist Koral Dasgupta mentions, "Pattanaik’s art follows a particular style and is dependent on expertly sketched lines but the focus is never the perfection of hands and limbs and props. The pursuit is clearly that of beauty and depiction; not the grammatical detailing of a photograph!"<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.news18.com/blogs/books/koral-dasgupta/beyond-the-writer-devdutt-pattanaik-14361-1147624.html |title = Beyond the writer: Devdutt Pattanaik - Koral Dasgupta' Blog|date = 7 October 2015}}</ref>

== Views ==
=== Myth and Mythology ===

Pattanaik opines that "no society can exist without myth as it creates notions of right and wrong, good and bad, heaven and hell, rights and duties".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/no-society-can-exist-without-myth-says-devdutt-pattanaik/story-PG1v4iB17j07dV5Vyv86QN.html|title=No society can exist without myth, says Devdutt Pattanaik|date=4 July 2016|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> To him, mythology "tells people how they should see the world... Different people will have their own mythology, reframing old ones or creating new ones."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/featurephilia/story/devdutt-pattanaik-mythology-importance-interview-1023028-2017-07-07|title=Devdutt Pattanaik explains how understanding the symbolism behind Indian mythology can entirely change the way we view life|agency=Ist|newspaper=India Today}}</ref> His desire is "to get Saraswati out of the closet. Saraswati belongs everywhere, she has to flow everywhere" and his body of work is aimed "to make knowledge accessible."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/devdutt-pattanaik-modern-people-want-to-feel-liberal-so-they-construct-a-past-thats-conservative-5420504/|title=Modern people want to feel liberal, so they construct a past that's conservative|date=27 October 2018}}</ref>

In ''Shiva to Shankara: Giving Form to the Formless'',<ref>{{Cite book|title=Shiva to Shankara : giving form to the formless|last=Devdutt|first=Pattanaik|isbn=9789352641956|location=Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India|oclc=985916928}}</ref> Pattanaik explores the layers of meanings embedded in Shiva's [[linga]] and the transformation of Shiva, the hermit, into Shankara, the householder by the Goddess. ''Culture: 50 Insights from Mythology'' contextualises mythology and proposes that myths are alive, dynamic, shaped by perception and the times one lives in.<ref>{{Cite book|title=CULTURE : 50 insights from mythology.|last=DEVDUTT.|first=PATTANAIK|date=2018|publisher=HARPER360|isbn=9789352644971|location=[S.l.]|oclc=990971229}}</ref>

=== Business ===
In his book, ''Business Sutra: An Indian Approach to Management'', "the central theme … is that when individual beliefs come into conflict with corporate beliefs, problems surface in organisations. Conversely, when institutional beliefs and individual beliefs are congruent, harmony is the resultant corporate climate. It is when people are seen as mere resources meant to be managed [read: manipulated] through compensation and so-called motivation; it is when they are treated like switches in a circuit board; it is then that disharmony descends causing disruption".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/an-indian-view-of-management/article4689764.ece|title=An Indian view of management|first=R.|last=Devarajan|date=6 May 2013|via=www.thehindu.com|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref>

=== Politics ===
Pattanaik is wary of the influence of "white saviours" on liberals as well as religious radicals. He has been rather contemptuous of the hyper-nationalism of a section of American Hindus who are clueless about Indian realities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/824732/from-macaulay-to-frawley-from-doniger-to-elst-why-do-many-indians-need-white-saviours|title=From Macaulay to Frawley, from Doniger to Elst: Why do many Indians need White saviours?|first=Devdutt|last=Pattanaik|website=Scroll.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/devdutt-pattanaik-brahmins-who-rejected-ram/18585174|title=Devdutt Pattanaik: Brahmins who rejected Ram|date=17 September 2017|website=mid-day}}</ref> He also frowns on secularists and atheists who deny their own missionary zeal and mythic structure, and see themselves as "rational".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/devdutt-pattanaik-atheist-and-secular-mythologies/18483158|title=Devdutt Pattanaik: Atheist and secular mythologies|date=6 August 2017|website=mid-day}}</ref>

=== Sexuality ===
Pattanaik has been frank about the LGBTQ revolution in India.<ref name="TOI">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/devdutt-pattanaik-comes-out-of-the-closet/articleshow/65872282.cms|title=Devdutt Pattanaik comes out of the closet – Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> Pattnaik realised that he was gay in 10th standard and came out to his parents when he was 30.<ref name="daily hunt">{{Cite web | url=https://m.dailyhunt.in/news/bangladesh/english/ed+times-epaper-edtimes/mythologist+and+author+devdutt+pattanaik+comes+out+as+gay+in+interview+for+the+first+time+after+section+377+abolition-newsid-97241121 |title = Mythologist and Author Devdutt Pattanaik Comes Out as 'Gay' in Interview for the First Time After Section 377 Abolition - ED Times}}</ref> After the 2018 [[Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code|decriminalization of homosexuality in India]], Pattanaik came out as gay in a televised interview.<ref name="TOI"/><ref name="daily hunt"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/proud-to-be-gay/articleshow/65088845.cms|title=Proud to be gay – Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> He has written about the presence, and at several instances, the celebration, of the queer within the Indian mythos. Elucidating that karmic faiths can be used to affirm the dignity of queer people, he speaks of how when one discovers love and appreciation for the world as it is, not the way one wants it to be, one develops wisdom.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://qz.com/india/1382039/section-377-indias-devdutt-pattanaik-on-gay-rights-and-karma/|title=India's ancient religions are actually very accepting of gay people|first=Devdutt|last=Pattanaik|website=Quartz India}}</ref>

==Reception==
[[File:Devdutt Pattanaik with his own 20 books.jpg|thumb|Devdutt Pattanaik, mythologist and author, with books written by him]]
In 2014, Pattanaik was listed in the top category of bestselling Indian authors.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/deep-focus/Bang-for-the-book/articleshow/39979332.cms|title=Bang for the book – Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=25 August 2017}}</ref> His book ''Devlok'', based on the television programme of the same name, was one of the year's bestsellers in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/bestseller-books-of-2016-indian-authors-beat-international-writers/articleshow/55914787.cms|title=Bestseller books of 2016: Indian authors beat international writers|date=11 December 2016|work=The Economic Times|access-date=25 August 2017}}</ref> [[Forbes India]] had ranked Pattanaik among the 100 celebrities of India in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/culture/story/chetan-bhagat-devdutt-pattanaik-forbes-india-celebrity-100-2016-lifest-359231-2016-12-23|title=Seeing Chetan Bhagat and Devdutt Pattanaik in the ''Forbes India'' Celeb 100 list is confusing us no end|last1=23 December|first1=Somya Abrol|last2=December 23|first2=2016UPDATED|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=16 February 2019|last3=Ist|first3=2016 19:31}}</ref>

Fiction author [[Ashwin Sanghi]] has said that Pattanaik attempts to "explain mythology in simple words".<ref name="as">{{cite news | last=Rao | first=Namrata | title='Writing is an art, crime writing is a craft': Ashwin Sanghi | work=[[The Financial Express (India)|Financial Express]] | date=5 February 2017 | url=http://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/writing-is-an-art-crime-writing-is-a-craft-ashwin-sanghi/538055/ | access-date=9 February 2017}}</ref> Psychologist Urmi Chanda-Vaz, who calls Pattanaik "India's most beloved mythology explicator", praised his book ''My Gita''.<ref name="ucv1">{{cite news | last=Chanda-Vaz | first=Urmi | title=Indian mythology is a new medium of choice for feminist narratives (and it's working) | work=[[Scroll.in]] | date=5 February 2017 | url=https://scroll.in/article/828515/indian-mythology-is-a-new-medium-of-choice-for-feminist-narratives-and-its-working | access-date=9 February 2017}}</ref><ref name="ucv2">{{cite news | last=Chanda-Vaz | first=Urmi | title=Why reading Devdutt Pattanaik's ''My Gita'' makes sense but does not mean you're reading the Gita | work=[[Scroll.in]] | date=22 November 2015 | url=https://scroll.in/article/770902/why-reading-devdutt-pattanaiks-my-gita-makes-sense-but-does-not-mean-youre-reading-the-gita | access-date=9 February 2017}}</ref> Intellectual [[Shiv Visvanathan]] has praised Pattanaik by saying that he has made myth-reading "an open, playful, almost domestic game, like Chinese Checkers or Scrabble".<ref name="sv">{{cite news | last=Visvanathan | first=Shiv | title=Shiv Visvanathan on the importance of being (and thinking like) Devdutt Pattanaik | work=[[Scroll.in]] | date=16 December 2016 }}</ref>

[[Neil Gaiman]] praised Devdutt Pattanaik for his 2016 book ''Olympus: An Indian Retelling of the Greek Myth''. "I read a fantastic Indian writer recently where he told Greek myth but from an Indian perspective... He makes it so easy to understand but what is lovely is that he does from a very proud Indian connect."<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/neil-gaiman-good-omens-5758173/ | title=Good Omens gives people different way to imagine what heaven and hell may look like: Neil Gaiman| date=31 May 2019}}</ref>

Pattanaik coined the phrase "Bharat Tyagi" to depict "a small group of [[Person of Indian origin|PIO]]s, Queen Victoria’s frozen-in-time children, (who) imagine they must save India from Indians".<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/column-hiss-of-the-pio-bharat-tyagi-2269750 |title = Hiss of the PIO Bharat Tyagi|date = 3 November 2016}}</ref>

==Publications==

=== Mythology ===
# ''Shiva: An Introduction''. Vakils, Feffer and Simons Ltd., 1997. {{ISBN|978-81-8462-013-9}}. (Based on [[Shiva]]).
# ''Vishnu: An Introduction''. Vakils, Feffer and Simons Ltd., 1999. {{ISBN|81-87111-12-7}}. (Based on [[Vishnu]]).
# ''Devi, The Mother-Goddess: An Introduction''. Vakils, Feffer, and Simons Ltd., 2000. {{ISBN|978-81-87111-91-7}}. (Based on the concept of [[Devi]]).
# ''The Goddess in India: The Five Faces of the Eternal Feminine''. Inner Traditions/ Bear & Company, 2000. {{ISBN|978-0-89281-807-5}}. Translations: Hindi.
# ''Hanuman: An Introduction''. Vakils, Feffer and Simons Ltd., 2001. {{ISBN|978-81-87111-94-8}}. (Based on [[Hanuman]]).
# ''The Man Who Was A Woman and Other Queer Tales from Hindu Lore''. Harrington Park Press, 2002. {{ISBN|1560231815}}.
# ''Hindu India''. Brijbasi Art Press, 2003. {{ISBN|8187902078}}.
# ''Indian Mythology: Tales, Symbols, and Rituals from the Heart of the Subcontinent''. Inner Traditions/ Bear & Company, 2003. {{ISBN|978-0-89281-870-9}}.
# ''Lakshmi, The Goddess of Wealth and Fortune: An Introduction''. Vakils, Feffer, and Simons Ltd., 2003. {{ISBN|978-81-8462-019-1}}. (Based on [[Lakshmi]]).
# ''Myth=Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology''. Penguin Books India, 2006. {{ISBN|9780143099703}}. Translations: Hindi, Marathi, Turkish.
# ''Shiva to Shankara: Decoding the Phallic Symbol''. Indus Source, India. 2006. {{ISBN|81-88569-04-6}}. Translations: Czech, Hindi (Based on [[Shiva]]).
# ''The Book of Ram''. Penguin Books India, 2009. {{ISBN|9780143065289}}. (Based on [[Rama|Ram]]) - Part of a book series on mythological figures published by Penguin.
# ''7 Secrets from Hindu Calendar Art''. Westland Ltd., 2009. {{ISBN|9788189975678}}. Translations: Gujarati, Hindi (Based on [[Hindu Cosmology|Hindu Calendar art]]).
# ''Hanuman's Ramayan''. Tulika Publishers, 2010. {{ISBN|9788181467515}}. (Based on [[Hanuman]]).
# ''Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata''. Penguin Books India, 2010. {{ISBN|9780143104254}}. Translations: Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil (Based on the [[Mahabharata]]).
# ''7 Secrets of Shiva''. Westland Ltd., 2011. {{ISBN|9789380658636}}. Translations: Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Russian, Telugu (Based on [[Shiva]]).
# ''7 Secrets of Vishnu''. Westland Ltd., 2011. {{ISBN|9789380658681}}. Translations: Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Russian (Based on [[Vishnu]]).
# ''99 Thoughts on Ganesha: Stories, Symbols and Rituals of India's Beloved Elephant-headed Deity''. Jaico Publishing House, 2011. {{ISBN|978-81-8495-152-3}}. Translations: Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu (Based on [[Ganesha]]).
# ''Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana''. Penguin Books India, 2013 {{ISBN|9780143064329}}. Translations: Hindi, Marathi, Tamil (Based on the [[Ramayana]]).
# ''Shikhandi: And Other Tales They Don't Tell You''. Zubaan Books & Penguin Books India, 2014. {{ISBN|978-9383074846}}. Translations: Hindi, Marathi.
# ''7 Secrets of the Goddess''. Westland Ltd., 2014. {{ISBN|9789384030582}}. Translations: Hindi, Italian, Marathi, Russian (Based on the [[Devi|Goddess]]).
# ''My Gita''. Rupa Publications India, 2015. {{ISBN|9788129137708}}. Translations: Hindi, Marathi (Based on [[Bhagavad Gita|The Gita]]).
# ''Devlok with Devdutt Pattanaik''. Penguin Random House India, 2016. {{ISBN|9780143427421}}.
# ''Olympus – An Indian Retelling of Greek Mythology''. Penguin Random House India, 2016. {{ISBN|9780143428299}} (Based on [[Greek mythology]]).
# ''Devlok with Devdutt Pattanaik (Book 2)'' – Publisher: Penguin Random House, 2017 {{ISBN|978-0143428435}} Translations: Hindi {{ISBN|978-0143440468}}
# ''Shiva to Shankara: Giving Form to the Formless''. HarperCollins India, Indus Source 2017. {{ISBN|978-9352641956}}. – Based on Older Book / Reprint
# ''My Hanuman Chalisa''. Rupa Publications, 2017. {{ISBN|9788129147950}} (Based in the [[Hanuman Chalisa]]).
# ''Devlok with Devdutt Pattanaik (Book 3)'' – Publisher: Penguin Random House, 2017 {{ISBN|978-0143442790}}.
# ''Shyam: An Illustrated Retelling of the Bhagavata.'' Penguin, 2018 {{ISBN|9780670084463}} (Based on the [[Bhagavata Purana|Bhagavata]]).
# ''Ramayana Versus Mahabharata: My Playful Comparison.'' Rupa Publications India, 2018 {{ISBN|9789353332303}} (Based on the [[Ramayana]] & [[Mahabharata]]).
# ''Faith: 40 Insights into Hinduism'' – Publisher: Harper Collins, 2019 {{ISBN|978-9353025960}}.
# ''Pilgrim Nation: The Making of Bharatvarsh'' - Aleph Book Company, 2020 {{ISBN|978-9389836004}}.
# ''Dharma Artha Kama Moksha: 40 Insights into Happiness'' - Harper Collins, India, 2021 {{ISBN|978-9354224447}}.
# ''Marriage: 100 Stories Around India's Favourite Ritual'' - Rupa Publications India, 2021 {{ISBN|9353338441}}.

=== Management ===
# ''Business Sutra: A Very Indian Approach to Management''. Aleph Book Company, 2013. {{ISBN|9788192328072}}. Translations: French, German, Hindi, Italian, Marathi, Tamil.
# ''The Success Sutra: An Indian Approach to Wealth''. Aleph Book Company, 2015. {{ISBN|9789384067410}}. – Based on Older Book
# ''The Leadership Sutra: An Indian Approach to Power''. Aleph Book Company, 2016. {{ISBN|9789384067465}}. – Based on Older Book
# ''The Talent Sutra: An Indian Approach to Learning''. Aleph Book Company, 2016, {{ISBN|9789383064274}} – Based on Older Book
# ''Culture: 50 Insights from Mythology.'' HarperCollins India, Indus Source 2017. {{ISBN|978-9352644971}}.
# ''Leader: 50 Insights from Mythology.'' HarperCollins India, Indus Source 2017. {{ISBN|978-9352644957}}.
# ''How to Become Rich: 12 Lessons I Learnt from Vedic and Puranic Stories'' – Publisher: Rupa Publications India, 2019 {{ISBN|978-9353336899}}.

=== Fiction ===
# ''[[The Pregnant King]]''. Penguin Books India, 2008. {{ISBN|9780143063476}}. Translations: Hindi, Marathi
#''Is He Fresh?: Aka [[Kaula Hai]]''? (Penguin Petit). Penguin UK, 2015. {{ISBN|9789351187585}}

=== Children's Books ===
# ''Fun in Devlok: An Identity Card for Krishna''. Puffin India, 2011. {{ISBN|978-0143331674}}.
# ''Fun in Devlok: Gauri and the Talking Cow''. Puffin India, 2011. {{ISBN|978-0143331704}}.
# ''Fun in Devlok: Indra Finds Happiness''. Puffin India, 2011. {{ISBN|978-0143331681}}.
# ''Fun in Devlok: Kama vs Yama''. Puffin India, 2011. {{ISBN|9780143331957}}.
# ''Fun in Devlok: Saraswati's Secret River''. Puffin India, 2011. {{ISBN|9780143331964}}.
# ''Fun in Devlok: Shiva Plays Dumb Charades''. Puffin India, 2011. {{ISBN|9780143331698}}.
# ''Fun in Devlok Omnibus''. Puffin India, 2014. {{ISBN|9780143333449}}. – Reprint (Compilation)
# ''Pashu: Animal Tales from Hindu Mythology''. Penguin Books India, 2014. {{ISBN|9780143332473}}. Translations: Hindi.
# ''The Girl Who Chose: A New Way of Narrating the Ramayana''. Puffin Books, 2016. {{ISBN|9780143334637}} (Based on the [[Ramayana]]).
# ''The Jaya Colouring Book''. Penguin Random House India, 2016. {{ISBN|9780143426479}}. – Based on Older Book
# ''The Sita Colouring Book''. Penguin Random House India, 2016. {{ISBN|9780143426462}}. – Based on Older Book
# ''The Boys Who Fought: The Mahabharata for Children.'' Puffin, 2017 {{ISBN|9789386815873}} (Based on the [[Mahabharata]]).
# ''Vahana: Gods and Their Favourite Animals'' - Rupa Publications India, 2020 {{ISBN|978-9390356065}}.

===Foreword===
# ''Celebrating Public Spaces of India''. Mapin Publishing, 2016. {{ISBN| 978-9385360084}}.
# ''I Am Divine. So Are You: How Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and Hinduism Affirm the Dignity of Queer Identities and Sexualities''. Harper Collins, 2017 {{ISBN|9789352774869}}.
# ''Padmavat: An Epic Love Story''. Rupa Publications, 2018. {{ISBN|978-9353040239}}. -Illustrator
# ''Behold, I Make All Things New: How Judaism, Christianity and Islam affirm the dignity of queer identities and sexualities''. Harper Collins, 2019 {{ISBN|9789353574550}}.

===Co-authored===
# ''Yoga Mythology: 64 Asanas and Their Stories'' – Publisher: Harper Collins, 2019 {{ISBN|978-9353570842}}.
# ''Aranyaka: Book of the Forest'' – Publisher: Westland, 2019 {{ISBN|978-9388754576}}.

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