Shiva Trilogy

Every book we read has the power to render wings for imagination but very few books gives us more power than the word imagination itself, and Shiva trilogy is one such book. It is hard for one book to keep us occupied and this series of three books kept me occupied for almost three years.When i finished the The immortals of Meluha,I was waiting for The Secret of Nagas,and i would browse everyday to find about the release date,and once i was done with it,i was again browsing to find about The Oath of Vayuputras. Every book that I read kept me occupied with the electric twists. Every Hindu knows the family story of lord Shiva, but what makes this book special is the author has very brilliantly traced the origin of lord Shiva (though imaginary only) and very genuinely roped in all the other characters beginning from Bhadra to Mithra. I have always knows Shiva as a powerful  god who according to my mother punishes when wrong done and specially he is a very wrathful lord, but throughout my journey with this book I have found a special respect for the lord as a very dignified, justified hero. Right from the beginning of the book I was impressed especially with the characters like Ayurvati,the chief doctor(Ayurveda),Brahaspati,Bhrigu maharaj etc and the way the city of Meluha has been described with its infra structure like public drainage, quarantine block etc took me to a different level of imagination, awestruck by the knowledge of the ancient Indians. Words like Rudra, Neelkanth, Somras which are usually common only in the regional languages were odd in English, but only for few pages. Forget the grandmother’s version of lord Ganesha having the features of elephant, for you would enjoy the version described in this book. I would always cherish the memories of the journey of imagination through this trilogy. And I would definitely recommend Shiva trilogy a must read for every Indian.

P.S.I'm reblogging this,as its been long time someone spoke to me about this book!