Sarja is a 11years old, sad, and angry boy. At 11, he looks big and strong for his age. His kind mother, Geeta is a rural Indian archetype: the overworked, stressed-out, barely-keeping-it-together single mother. His father is in prison for multiple robbery cases. The villagers are cold and overbearing, and his schooldays are made hellish by bullies. If this wasn’t enough, he has nightmares and uncanny callings from an age-old monstrous peepal tree that stands ominously on his way to school. The legend is that a monster called Brahma Rakshas, living under this tree, for years unknown to people, lures kids with the black devil fruits and then makes them wrestle until one dies. And, one stormy night, the legend comes true when Sarja meets the Brahma Rakshas. Set in a fictional village of Deogiri, a small haven of human civilization, away from the din of city life, thiss story is a coming-of-age story of a young boy who goes on an adventure ride filled with riddles and monster wrestling.

The present book is divided into eight Chapters including introduction and conclusion. Chapter Ist deals with the introductory aspects of the book in which attempts have been made to show Sun-Worship in India in different periods of cultural history, besides the methodological issues of the study. Chapter IInd highlights origin and history of Deo-Sun-Shrine on the basis of analysis of folkloric traditions. Chapter IIIrd reveals the religious activities of the shrine over the period of a year. Chapter IVth presents the origin, history and performance of Chhath-Vrata, a very famous Sun-festival. Chapter Vth describes the Chhath-Geet (song) collected for the study. The analysis of Chhath-Geet (song) indicates the manner purpose, motive and belief behind the performance of Chhath-Vrata. Chapter VIth is devoted to the study of Chhath-Mela and arrangement in which attempts have been made to classify visitors, hotels, shops, means of recreation and facilities provided by the administration to the visitors. Chapter VIIth explains the management and maintenance of the shrine in which roles played by administration, priest family, inhabitants of local area and devotees coming from different parts of our country have been dealt with. The last Chapter presents summary and main findings of the study. It also brings out the suggestions of devotees for solving their various problems and also for the beautification of the place Deo.

Composed by the great sage of Advaita Vedanta, Adi Sankara, this work gives an exposition of the symbols of puja (worship) in light of Nonduality. Written as a dialogue between a disciple and a Guru, the disciple first asks, “What manner of worship is prescribed for the One existing as undivided Being-Consciousness-Bliss with no second, without misconceptions, and of one nature?” He then asks similar questions about the details of such in the context of utmost Nonduality, and, starting with the ninth verse, the Guru replies in the light of the Knowledge of that utmost Nonduality.

On the life and visions of Osho, 1931-1990, Indian spiritual leader.

The book has 6 chapters dealing with Ramanuja's birth in 1017 AD in Sriperumputhoor near Kancheepuram in Tamilnadu, his early years, his arrival in Srirangam, his multifaceted and ceaseless activity to streamline the affairs and worship of the Srirangam temple, his authoring of Sreebhashyam, a commentary to the Brahma Sutra of Sage Vyasa, his enunciation of the Visishtadvaitha School of Philosophy, his pilgrimage all over India, his flight to Tirunarayanapuram near Melkote in Karnataka to escape from the murderous attempt by the ruling Chola king, his consecration of the Panchanarayana Kshetras in Karnataka during his stay in Tirunarayanapuram and his acceptance into the community of Vaishnavas a. A large number of people were not allowed to enter and worship in Vaishnavite temples. The book also covers his return to Srirangam after the death of the Chola king and his establishment of 74 Simhasanadhipathis to continue his work after his passing away at the end of 120 tumultuous years. A translation of Vedanta Desikan's Yatiraja Sapthathi into English prose is an additional attractive feature of this book.

Meditation is where art and science converge. It is a vision, an inspiration and an intuition. It arrives on the screen of a visionary mind from sources within that are beyond calculations. Once it has arisen from within, we can then look at it and analyse its scientific dimensions. This book on meditation, a holistic piece encompassing its history, initiation and actual practice also describes how it is a powerful unifying tool for world religion. Enriched with author’s scholarly depth, it is a must-read for everyone interested in unravelling the mystery of life.

Millions benefited by this book: dedicated to Lord Shani or Saturn: Shani Raksha Kavach Shani Vajrapanjara Kavacham Remedies and Protection against SaturnShani Vajra Panjara Kavacha stotramShield Protection Song for SaturnWhy you need this book: Lord Shani (Saturn) affects many aspects of life such as health, wealth and happiness.How do I know whether or not I am under Saturn Sade Sati or affected by Shani Dosha?Analyze Significance of Saturn in your horoscope but some of the malefic effects of Saturn, Shani Dosha, Shani Sade Satti, and Shani Sade Sati are: Paralysis, insanity, injury, cancer, tumors, heart pain, weakness, teeth problem, bones disease, knees pains, joints pain, chronic diseases, asthma, lungs-related diseases, tuberculosis, skin-related diseases, misery, sorrow, delay, disputes, dejection, financial loss, dissatisfaction, disappointments, depression, differences, disputes, disharmony, death, discipline, restriction, misery, sorrows.How to fix them?Receive blessings of Lord Shani to fix Shani Dosha. One of the effective ways is by reading the mantra in this Book.These Sanskrit devotional mantra verse songs were written in the praise of Lord Shane i.e. astrological planet of Saturn.This great prayer occurring in the Brahmanda Purana is a discussion between Brahma and sage Narada and is believed to be the best possible antidote for Saturn's Seven and a Half Year cycle.The Brahmanda Purana is the history of the universe revealed by Brahma. It deals with the origin of the Universe as told by Brahma.As per Vedic cosmology Brahma is the creator of the universe, all planetary systems and of all beings.Shani Sadhesati Gochar (Transit): Sade-Sati is the 71/2 years long period of Saturn, lord Shani.Shani Kavach mantra helps to receive blessings of Lord Shani.When the planet of Saturn has adverse affect in a horoscope it causes Sadesati. English is the predominant language. So we have provided original script and prayer in Devanagari with English Transliteration and Translation. It has around 20 Pages in Font size: 4. Most of the books only give you the transliteration of Mantra in English only. We have provided Sanskrit words in Devanagari script (a syllabic script used in writing Sanskrit) and transliterated into Roman script, so it is much easier to pronounce these mantras. In Vedic religion, Vedic Sanskrit was considered the language of the gods.A Sanskrit word represents sound of the desired object. With these mantras Lord Shani will protect his devotees all the time from the malefic effects of Saturn especially during its Sade Sati. These Mantras with sincere devotion yield good results such as health, wisdom, long life, honesty, modesty, integrity, moral values, peace, enlightenment, good marriage, love, authority etc.*****Buy with confidence.....

We feel blessed to have got divine grace to compile the major events of the divine personality of Shri Lord Chidambara Swami of Murgod,Karnataka It was the fervent desire of Late shrimant Shankara Dixit, the Poojya Peethadipati, to bring English version of biography of Chidambara Swami. His desire was explicit in his Aashirvachana given to us during his visit to Vijayapur years ago. It was Swami Diwakara Dixit, the present pontiff of Muragod Math,who encouraged us to undertake writing English summary of the available Kannada and Marathi source material,more so of being indebted to prof Dr Balaji Kulkarni, whose Kannada book gave us a logical coherence in compiling the source material for the present book. We remain indebted to all of them. Their brilliant expressions in their writings are inimitable more so in English language. We have honestly tried to summarise the salient events in English language. Since the present writing is not a translation or transliteration exactly,it is simply an attempt to summarise the source material in English. We do not claim any source material to be our primary source or as of our research work.It is an attempt to put the matter straight and easy to understand for comman readers. Since,English is not our mother tongue,we admit that many errors must have surely remained unaddressed,we beg the indulgence of the readers to concede our shortcomings and forgive us in lapses if any remained in the book.It was our devotional exercise to make a humble attempt to introduce the divine glory of lord Chidambara Swami to English readers within the narrow range of our understanding and the skill of the language. What is good in the book is not ours,but whatever is not appreciable in this writing surely it is due to our own inability. We pray indulgence of the readers to be sympathetic and guide us further to be more correct and useful for readers. We offer this small attempt at the Lotus feet of Lord Chidambara Maha Swami.