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Stories:

• Supremacy of Kriya Yoga coupled with Jnana and Bhakti Yogas – Construction of Bhagavati Temple
• Mangal – The story of birth of Planet Mars
• ‘Shri Kamaakshyaapaada Mastaka Varnana’ (Shri Kamakshi’s Physical Description)
• History of Yoga – Shiva, the first Yogi
• Trinity’s Consorts and their Ages
• Steps towards Salvation
• Lord Krishna approaches Sage Upamanu for Siva ‘Darshan’
• Shiva as Yali
• Why had ‘Mahi Sagara Sangama Tirtha’ become a ‘Gupta Kshetra”?
• Maha Vishnu remote-controlled by Devi Bhagavati
• Maha Bharata in brief
• External and Internal Ways of Worship
• Stories related to Manus and Vamshas
• Five Powers of Siva
• Sharabheswar
• The famed ‘Shata Rudreeyam’
• The Atma Linga or the Essence of Shiva- The Story of Murudeshwar
• Shiva and Sati
• Dussaha the intolerant and his notorious sons, daughters and grandchildren
• Emergence of the Five Sadakhyas

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Temples:

• Haleswar Temple Tezpur Assam
• The Kanwar Yatra to Deoghar-baba baidyanath dham
• Kedarnath
• Mannarasala Sree Nagaraja Temple Kerala
• Prambanan, Central Java, Indonesia
• Kadu Malleshwara Temple
• Shri Markandeshwar Mahadev Shiv Mandir , Shahabad Markanda, Haryana
• Shiv Mandir, Umerkot, Pakistan
• Siddheswar Devalaya Kamakhya Guwahati
• Thirupparamkundram Murugan Kovil Madurai

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Scriptures:

• Shri Ganapati and Murugan Temple,Goa
• Tambadi Surla, Goa
• Parashurameshvara Temple, Bhubeneswar
• Madanathshvara Temple, Madhur
• Mahadeva Temple, Itagi
• Hoysaleswara Temple, Halebidu
• Baijnath, Kangra
• Kailash Temple, Ellora
• Mallikarjuna Temple,Pattadakal
• Neelkantheshwar Mahadeva Temple, Sunak
• Brihadeeswarar Temple Thanjavur
• Kandariya Mahadeva, Khajuraho
• Svetaashvatara Upanishad
• Kaushitaki Upanishad
• Aitareya Upanishad
• Isha Upanishad
• Brihadaaranyaka Upanishad
• Taittiriya Upanishad
• Kathopanishad
• Mandukyopanishad

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Health:

• Nutrients, Phytochemicals, Side Effects and Contraindications of Bael
• AYURVEDA – the way of Life
• Traditional medicinal uses of Bael
• History of Yoga – Shiva, the first Yogi
• Tulsi plant and its medicinal uses

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Festivals

• Devi Bhagavati – ‘Nirguna’ and ‘Virupa’ Shakti
• om namaha shivaya, “jai mata ki” om durge namaha
• Tripuri Poornima
• Navaratri
• Gangaur

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