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Stories:

• Sura Sena’s Illustration of Maha Devi’s Glories
• Shiva as Yali
• Omkara ‘Jigjnasha’ (Knowledge) -Its comprehension and Practice
• King Chitrabhanu
• Maha Bhagavati’s ‘Virat Swarupa’
• Birth of Nandeswara and his puja
• Triteeyodhyaaya-Hasti Shaila Mahima
• ‘Panchaakshara Japa Mahatmya’and ‘Dhyana Yajna’
• Why had ‘Mahi Sagara Sangama Tirtha’ become a ‘Gupta Kshetra”?
• Mangal – The story of birth of Planet Mars
• Shumbha and Nishumbha executed by Maha Devi
• Why were the defenceless sons of Draupadi killed in sleep?
• Arjuna and Kiratha
• King Nimi Vs. Vasishtha
• Devas and Trinity pray to Maha Bhagavati of ‘Nirguna’ and ‘Nirakara’
• Devi Bhagavata ‘Phala Sruti’ (Benefits of Reading and Hearing)
• Evolution and Values of Human Life from birth to death and mystery thereafter?
• Shri Krishna Charitra: his birth,miracles, account of his progeny and Niryana
• Why did Paramatma the Primeaval Force take to various Temporary Forms of existence!
• Links of Devis Sandhya- Arundhati- Sati and Girija

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Temples:

• Chattrakar Devalaya Guwahati
• Kapaleeswarar Kovil கபாலீஸ்வரர் கோவில் Mylapore Chennai
• Ernakulathappan Temple, Kochi, Kerala
• Somnath Shiva Ganesha Temple Guwahati
• Jageshwar
• Brihadeeswarar Temple Thanjavur
• Eklingji Temple Udaipur
• Nataraja at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
• Nagashankar Shiva Dham Assam
• Visvanatha Mandir Khajuraho विश्वनाथ मन्दिर खजुराहो

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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:

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

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Festivals

• Hanuman Jayanti
• Navaratri
• Tripuri Poornima
• Ganesh Chaturthi गणेश चतुर्थी
• Devi Bhagavati – ‘Nirguna’ and ‘Virupa’ Shakti

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