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Stories:
- Vaisakha Month’s Significance
- Origin of Nagara, Shankha Tirtha, Achaleswara / Siddheswara Lingas
- Shiva and Sati
- Emphasis on Dharma and Right Living
- ‘Shiva Taandava’ (The Cosmic Dance of Shiva)
- Pradosha Vrata-Procedure of Worship to Lord Siva and its ‘Udyapan’
- Navavarana Puja- Names of Devis in Nine Enclosures
- Quick retrospective of Ramayana
- Worship method of Siva Lingas
- King Janamejaya perfoms Devi Yagna
- Ayodhya ‘Mahatmya’ and the Import of ‘Tirthas’ around
- Some doubts in connection with Maha Bharata
- Why had ‘Mahi Sagara Sangama Tirtha’ become a ‘Gupta Kshetra”?
- Rasa Lingam or Parad Lingam
- Explanations of ‘Karma’ on queries about Krishna Avatar
- Worship of Devi Radha and Devi Durga
- Devi Bhagavati blesses Vishnu as Hayagreeva
- Maharshi Veda Vyas and Son Suka Maha Muni
- Shiva’s Samishthi Swarupa (An Integrated Portrait of Maha Deva)
- King Nimi Vs. Vasishtha
Temples:
- Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga
- Brihadeeswarar Temple
- Ardhanarishvara, Bangkok
- Somnath
- Parasurameswara Temple, Gudimallam, Tirupati
- Prasat Baphuon ប្រាសាទបាពួន Cambodia
- Shiva Temple at Bhutanath Guwahati
- Veerabhadra Temple, Lepakshi
- Mangalnath Temple Ujjain – the birth place of the Planet Mars
- Kedareswar Shivalaya Kamakhya Guwahati
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
Health:
- Traditional medicinal uses of Bael
- Bilva – Bael, Bel
- Tulsi plant and its medicinal uses
- History of Yoga – Shiva, the first Yogi
- Science of the Ancient Temples
Festivals
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