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Stories:
- Omkareshwar and Vindhya Mountain
- Tazhuvakkuzhainthaar – Ekambareswarar Temple
- Gauri goes to her Mother’s home, and Mahadevji goes after her
- Origin and ‘Mahatmya’ of Kasi
- Asvathama punished and Parikshith born
- The legend of Shri Gopeshwar Mahadev – Lord Shiva meets Lord Krishna
- The Legends of Venkatachala, Jagannatha and Badari Kshetras
- Interplay of Primary ‘Gunas’ causes Chandra’s Romance with Tara
- Significance of ‘Satya’ (Truth) and ‘Tapasya’ (Meditation)
- Origin of Vedas, Time, Basic Duties and Pasupati Vrata
- Shashthyadhyaaya -Rudrashaalaa Mahatmya
- Maha Devi’s Physical features
- The famed ‘Shata Rudreeyam’
- Devas and Trinity pray to Maha Bhagavati of ‘Nirguna’ and ‘Nirakara’
- Bhima Shankar
- Explanations of ‘Karma’ on queries about Krishna Avatar
- Triteeyodhyaaya-Hasti Shaila Mahima
- The discovery of Amarnath / Amareshwara
- Srisailam
- Time measurement, Life span of Brahma and his various Creations
Temples:
- Sri Yaganti Uma Maheswara Temple, Kurnool
- Vishwanath Dham Assam
- The Kanwar Yatra to Deoghar-baba baidyanath dham
- Shiva Temple at Bhutanath Guwahati
- Lord Shiva Temple, Mombassa, Kenya
- Bhrukutesvar Siva Temple Bhubaneswar
- Brihadeeswarar Temple Thanjavur
- Batu Caves பத்து மலை Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
- Ajgaivinath Temple, Sultanganj Bihar
- Shri Mangesh Devasthan Goa
Scriptures:
- Shri Gola Gokaran Nath Mandir
- Parasurameswara Temple, Gudimallam, Tirupati
- Shiv-Sati at Daksheshwar Mahadev temple Kankhal Haridwar
- Ardhanarishwar Jaipur
- Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra महामृत्युंजय मंत्र
- Amritaghateswarar-Abirami Temple, Thirukkadaiyur
- Shri Markandeshwar Mahadev Shiv Mandir , Shahabad Markanda, Haryana
- Victory over Death – the story of Markandeya and Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
- Yaksha asked Yudhisthira
- Sri Panankatteesar Temple, Puravar Panankattur (Panayapuram)
- Shiva’s Cosmic Dance at CERN
- Nataraja at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
- Shiva and Parvati – Ardhanarishvara in Bangkok
- Shivkhori, Jammu
- Brihadeeswarar Temple
- Pura Ulun Danu Bratan, Bali, Indonesia
- Motieswar Shiva Temple, Muscat, Oman
- Shiva Vishnu Temple, Florida USA
- Kaiyuan Temple, Quanzhou, China
- om namaha shivaya, “jai mata ki” om durge namaha
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