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Stories:
- Varnashrama Dharma with emphasis on Brahmanas
- Essence of Linga Purana
- Significance of Siva Purana
- ‘Nadis’ and ‘Chakras’
- Eligibility to achieve Salvation-Examples of Kaushiki and Anasuya as ‘Pativratas’
- Gayatri Sahasramana (Thousand names of Devi Gayatri)
- Portrayal and manifestations of Prakriti
- Tatpurusha
- Muni Suka’s wedding and Salvation thereafter
- History of Yoga – Shiva, the first Yogi
- Asvathama punished and Parikshith born
- Epilogue: Vedic Faith is Everlasting despite pulls and pressures!
- Lord Shiva and Pralaya
- Margasirsha Mahatmya
- Origin and ‘Mahatmya’ of Kasi
- Why had ‘Mahi Sagara Sangama Tirtha’ become a ‘Gupta Kshetra”?
- Maha Devi’s Physical features
- ನಂಜುಂಡೇಶ್ವರ – ನಂಜನಗೂಡು. The story of Nanjundeshwara at Nanjanagoodu
- Stories describing the implied messages of Bhatavad Gita Chapters
- Chain reaction of Ganga -King Mahabhisha-Ashta Vasus- King Shantanu
Temples:
- Motieswar Shiva Temple, Muscat, Oman
- Shiva and Parvati – Ardhanarishvara in Bangkok
- Rameswaram
- Nagchandreshwar temple Ujjain
- Umanad Temple Guwahati Assam
- Somnath
- Neelkanth Mahadev Temple नीलकंठ महादेव मंदिर Rishikesh
- Doleshwor Mahadeva (डोलेश्वर महादेव) Nepal
- Mamleshwar Temple in Omkareshwar
- Shiv Bari, Bikaner
Scriptures:
- Vishnu destroys Madhu Kaitabha brothers
- Devi Bhagavati blesses Vishnu as Hayagreeva
- Maha Vishnu remote-controlled by Devi Bhagavati
- ESSENCE OF DEVI BHAGAVATA PURANA
- Kamakshi blesses King Dasharatha with Excellent Progeny
- The Top Five
- ‘Shri Kamaakshyaapaada Mastaka Varnana’ (Shri Kamakshi’s Physical Description)
- Brahma’s commedation of Tripura Sundari
- Agastya-HayagrivaSamvada
- Phala Shruti
- Chaturashyaadhyaaya: Shiva’s defeat, Brahma’s blindness, Shri Chakra Puja and beneficiaries
- Trayodashaadhyaaya: Eminence of ‘Bhutabandha Janardana’
- Dwadashaadhyaaya: The Magnificence of Maha Tripura Sundari
- Ekaadashaadyaaya: Exaltation of Kamakoti Bila
- Dashamadhyaaya: Kamakoti Sthala Nirnaya
- Navamaadhyaaya: Sarva Tirtha Mahima
- Ashtamaadhyaaya: The Glories of Ekaamreshwara and Baalaa (Tapah) Kamakshi
- Saptamaadhyaaya- The Significance of Ekaamra Vriksha
- Shashthyadhyaaya -Rudrashaalaa Mahatmya
- Panchamaadhyaaya-Vegavati Prabhaava
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