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Stories:
- Varanasi
- Genesis of ‘Matsyagandha’ alias Satyavati
- Shiva and Sati
- The Top Five
- Tatpurusha
- The birth of Vighanavinashak Gajanan Ganesha
- Shiva’s Cosmic Dance at CERN
- Prathamopaadhyaaya-Devi Kamakshi as Tripura Dhaarini
- Manvantara Phala Shruti
- Purushottama Kshetra (Utkala Khanda) Mahatmya
- Steps towards Salvation
- Aghoresha
- Maha Devi destroys Mahishasura
- Somnath
- Essence of Siva Purana – Preface
- Devi Sati’s self-immolation and Daksha Yagna destroyed
- Why had ‘Mahi Sagara Sangama Tirtha’ become a ‘Gupta Kshetra”?
- External and Internal Ways of Worship
- Chaturashyaadhyaaya: Shiva’s defeat, Brahma’s blindness, Shri Chakra Puja and beneficiaries
- Shumbha and Nishumbha executed by Maha Devi
Temples:
- Nataraja murti at Leela – South Goa
- Kameswar Devalaya Kamakhya Guwahati
- Agnibaneswar Temple Assam
- Mahadeva Temple, Itagi
- Amarnath
- Navagraha Shiva Temple – (नवग्रह शिव मन्दिर)
- Brihadeeswarar Temple Thanjavur
- Katakeswar Gigantic Linga Tezpur Assam
- Moda wala Shiv Prachin Mandir, Narnaul Haryana
- Jagdeswar (Almora)
Scriptures:
- Vindhyachala, Ujjain, Bade Ganesha, Kshipra, Omkareshwara, Narmada Mahatya
- Kashi Mahatmya
- Naimisharanya, Prayaga, Chitrakut, Kalanjar and Khajuraho
- Vraja Mandala- Mathura and Brindavana
- Kurukshetra, Pehva, Gadhamukteshwar
- Shakti Peethas
- Nainital’s- Bhima Shankar and Jageshwar’s Jyotir Lingas and Kangra’s Jwalamukhi
- Haridwar-Rishikesh-Gangotri-Yamunotri-Badarinath-Kedarnath
- Vaishnodevi, Kheer Bhavani and other Tirthas (Jammu and Kashmir)
- Amarnath Yatra (Jammu and Kashmir)
- Mansarovar-Kailasha Yatra
- Shiva Temple, Bhojpur – भोजेश्वर मंदिर
- Part 2. Bhimashankar Dham Guwahati Assam
- Virupaksha Temple, Hampi
- Trimbakeshwar, Nashik Maharashtra
- Haleshi Mahadev Temple, Nepal
- Kailashnath Mahadev कैलाशनाथ महादेव, Sanga, Nepal
- Moda wala Shiv Prachin Mandir, Narnaul Haryana
- Sri Poyyatha Vinayagar Moorthi Temple, Melaka, Malaysia
- Arjuna and Kiratha
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