The Shiva trilogy
is the tale of extraordinary whose adventures 4000 years ago are remembered
today as the myths of the mahadev, the god of gods. It is chronicled through three books “the
immortals of meluha”, “the secret of nagas” and “the oath of vayuputras”.
The author ‘AMISH
TRIPATI” planned to write this trilogy as he was lord Shiva’s devotee. He tried
to create uniqueness in the book by creating modern lord shiv. Amish tripati
got lot of appreciation of the public and the trilogy got immense popularity
within few days.
This book is based on a radical
idea that all Gods were once human beings; it was their deeds in the human life
that made them famous as Gods. He
tries to narrate an ancient mythological story with logical explanations and
strikes chord with the younger audience who have modern outlook but does not
mind visiting ancient traditions albeit without blind faith and superstition.
The first part of Shiva trilogy, “The Immortals of Meluha” shows the
beginning of the journey of Shiva and revolves around Meluha kingdom.
The
second book in the Shiva trilogy is equally overwhelming story with mysteries
unravelled at each step. The story continues from previous book with Shiva
trying to locate evil. This also gets in detail about the family of Shiva, Vaishnav
priests, Naga warriors and a deadly disease killing a kingdom.
The
third book, “The Oath of Vayuputras” was a major dud after the literary high of
the first two books on Shiva Trilogy. The search for Evil ends abruptly and the
book concentrates majorly on war strategies and alliances formed for the
ultimate war. By the end of the trilogy
the connection with the main protagonist Shiva is lost but the message of
mankind was loud and clear.
-Pavithraa Natarajan
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