About the Book

In the course of life, there are numerous instances when questions prop out on the content and meaning of life itself, especially concerning the teachings in scriptures and religious precepts. Consciously or unconsciously such questions visit everyone’s mind, sometime or other.

Paulo Coelho says there are symbols and signs everywhere, providing answers to such questions. Sometimes, people reach out and leave a message. At others, one’s own contemplation reveals certain suggestions. The Universal Consciousness, on its part, prompts the thoughts to facilitate greater understanding. It manifests itself through a passage in a book, a poem or in the works of saints like Adi Shankara, Kabir and Rumi or in the writings of great philosophers like Khalil Gibran, Osho or even a shop keeper who happens in our life at the most appropriate moment.

This book, On Matters of Faith, is a collection of thoughts owing to such beneficial interventions in my life. They were penned into my blog as and when they occurred over a period of time.

Having contemplated upon them, I have taken the liberty of researching into certain backgrounds and added them as Notes. I do hope these reflections will help in finding answers to at least some questions that readers may have. A discerning reader would benefit more by visiting the Notes for an in-depth understanding.

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About the Book 

In the heart of Tamil Nadu, a famous temple dedicated to Sri Ranganatha houses a sanctum for a Mughal princess worshipped as the Lord’s consort. Do we know why? The description of the riches in the Arabian Nights was inspired by the loot from temples in South India. Do we know the combined wealth taken from three temples of South India accounted for 1200 tons in gold alone?

The answers to these, and many more such questions are etched in the stone walls of these temples. The threads that spread out from their sanctum have cast a spider’s web connecting each of us to our roots by blending facts and faith in marvellous tales. Through the shifting sands of time, these stories have metamorphosed into fantastic oral narratives. Having grown up listening to such stories, I have often wondered how history will testify them.

To uncover them is a monumental task, but not impossible. Through historical evidence based research I have tried to untangle these threads in this book. After years of tracing them systematically through the works of acclaimed historians, another desire arose—that future generations should know these stories through the eyes of history. This book is the product of that desire.

I hope that these fifteen stories about temples in South India will be retold and explored more through the pages of history, for many years to come.

Note: This book is in Tamil language. English version will be on Amazon soon.

About the Book

This book is a collection of reflections prompted by life. They are neither fictionalized nor added upon, but merely presented in the manner in which they were experienced. The beauty of life reveals itself when one’s mind is open and experiences that beauty as it is. All of us have a blessed life. It is upto us to indulge and enjoy every moment of it.