Shiva trilogy

A collection of amazing stories said by my grandma to make me eat during my childhood days about the 3 million gods, tradition, vedas and habits clubbed together as one story along with Tripathy’s imaginations has given rise to the shiva trilogy.

The immortals of Meluha and secret of the Nagas beautifully described the different characters and ways of people. The differentiation in the looks, habits, character and thoughts between the Shiva’s clan, the Suryavanshis, the Chandravanshis, Kasi king’s clan and Nagas are explained to make people feel that everyone is right and their actions are justified in their own way. The best example would be the reason for killing the peacocks.

Though there were certain character name misfits (correct me if I’m wrong) like

·Dhilipa who was supposed to be the first king if Suryavamsha who was childless and was later blessed by Kamadenu’s daughter Nandini and had a son named Raghu who was also the great grand father of Rama. But in Siva trilogy is many years AFTER Rama’s period and I couldn’t relate the stories here. 

·Similarly the mention of Parasurama with an explanation that he was not the same Prasurama we know – the version of lord Vishnu but the flashback explained in the book ended up being the same.

·And also there was a mention that vedas were written during Manu’s period but it was actually before him and manu wrote manu smriti. 

·Krittika character was supposed to be childless right? And she was Karthik’s foster mother who was known for her friendship and sacrifice. Is that the hints in book to all about? Will her sacrifice be explained?

·The famous Ganesh Karthik mango episode missing etc did make me think a lot.

I had a great hope that the 3rd book will clear all these doubts and queries. But it didn’t. The story was taken in a different route. New characters, new places and new issues came into picture. The war which pictured Shiva’s anger and Sati’s death episode were very touching. The oath of Vayuputras did justice to the name.

Overall considering it purely as a fiction it is too good and yes one of the best.

P.S. Loved the acknowledgements even better.

Score:4/5