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Stories:
- Solar Dynasty- Origin and Highlights
- Budha weds Ila (King Sudyumna)
- Maha Devi destroys Mahishasura
- Muni Durvasa’s curse to Apsara leads to the birth of Holy Birds
- Manasa Tirtha
- Daksha Prajapati – Sati Devi, Maha Deva and ‘Shakti Pteethas’
- Queen Madalasa confers Kingship to Alarka
- ESSENCE OF MARKANDEYA PURANA
- Maha Bhagavati allows vision of the dead at Kurukshetra Battle
- Brahma’s commedation of Tripura Sundari
- Maha Devi’s Physical features
- Evolution and Values of Human Life from birth to death and mystery thereafter?
- Maha Vishnu’s Directives to Sarasvati, Ganga and Tulasi
- Victory over Death – the story of Markandeya and Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
- Significance of Siva Purana
- Origin of Ling from Ling Puran
- Why did Draupadi marry all the five Pandava brothers?
- ‘Shri Kamaakshyaapaada Mastaka Varnana’ (Shri Kamakshi’s Physical Description)
- Other famed Kings of the Surya Vamsha
- Shashthyadhyaaya -Rudrashaalaa Mahatmya
Temples:
- Batu Caves பத்து மலை Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
- Paradeshwar Mahadev, Kankhal
- Sri Nageshwar Mahadeo, Nayaganj, Kanpur
- Tukeshwar Devalaya – Kamakhya Hill
- Mangalnath Temple Ujjain – the birth place of the Planet Mars
- Kedareswar Shivalaya Kamakhya Guwahati
- Babulnath Mandir, Mumbai बाबुलनाथ मंदिर मुंबई
- Moda wala Shiv Prachin Mandir, Narnaul Haryana
- Varanasi
- Nataraja at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Scriptures:
- The Legend of Daamaruka Ganaas turning into Pigeons
- Outstanding Magnificence of Mrityunjaya Amareshwara
- Damaruka Shila Garbhagriha Puja-Garbha Kaagara Nivritti Marga
- Origin and significance of Pancha Tarangini
- Sushka Sarovara Vrittaanta
- Glory of Vayu Daitya Varjana Tirtha
- Sesha Naaga Parvata Mahima
- Sthaana-ashrama and Pesha Parvata Mahatmya
- Nila Ganga Vrittaanta, especially significant for women
- Bhrigu Tirtha Mahatmya
- River Lambodari and magnificance of Ganeshwara
- Maamaka Linga Gananaatha Kshetra
- Sarala Narayana Khilya Tirtha
- Rasa Linga Mahatmya
- Srishaila Mallikarjuna, Lepakshi, Ahobila Simhachala
- Shabarimala, Sucheendram, Kanyakumari and Rameshwaram
- Gautami ( Godavari) Mahatmya, Naganatha, Grishneshwara
- Dakor, Mahi Sagara Sangama, Abu, Siddha pur, Shyamalaji, Bhima Shankara
- Dwarka, Bet Dwaraka, Nageshwara Jyori Linga, Porbandar and Somnath
- Kamakhya Devi and two other Shakti Peethas in Assam and Tripura;[Five Shakti Peethas in Bangla desh]
Health:
Festivals
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