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And
when I looked out for means to occupy my retired void. I found the
glory of temples and religion beckoning me to taking up for pleasure
and propagation. Indeed its absorbing interest, accelerated my
evolving devotion and took me on viewless wings of imagination for
preparation. As if a bolt from blue my fifty-day-yatra to North
India in Yatra Special in 1987 supplied me enough fuel for further
fights and whetted my appetite. So I plunged into this holy work
headlong with a special format of my own - writing from the view
point of pilgrims than tourists i.e.. laying stress on the
sacredness of place and necessity of its selection - the legends
forming the core to the characteristic glory of each temple. So,
everyone of the sections begins with Uniqueness followed by
Antiquity. and then Historicity before giving detailed accounts of
temples, deities, festivals, traditions etc.
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