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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
50-day-yatra to North India, in Yatra Special in 1987 supplied me enough fuel
for further flights and whetted my appitite. So I plunged into this holy work
head-long 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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