ISBN: 9798170829668 - whispers of change: a journey through jyotritngas (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. 374.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Whispers of ChangeA Journey Through the JyotirlingasWhat if a pilgrimage is not really about reaching a temple, but about discovering what has been quietly changing within you all along For G. K. Raman, Shiva was never only a deity worshipped from a distance. After losing his father young, Mahadev gradually became a presence he could speak to in moments of confusion, grief, fear and hope. Years later, that deeply personal relationship found expression through journeys to the twelve Jyotirlingas-undertaken not as one planned circuit, but across the unpredictable rhythm of work, family, school holidays, responsibilities and life itself.Beside him travelled Radhika, whose own spiritual path began in childhood and deepened through Mata Amritanandamayi-Amma. From an early encounter with Amma to more than two decades of seva, Radhika came to understand devotion not merely as prayer, but as service, emotional awareness and responsibility.Their daughter Veda, Raji Amma, Appa, siblings, priests, strangers and unexpected companions become part of a pilgrimage filled with humour, uncertainty, devotion and moments that refuse easy explanation.From the powerful Bhasma Aarti of Mahakaleshwar and the timeless ghats of Kashi, to the mountains of Kedarnath, the waters of Rameshwaram and finally Pashupatinath, each sacred place reveals something different-not only about Shiva, but about family, surrender, mortality, forgiveness and the quiet courage required to change.Whispers of Change is not a temple guide.It is a family memoir about faith tested by ordinary life, a husband and wife discovering Shiva through different doors, a daughter growing up among pilgrimages, an ageing mother walking ahead when everyone expected her to slow down-and the gradual realisation that the most important pilgrimage begins only after we return home.Because perhaps the thirteenth pilgrimage was never meant to be found on a map.It was always within.Aum Namah Shivaya. …