{ "item_title" : "The Light Between Earth and Sky", "item_author" : [" Vikkas Verma "], "item_description" : "Across India's coasts, deserts, and glacier-fed mountains stand twelve shrines where Hindu tradition holds that Shiva once broke into the world as a pillar of fire too vast for gods to measure. This book is the story of those twelve lights, and of the people who still walk toward them.Each of the twelve Jyotirlingas carries its own legend: a moon god cursed for his favoritism and slowly restored to fullness. Two brothers racing around all of creation for the right to a single fruit. A grieving mother whose devotion brought her son back from death. A king whose humility outlasted a mountain's arrogance. A city Shiva is said to have never once left, in three thousand years. These are old stories, carried down through the Puranas and told at each temple for centuries, and this book retells all twelve in full, alongside the secondary legends and historical turns, invasions, rebuildings, and disputes, that shaped the shrines standing today.But this is more than a book of mythology. Every chapter also works as a practical companion for the pilgrim planning a real journey: how to reach each temple, when to go, what the darshan involves, what local festivals to time a visit around, and what a first-time visitor should know before arriving at the gate. A closing chapter lays out how to plan the full Dwadasha Jyotirlinga Yatra, twelve sites in one circuit, with route groupings, a sample itinerary, and a realistic sense of what the journey actually costs in time and effort. A quick-reference table, a glossary of recurring terms, a frequently-asked-questions chapter, and the complete Sanskrit Dwadash Jyotirlinga Stotram with translation round out the book.Inside, you'll find: The full legend behind each of the twelve Jyotirlingas, retold in detailThe sacred significance and theological context of every siteA pilgrim's practical guide for each temple: how to get there, when to go, what to expectA closing reflection connecting each ancient story to a theme a modern reader can carry forwardA complete guide to planning a twelve-site pilgrimage, with regional groupings and a sample itineraryA glossary, a quick-reference table, an FAQ chapter, and the full pilgrimage hymn in Sanskrit with translationWritten for pilgrims planning a visit, for readers drawn to Hindu mythology and sacred geography, and for anyone who has ever set out toward a light they could not yet see, this book holds the legend and the logistics side by side, on the belief that the outer journey and the inner one have always been the same road.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers2.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/817/687/9798176879445_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "11.00", "online_price" : "11.00", "our_price" : "11.00", "club_price" : "11.00", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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