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Amish Tripathi 's Shiva Trilogy portrays Shiva as a powerful and complex character who is also known as Neelkanth. In the story Neelkanth is a moral man mortal man who comes from a humble background but is later embraced by the divine forces as their chosen one. He is said to have undertaken various tasks and challenges to establish order and righteousness in the universe. It is the law of nature that something old has to get destroyed in order to create something new. That's why Shiva is more considered to be a transformer than a destroyer. Of all the Hindu Gods Shiva is the simplest and the easiest to please. According to the Shiv Puraan Lord Shiva protects the man-kind. That is the reason that he is worshipped as the saviour. According to Yajurveda, (one of the four Vedas) he is enchanted as "Kapoora Gauram Karumavataram" It means pure white as Camphor, Avtar, an incarnation of compassion. His compassion indicates that he is kind to the entire universe. He creates a base for new creation after destruction in order to maintain a balance and equality. He protects the world from the demons and destroys them and at the same time he becomes the saviour when he saves the Man-kind from the demons. As Amish Tripathi said, "Creation and destruction are the two ends of the same moment. And everything between the creation and the next destruction is the journey of life." (The Oath of Vayuputra)

The review of literature is carried out to know the reference which are collected in the past and which are helpful to know the facts of new works. Many researchers have interpreted and evaluated Amish Tripathi's novels differently from the publication of his first novel 'The Immortals of Meluha'. His works have been explored by different authors with different aspects and perspectives. But no such work since to be carried out by any researcher on my selected topic till date.

Here are given few works of Amish Tripathi's books -

Neha Kumari (2017) tells about the subject of women empowerment appears in the books of Amish Tripathi, when women have acquired equal rights in all spheres of life in the 21st century. Amish's fiction presents certain fascinating aspects as related to Lord Shiva, the prime diary in Hindu religion. He has reimagined a Utopian society called Meluha, created by the Hindu God Lord Ram  as per his ideals. The authors interest is here to analyse the status, Amish, assign s to the women in his visualization of Ram Rajya through mystic archetypes lives of Shiva and Satu, prototype of Lord Shiva and goddess Sati.

Sunil Kumar (2019) -this research paper explodes Amish Tripathi's position in this deep rooted practice and his contribution to Indian writing in English. This paper examines the all three novels of Shiva Trilogy. Mythology has been an unavoidable source and subject of concentrate in writing down the ages. The writers since numerous ages have attempted to red cipher the previous fantasies. The aim here is to give another point of view to the since a long time ago established fantasies of the hundreds of years. Amish Tripathi revered female legendary characters in his Shiva Trilogy. He materializes power and flame from his counter parts.

Shiva is revered by millions of people as a powerful and benevolent deity who often salvation who offer salvation and liberation to mankind. His role as a saviour of humanity in Hindu mythology is deeply ingrained  in the faith and devotion of his followers. Shiva is also called Mahadev by his devotees. As Amish Tripathi said-

"A man becomes a Mahadev only when he fights for good. A Mahadev is not born from his mother's womb. He is forged in the heat of battle when he wages a war to destroy evil. Har Har Mahadev. All of us are Mahadev."-Amish Tripathi (The Immortals of Meluha)

Lord Shiva's role as a saviour is also reflected in his various stories where he rescues his devotees from perilous situations. According to Myth one such story is explained here.        

The tale Markandey who was destined to die at a young age, Markandey a great devotee of Lord Shiva who was praying him at the time of his death was saved by Lord Shiva, who appeared before him along with goddess Parvati and his attendance in the form of Brishabhvana (Mounted on Bull) (Page- 56). Shiva took him into his arms and saved his life. This story is seen as a reminder that no matter what our destiny might be, it is our devotion to Lord Shiva that can save us from all harm and danger.

It is believed that of all the Hindu gods Shiva is the simplest and easiest to please. That's why his devotees call him Bhole Baba, the gentle. It is also believed that god is everywhere. He listens to his devotees all the time. To prove this statement I gone through a real incidence which I am explaining here.

Few days back I happened to go through a real incident which filled my eyes with tears of devotion. A man is in Kasganj named Krishna Kumar lost his son when he went out to walk in the night. After that he never came back. Mr. Krishna Kumar searched for his son everywhere but all his efforts were in vein. Once one of his friends asked him to go to Ujjain for Darshan of Mahakal. In the Mahakaleshwar temple he prayed for his son. After Pooja he went to the ashram where Krishna Kumar found his lost son. He was being treated there for his mental instability. Krishna Kumar hugged, loved and kissed his son followed by the tears of thankfulness for Lord Shiva. This incidence shows that Lord Shiva is the saviour of mankind who is still active for his duty and it shows that Lord Shiva is present everywhere to save his devotees.

As Amish Tripathi also stated that, " I don't believe in symbolic gods. I believe that god exists all around us. In the flow of the river, in the rustle of the trees, in the whisper of the winds. He speaks to us all the time, all we need to do is listen." (The Immortals of Meluha).

In this paper I am highlighting  Shiva: as a saviour in the light of Amish Tripathi's Shiva Trilogy.

This series is set in an ancient Indian kingdom and follows the story of a tribal leader named Shiva who discovers that he is the prophesied saviour of the kingdom and must fight against the evil Nagas to save his people. Along the way, Shiva discovers secrets about his past . He learns about the power of good and evil and ultimately becomes a good- like figure in the world.

The first book of Shiva Trilogy ,'The Immortals of Meluha '  begins with introducing Shiva who has been portrayed as a Tibetan Barbarian hailing from the warrior tribe named Gunas. He arrives  in the fictional city of Meluha on the request of king Daksh,whose kingdom has been faced by terrorist attacks from the Chandravanshi tribe which he believes has allied with the Nagas- considered  a lowly race with physical deformities. While in Meluha Shiva is recognized as the Neelkanth- an incarnation of the Mahadev. After he drinks the Somras -a healing potion which makes his throat turns blue  and he has called Neelkanth. Then follows the love story of Sati, the daughter of king Daksha and Shiva .Sati is known as Vikarma- ,an untouchable . When Sati rejects the marriage proposal of Shiva ,he  challenges the law of Vikrama.

Vikarmas are those people who has to suffer in the present life due to the actions performed in the previous life. Shiva declared that the law of Vikrama is not valid .And he got married with Sati.

In the second book ' secret of Nagas' ,Shiva plays the role of being the saviour  who has left his homeland to fight evil.

The story begins from where Sati is being attacked by a Naga. (Nagas are the  species born with any of the deformities). But Naga has to run away  because Sati and Shiva both are amazing fighters. Shiva runs after the naga but he manages to escape by stealing a horse from a person. After this incident Shiva starts hating the Nagas and wishes to destroy the Nagas species. Sati was being attacked again and again by Nagas because they think that she has given birth to a deformed child and left him in the Naga region named Panchvati. But  this was not the truth whenever his father Daksh has abandoned that deformed  child of Sati.

The story moves forward in his third book 'The Oath of the Vayuputras'. Shiva meets his friend Brahaspati (the chief scientist of Meluha),who tells him the formation of Somras and the ill effects of its wastage .Along with his people Shiva travels to the hidden city of Ujjain to meet the chief of Vasudev Pandit Gopal. One of the ill effects of Somras was dying of River Sarasvati and the other ill effect was the deformity in the children due to the consumption of wastage of manufacturing the  Somras. Shiva appeals people of Devagiri not to drink Somras. After hearing this Daksh got angry with Shiva and plans to assassinate Shiva. But in the conspiracy knitted by Daksha Sati is killed .Filled with rage of Sati's death Shiva declares to use Pashupatiastra to destroy Devagiri forever. Shiva uses the Pashupatiastra and finishes Devagiri 's history along with the manufacturing of Somras  completely. While everything is over Shiva retired to Kailash Parvat to pass the rest of his life.

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