CHAPTER 5

CONCLUSION

Amish Tripathi is a rising star in the field of Indian writing in English. He is

best known for his Shiva trilogy. All the three novels in the Shiva trilogy are religious
and mythological. Through his trilogy he presents the life of Lord Shiva as a human
being of flesh and blood. Later on he becomes the saviour of Meluha, The Mahadev,
God of the Gods, destroyer of evil, passionate lover, fierce warrior, consummate
dancer, charismatic leader. Lord Shiva was not a figment of a rich imagination, but a
person of flesh and blood. A man who rose to become god like because of his karma.
This is the premises of the Shiva trilogy, which interprets the rich mythological
heritage of ancient India, blending fiction with historical fact incorporating various
communication techniques. Shiva trilogy is therefore a tribute to Lord Shiva and the
lesson that he is liked by the people. A lesson which is lost in the depths of time and
ignorance. A lesson, that all can rise to be better people. A lesson that exists a
potential god in every single human being’.

Tripathi used mythology as his core theme. The mythical characters are
Shiva, Sati, Daksha, Ganesh, Karthikeya, Kali, Veerbhadra, Nandi, Brahma and
Brahaspati. Here Lord Shiva is represented as a normal human being. As he is shown
as a man, he faces the feelings which each person feels every day. He faces
difficulties. He too experiences all human feelings such as joy, pain, guilt, anger,
sympathy, love, affection. The author manages everything balanced. The trilogy
makes the readers to journey in the path of tradition to live a contented and peaceful
life. The novel opens the spiritual mind to feel peaceful life. It shows the good and
evil. It shows the people to live a life with good hearted by not thinking bad.

Tripathi recreates the parable of Shiva through his study of all spheres of
Indian life and literature. He makes Shiva trilogy appealing and intelligible to the
fashionable mind. Tripathi insists to have interaction oneself in action as a result of
actions purify as data liberates. Through recreation, the Shiva trilogy becomes living
sacred scripture capable of providing religious direction within the present time. The
life time of Shiva as additional human than God is what the theme of the book

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revolves around. The proper combination and balance of journey, action and love at
the side of ideologies, mythology and philosophy is what has light-emitting diode
Tripathi to his destiny of manufacturing this nationwide acclaimed bestseller.

The Immortals of Meluha is the first book in the Shiva trilogy the that
chronicles the journey of the extraordinary hero, Shiva. It introduces Shiva as an
ordinary human being with an extraordinary destiny in store for him. A destiny which
makes him a saviour and a god, and whose arrival has been prophesied by an ancient
legend. Everybody believes that he is the only person who can save the land from
their enemy. The author believes that myths are nothing but jumbled memories of true
past. A past buried under mounds of earth and ignorance. The author has created
purely a fantasy fiction out of mythical stories. And the author has used various
symbols such as Somras, blue throat, vikarma etc. the book captures the attention of
the readers and avoids them to divert from reading the book. Its events are skilfully
channelized by keeping them into a particular flow.

In the second novel The Secret of the Nagas, myths play a very important role
in this book also. Here the author uses the same mythological characters, and usws
some mythological places where Indian myths have supposed to happen in Indian
mythology. The author uses language as one of the communication technique in this
book. The language makes the book to read, ties the reader in the process. The author
uses portrays the incidents in such a skilful way that the reader is excited to know
every event of the book which is an interesting suspense technique used by the author
in this book. The author uses various symbols to bring out aesthetic qualities in the
book.

The Oath of the Vayuputras is third novel in the Shiva trilogy. In this book
Shiva discovers that the Somras is the true evil. The story concludes with Shiva and
his associates being popularized as Gods for their deeds. The author uses myth,
fantasy, language, symbolism and suspense as communication techniques in this
book.

Through the Shiva trilogy the author represents the Shiva myth in different
way, blending the mythology of the past with present reality. He had succeeded in
making many mythological figures into simple flesh and blood human beings. He
have touched every characters and place in the series with a humanistic approach. He

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completely deconstruct the old mythology and represent it in anew different way, in
short he modernise the Indian Shiva myth with a new aspect.

Through the trilogy Tripathi also tries to address the social reality of the
contemporary society. He recasts the Shiva myth to represent the malicious designs of
people in power and how their selfish desire leads to destruction and devastation. He
suggests a rational outlook to solve these problems. The fantastic elements of the
Shiva myth are interwoven with the contemporary reality. The issue of environment
pollution is addressed through mythical narrative. Tripathi did not invent a new world
but reveals a world of magical realism in which supernatural realm mixes with the
natural and familiar world. For instance, in the novel the in take of Somras turns
Shiva’s throat blue where as according to Shiva myth Lord Shiva consumed poison
during the sagar manthan. The author gives the supernatural element a scientific tone
as the reader may not believe that a human being can drink poison so he introduces an
elixir drink that turns Shiva’s throat blue. Hence, fantasy and realism combine to
project the writer’s world view or vision of a more rational, just and fair society for
all.

In this age of demythologization, Tripathi firmly establishes a fictionalized

historical account through the Shiva trilogy. The author used mythology as his core
theme and represent it in new different way. The author manages everything balanced.
This novel makes the readers to journey in the path of tradition to live a contented and
peaceful life. The novel opens the spiritual mind to feel peaceful. It shows the good
and evil. It shows to live a life with good hearted by not thinking bad.

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