Citadal of Love
BOOK: π CITADEL OF LOVE π
AUTHOR: Prathiba Ray
REVIEW: " The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity "
CITADAL OF LOVE was purely based on folklore and myths. The novel spins around the ancient KONARK sun temple, which was set in Odissa of the thirteenth century. This age was considered as a golden age, in which the ancient sun temple was built under the ruling of King NARASIMHA DEVA. The konark is also a home land, where the government organises the annual konark dance festival, at CHANDRABHAGA beach of konark.
Chandrabhaga is portrayed as a simple women with divinity. She establishes a divine love with one among the twelve hundrend artisans of konark, and all these artisans have sacrificed their 12 years of their life to sculpture the immortal figures on the rocks and this mystical love story of the past, will unfold and build a new love within each reader.
On the other hand, a modern- age foreigner named Charles, arrives to Konark, in order to pursue his research on sun temple. He begins to experience a strange things and starts to fit himself in the traditional land of Odia. And unknowingly, he meets a simple Indian girl named as Prachiprava, who is a history scholar and falls in love with Lord Jaganath.
This book will take the readers to 13th century, where there was sacrifice, love, simplicity, devotion, and dharma. This book is a tribute to the magnanimous workmanship of 1200 artisans and the konark temple by itself and the untiring efforts of the king NARASIMHA DEVA.
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