History

I placed an order for Pandora’s Lab after reading about it in Abhinav Agarwal’s blog titled “Best books I read in 2019 and 2018” ¹. This was a quick read and I thoroughly enjoyed reading each chapter of the book. As a matter of fact, I would highly recommend carrying this book as your travel companion since its pretty easy to pick up where you left off without having to remember too many details.

Narasimha Konda is a very famous temple dedicated to Lord Narasimha, the fourth avatar of Vishnu Bhagavan near the outskirts of Nellore. Eager to get the blessings of the Narasimha Bhagavan, I went along with my relatives living in Nellore during the month of December, 2015. The journey to the temple is quite pleasant - surrounded by mountains and green cultivation fields, its a pleasant drive away from all madness that tends to plague cities. Along the way, one of the Nellore Tanks was overflowing onto the roads.

After reading this book, I am in total awe and utter amazement thinking about this man we all know as Chatrapati Shivaji. I would like to salute this giant among Hindus a million times and even that wouldn’t be enough to express the respect and gratitude I feel towards this man.