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Published by westland ltd 2013

Copyright © Amish Tripathi 2013

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Amish Tripathi asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to any actual person living or dead, events and locales is entirely coincidental.

ISBN: 978-93-82618-34-8

Cover Design by Rashmi Pusalkar.

Photo of Lord Shiva by Chandan Kowli.

Inside book formatting and typesetting by Ram Das Lal

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To the late Dr Manoj Vyas, my father-in-law
Great men never die
They live on in the hearts of their followers

Har Har Mahadev
All of us are Mahadevs, All of us are Gods
For His most magnificent temple, finest mosque and
greatest church exist within our souls

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