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by Janit Gambhir (Author)
It is said at the time of our most ancient mythologies was set upon a different sky. But the testimony of the stars is only in plain sight of the night.
Somewhere along the way, these jewels of astronomy were lost in their histories as mythology.
The Indian context sharing the same fate albeit leaving faint threads if in the stardust of rituals and earnest imaginations.
This is the story of Agni, the god of fire, and he starts it off as he did with creation itself on the Earth from his original star-abode.
This is a story of Asura King Vala, on Agni's road to championing the Earth. Vala, from whose body all the minerals and gemstones on the Earth came from.
This is a story of king Trisanku and Martanda, the most ancient sun-god in the constellation Crux and the Surya or Sun of our age, respectively..
This is a story of Vishvamitra-Lubdaka breaking asunder the sky into two celestial halves, the former king of the heavenly host of stars offering legacy to Indra, the new (anciently) king of stars.
One of the greatest unions of all time in Agni and Swaha.
The greatest love-story ever told to eternity of Saptrishi Vasishta and Arundati.
The greatest love story never told in the universe of Soma-Saraswati.
This is a story of the fountainhead of stars in the North Star Dhruva.
These are the stories of the Milky Way galaxy, the keynotes of creation in its folds of history in the stars.
As wayward as Narada himself, or any starry messenger is expected to be.
