It's been going simultaneously since long.
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People in my family are crazy for this serial on Life Ok called Devo Ke Dev Mahadev.
No doubt in a religious country like India, TV shows like Ramayan, Mahabharata create a hype and Mahadev is the lateset version. As the name suggests, this spiritual drama revolves around the life of lord Shiva who is considered as a Supreme god and he is creator, preserver, destroyer, concealer and revealer of the world. Shiva is not only worshiped in India but also in Nepal and ShriLanka. People in India sense fortunate to complete the journey of 12 Jyotirlingas.
With any god, there are many mysterious and miraculous stories related and Lord Shiva is not an exception. He is Neelkantha who drank halahal poison evolved through Samudra Manthan, Gangadhar who has held river Ganga in hair, Traymbakam who has a third eye, Chandrashekhar bearing on his head the moon indicating this lord is beyond time, Nagendra Hara denoting wisdom and the list goes on.
The TV show describes it all and people keep on waiting to see each and every part of the show.
I do believe in god but believing him as a normal human being doing miracles is quite difficult for me to digest.
During the same time, I read this book called Immortals of Meluha which has got a huge commercial success and was a bestseller for quite some time. This book aims to humanize the Mahadev and portray him as a hero-cum-rockstar instead. It is the war between Suryawanshi and Chandrawanshi communities during 1900 BC. Shiva is a curious, honorable and respectful "person" who searches for his destiny and tries to do what seems to be right. This whole story takes place in the land of Meluha (place near Himalayas and Kashmir) and drives Shiva to Ayadhya, the place of "King" Rama.
The finest part of the book is that it makes almost all the God legends into potential human beings who achieved prominence and contributed so much to culture that story tellers made them Gods. So after reading this book, henceforth whenever I hear of Shiva, I will imagin him a strong, wise character with feelings and faults and with a logical mind. Get this book, it's a perfect cocktail of reality and myth, you will definitely like it (at-least it's a great escape from now a days rubbish and filmy Chetan Bhagat books!)
So as I said these things were going simultaneously in my head, I came to a conclusion that we don't have to believe in miracles in order to trust god!
Just a thought, we all know, Shivaji Maharaj is a human being but people do warship him, respect him. Who knows, few centuries down the line, he might emerge as a Lord Shivaji and get attached to as many miracles as people can think of!
