Jyotir Maath / ज्योतिर्मठ  (Hindi, Hardcover, Pt. Janardan Rai Nagar)

Jyotirmath is one of the few last novels in the series of novels which constitute the Mega novel Jagadguru Shankaracharya composed in ten volumes by Manishi Pdt. Janardan Rai Nagar. The central theme of Jyotirmath is the setting up of a Jyotirmath near Badrinath by Paanchratr community after some opposition. The novel contains philosophical debates with Jain Acaryas in Vallabhi and Vaahlika and with Bhatt Bhaskar in Ujjayini delineating lively the logical methods of philosophical debates. The dialogues between Bhatt Bhaskar, his wife Sudhanva and Queen Arpana provide succulence to the novel. Readers will be able to know about all the ideological streams of India of that time by reading this novel alone. With this novel, the last step of the perennial tireless journey of Advait comes to a completion. The philosophy of the author fluently reached its goal and echoed amidst the Himalayas. The protagonist Shankar suddenly spoke out, “ This math shall be the place of Atharva Ved. The supreme among all Gods shall be the presiding deity of this Math. This is enlightened India- the source of light. The core sentence of this Jyoti Math shall be Ayamatm Bhahm meaning “ This I, the soul, am Brahm”. Neither am I Mukti ( Liberation), nor am I scripture, nor Guru ( Teacher). The echoes of the words of Jagatguru Ayatmabrahm- “I, This soul, am Brahm” reverberate in the hearts of all.