Book Review — The Hidden Hindu Series
OMG. What a ride. This series was the first to ever get me out of bed at 6 a.m. What a masterfully crafted tale, featuring Hindu mythology, culture, and religion as its foundation.
Prithvi begins the present-day story by telling Mrs. Batra a series of events that will ultimately lead to the revelation of her husband’s death and Prithvi’s search for a man named Om Shastri.
An Aghori is kidnapped and held in a secret, high-tech facility. When questioned further, he admits to being a witness to every major event since the Sat Yuga, including the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
This sets in motion a series of revelations concerning his background, as well as information about the four Yugas, the Ten Avatars of Vishnu, Milarepa (the only person in the world according to Buddhism to have climbed Mount Kailash), the seven immortals, Shukracharya, and many other figures from Hindu mythology.
The series’ greatest strength is in the author’s ability to give reasonable justifications for every plot point and event, and to keep the narrative from becoming monotonous at any time. Every few pages, a new discovery will cause your heart to rush. I couldn’t put the book down because I had to know what happened to the Aghori and how Prithvi learned so much about him.
I recommend buying all three novels at once because each book ends on a cliffhanger. It’s worth your time and effort.
Looking forward for Akshat Gupta’s next book. 📚
