Amish Tripathi defends stance on Sati: ‘Where are the widows in Indian epics?’

In a free-wheeling conversation with The Hindu, Amish Tripathi spoke about the ‘Legends of Shiva’ series, his thoughts on India’s caste system and his take on Sati

“I am deeply, crazily passionate about Lord Shiva,” declares 50-year-old Indian author Amish Tripathi at the launch event of the ‘Legends of Shiva’ series. Narrating his experience travelling to different Shiva temples across India, he says, “Most Indians think they know Shiva, but as you discover through this documentary, actually may be we don’t know him as well”.

The banker-turned-author, who has written eleven books, including the highly-acclaimed ‘Meluha’ series, revealed that he re-married his wife Shivani at two temples during the course of shooting the documentary. “There is an Ardhanareeshwara temple in Tamil Nadu where the deity is half man, half woman and it is very auspicious to get married there. So me and Shivani got remarried there,” shares Amish. The duo also got re-hitched in an Uttarakhand temple (Triyuginarayan) where Lord Shiva is believed to have married his consort Parvati.

In a free-wheeling conversation with The Hindu, Amish Tripathi spoke about the ‘Legends of Shiva’ series, his thoughts on India’s caste system and his take on Sati

‘Legends of Shiva with Amish’ premiered on 3rd March at 9pm on Discovery Channel and discovery+ app, with fresh episodes dropping every Monday.