In ancient North India, the land of the Sapt Sindhu, Shiva was recognised as the prophesied destroyer of Evil due to his Neel Kanth -the blue throat. Shiva: Shiva was the Chief of the Guna tribe at Mount Kailash, before he decided to emigrate from his Tibetan homeland. Meluha is one of the greatest kingdoms established by one of the most exceptional monarchs to have ever lived, Lord Ram. The key characters that drive the story are listed below. Drawn into a never-ending cascade of adventures, Shiva struggles to find his own identity in a century old legend. The Immortals of Meluha is the first book written by banker turned happy author, Amish Tripathi. The apparently uncultured and rough Tibetan immigrant Shiva is proclaimed a legend overnight due to a very unique chemical reaction of the Somras with his neck turning his neck into a incandescent blue (one of the many ingenious ways Amish has turned ancient mythology into something that can be explained by modern science). The troubled inhabitants of Meluha await a hero, a hero mentioned in the legends as the one who will come and vanquish all evil.
The story is set in 1900 BC in Meluha, what modern Indians mistakenly call the Indus valley civilization. The book tells us the story of how Shiva, the most powerful god in the Hindu pantheon, was originally a human, a man who had been forced to accept a legacy he had no idea what to do with. The book is a perfect blend of Indian mythology and modern-day thriller, each page is a revelation as to how the author has perfectly reanalyzed the ancient myth and shown it to us in a very exciting and unexplored manner.