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Dedicated website THE ISHWAR SHARAN ARCHIVE hosts the 2010 revised edition of the book, THE MYTH OF SAINT THOMAS AND THE MYLAPORE SHIVA TEMPLE, published by VOICE OF INDIA, New Delhi. The website called The Ishwar Sharan Archive hosts the 2010 revised and updated edition of the book, The Myth of Saint Thomas and the Mylapore Shiva Temple. It is the third edition of a comprehensive study of the St. Thomas in India legend — its origin, history, ideology, and communal ramifications — and is named after the main, 24-chapter essay by Ishwar Sharan. The 480-page book includes 28 independent, penetrating articles by respected scholars and senior journalists and exposes in detail the anti-Hindu bias in India’s secular English-language media. One chapter deals with the pronounced Christian bias of the Encyclopedia Britannica and popular online reference portal Wikipedia. Both encyclopedia’s carry fanciful, non-factual entries for St. Thomas the Apostle in India that they refuse to correct or change.
The book documents the destruction of the original Kapaleeswara Shiva Temple by the Portuguese and its replacement by the San Thome Cathedral Basilica on the Mylapore beach in Chennai (Madras), India.
The on-line edition on WordPress can be easily searched using the search field below the header on every page. There are many relevant reference links in the sidebar including a link to the original 3rd century Syrian religious romance, the infamous Acts of Thomas by Bardesanes, which is the source of the legend of St. Thomas in India.
The book has an extensive bibliography and is a valuable tool for researchers and historians.
Author Ishwar Sharan also has profiles at AboutMe and LinkedIn.
The Myth of Saint Thomas and the Mylapore Shiva Temple is available from publisher Voice of India, New Delhi.
