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प्रतिपश्चंद्र [Pratipashchandra]
‘प्रतिपश्चंद्र’ मराठीतील पहिली शिवकालीन ऐतिहासिक रहस्य कादंबरी… एक अद्भुत साहित्यकृती! छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज आणि गुप्तहेरप्रमुख बहिर्जी नाईक यांनी अत्यंत गुप्त पद्धतीने लपविलेले रहस्य…एक असे रहस्य ज्याची सुरक्षा आजही महाराजांच्ये आठ शिलेदार जीवाची बाजी लावून करत आहेत. गेल्या साडेतीनशे वर्षांपासून अत्यंत गुप्त आणि गुढ पद्धतीने एक युद्ध या मातीत सुरू आहे. या युद्धात आजवर शेकडो लोकांनी एकमेकांच्ये जीव घेतले… जीव दिले आहेत. चौदावे शकत, सतरावे शतक आणि एकविसावे शतक या तीन कालखंडाना जोडणारी ऐतिहासिक थरार कादंबरी ‘प्रतिपश्चंद्र’!.
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First published April 1, 2019
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November 28, 2023
एकेकाळी चित्रपटांवर साहित्याचा प्रभाव दिसायचा, आजकाल साहित्यावर चित्रपटांचा प्रभाव दिसतो. हि कादंबरी पण अशीच काहीशी. चित्रपटांचा प्रभाव या कादंबरी मधे क्षणोक्षणी जाणवतो... Hollywood, Bollywood आणि South cinema च मिश्रण करून लिहिल गेलेलं एक पुस्तक म्हणता येईल. काही ठिकाणी उत्कंठा जरी वाढते की पुढे काय होईल, पण ती जास्त वेळ टिकून राहत नाही. वर्णन आणि घटना लवकरच रटाळ वाटू लागतात. इतिहासाची सांगड घातली तर पात्र larger than life करणं थोड risky राहतच. आणि ते लेखकाने बहुधा ' याचा सत्याशी काही संबंध नाही ' अश्या तऱ्हेने केलंय. कितीतरी वर्णन WhatsApp messages जसेच्या तसे कॉपी केल्यासारखे वाटले. रहस्यकथा कमी आणि treasure hunt जास्त वाटली ही कादंबरी. शेवटी माझ्या मते तरी ही एक da Vinci code सारखं रहस्य, South cinema सारखं larger than life hero, आणि मराठी जनतेचा छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज यांच्यावर असलेल्या प्रेमाचा फायदा घेण्यासाठी घातलेली इतिहासाची सांगड याचा फसलेला प्रयत्न असं म्हणता येइल.
तरीही... काही भाग चांगला वाटला आणि कल्पनाशक्ती पण बरीच वापरल्यामुळे साजेशी रेटिंग दिलीये.
तरीही... काही भाग चांगला वाटला आणि कल्पनाशक्ती पण बरीच वापरल्यामुळे साजेशी रेटिंग दिलीये.
February 17, 2021
प्रतिपश्चंद्र : प्रतिपदेचा चंद्र
प्रतिपच्चंद्रलेखेव वर्धिष्णुर्विश्ववंदिता ।।
शाहसुनोः शिवस्यैषा मुद्रा भद्राय राजते ।।
छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज , बहिर्जी नाईक , हंपी , दडवलेला खजिना , महाराजांचे शिलेदार , 2016 मध्ये चाललेला खजिन्याचा शोध , खजिन्यांपर्यंत पोहचायचे संकेत
What a fantastic story . It gives super fight to Dan Brown: Robert Langdon books.
Full of twists and turns आणि आपल्या अस्सल माती मधली गोष्ट
नक्की वाचा
याच बरोबर मुरलीधर खैरनार यांची शोध ही कादंबरी सुद्धा वाचावी . ती पण याच पठडीतली आहे .
(19 February) शिवजयंती च्या सर्वांना हार्दिक शुभेच्छा !!
प्रतिपच्चंद्रलेखेव वर्धिष्णुर्विश्ववंदिता ।।
शाहसुनोः शिवस्यैषा मुद्रा भद्राय राजते ।।
छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज , बहिर्जी नाईक , हंपी , दडवलेला खजिना , महाराजांचे शिलेदार , 2016 मध्ये चाललेला खजिन्याचा शोध , खजिन्यांपर्यंत पोहचायचे संकेत
What a fantastic story . It gives super fight to Dan Brown: Robert Langdon books.
Full of twists and turns आणि आपल्या अस्सल माती मधली गोष्ट
नक्की वाचा
याच बरोबर मुरलीधर खैरनार यांची शोध ही कादंबरी सुद्धा वाचावी . ती पण याच पठडीतली आहे .
(19 February) शिवजयंती च्या सर्वांना हार्दिक शुभेच्छा !!
October 21, 2022
प्रतिपश्चंद्र' मराठीतील पहिली शिवकालीन ऐतिहासिक रहस्य कादंबरी.... एक अद्भुत साहित्यकृती! छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज आणि गुप्तहेरप्रमुख बहिर्जी नाईक यांनी अत्यंत गुप्त पद्धतीने लपविलेले रहस्य..... एक असे रहस्य ज्याची सुरक्षा आजही महाराजांचे आठ शिलेदार जीवाची बाजी लावून करत आहेत. गेल्या साडेतीनशे वर्षांपासून अत्यंत गुप्त आणि गुढ पद्धतीने एक युद्ध या मातीत सुरू आहे. या युद्धात आजवर शेकडो लोकांनी एकमेकांच्ये जीव घेतले.... जीव दिले आहेत. चौदावे शकत, सतरावे शतक आणि एकविसावे शतक या तीन कालखंडाना जोडणारी ऐतिहासिक थरार कादंबरी 'प्रतिपश्चंद्र'!. इतिहासावर प्रेम करणाऱ्याने ही कादंबरी वाचावी
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February 2, 2022
बर्याच दिवसांनी एक रहस्य कादंबरी वाचायला मिळाली. नावावरूनच कळालं होतं की यातील रहस्य हे छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांसंबंधी आहे. या कादंबरीमध्ये विजयनगरचे साम्राज्य, शिवाजी महाराजांचे हिंदवी स्वराज्य ते थेट आजचा काळ यातील संबंध दाखवला आहे. आपल्याला माहिती असलेल्या बऱ्याच ऐतिहासिक घटना व आजच्या काळातील घटनांचा यात चांगला मेळ घातला आहे. ही कादंबरी आपल्या दैदीप्यमान इतिहासाची नव्याने ओळख करून देते. कादंबरीतील प्रत्येक प्रकरणात नवीन गोष्टींचा उलगडा होत जातो, त्यामुळे ती वाचकाला खिळवून ठेवते. ही कादंबरी वाचताना कुठेही कंटाळवाणी वाटत नाही यातच लेखकाच्या लेखणीचे श्रेय आहे!
July 27, 2020
A must read book....unputdownable... There are some grammatical mistakes in book...but that doesn't matter.. perfect storyline
March 7, 2024
Oh this is nice enough book with great exciting story, good enough to be read in one single sitting, although not short enough. :) It has a nice satisfying ending as well.
Yet I rated it 4 stars here, actually 4.5 if I could. For while the story is very good, narration is good, pace is excellent, yet it is sprinkled with misinformation here and there.
The narration is based on a pattern mastered by late Michael Crichton and later adopted by Dan Brown. I loved the fact that it is based in India, exploring Indian culture. Yet the misinformation in so many places is unbearable. Readers need to know in advance not to accept those as actual proven facts.
The attempt to establish that Ellora caves, specially Kailas Mandir is built by alians, has laughable logic, I totally agree with Aditya, just because you can not think how it was done, does not mean anciant people did not know. Same logic is given about pyramids. Look at all the temples in Madurai, no architect can imagine the design, let alone build them. And yet there they are. The statistics given in the book to support the claim are wrong to start with, the dates and documentation of commissions to build the temple by the kings of times are available to date. A simple Wikipedia search would provide those.
Where he disproves Darvin's theory is also flawed. Size of human brain has grown, monkies can laugh, there are other animals who have sex for pleasure, hippopotamus no less, almost all animals and birds speak and have their vocabulory, whichever studied, animals are also found to be evolving. Just because your study is inadequate, doesnt mean what others are studying and observing is wrong.
The comparison of evolution of human race with Dashavatar, is merely comparison of choice traits, other traits so very accurately and scientifically documented are ignored completely. These stages of evolution are not imaginary, they are based on actual discoveries. While you say that a Cromangnon man settling down to form community represents peaceful rein of Ram, are you trying to say that Ram had a smaller cranial capacity and had weird looking jaw too? or are you saying that the cromangnon man also did wars on people on a different landmass altogether? That's completely selective traits comparison; comparing only the few things which are common, and ignoring all other.
Also please, no human make only 8-12% use of their intelligence. They use it fully. A simple CT or MRI of brain can prove that. If you think human can only use 12% of the brain or the intelligence, then maybe you really do. :p Lets not get into that discussion.
This kind of storytelling follows the patter from Dan Brown's books. However, in case of Dan brown it has solid research and fact checking to back it up. Here, lots of things are made up, or believed by the author without actually fact-checking them. And that is wrong. There are lots of wonderful things about Indian culture that he could have make use of, for instance the 'Khalbatkhana' or the meeting room on Raigadh, it is built in such a way that one could speak in low volume in one corner of the hall and yet it could have been heard at the other, never used.
But like I said, readers must keep their minds open and not accept these things as facts. The story otherwise is very much enjoyable and I'll recommend this to any thriller, historical thriller loving readers.
It's weird to show the photograph of the location of the treasure on cover page. I identified it immeidatly and hoped that that was not the case. Alas! :p Also I felt that to show Suryakant More as the main villain at end was quite unnecessary, the story could have been complete with only one villain, all threads could have been tied to him. This is specially bad since his character, including physical appearance, is so much based on Babasaheb Purandare. But anyways, it's well done, and totally unexpected.
Yet I rated it 4 stars here, actually 4.5 if I could. For while the story is very good, narration is good, pace is excellent, yet it is sprinkled with misinformation here and there.
The narration is based on a pattern mastered by late Michael Crichton and later adopted by Dan Brown. I loved the fact that it is based in India, exploring Indian culture. Yet the misinformation in so many places is unbearable. Readers need to know in advance not to accept those as actual proven facts.
The attempt to establish that Ellora caves, specially Kailas Mandir is built by alians, has laughable logic, I totally agree with Aditya, just because you can not think how it was done, does not mean anciant people did not know. Same logic is given about pyramids. Look at all the temples in Madurai, no architect can imagine the design, let alone build them. And yet there they are. The statistics given in the book to support the claim are wrong to start with, the dates and documentation of commissions to build the temple by the kings of times are available to date. A simple Wikipedia search would provide those.
Where he disproves Darvin's theory is also flawed. Size of human brain has grown, monkies can laugh, there are other animals who have sex for pleasure, hippopotamus no less, almost all animals and birds speak and have their vocabulory, whichever studied, animals are also found to be evolving. Just because your study is inadequate, doesnt mean what others are studying and observing is wrong.
The comparison of evolution of human race with Dashavatar, is merely comparison of choice traits, other traits so very accurately and scientifically documented are ignored completely. These stages of evolution are not imaginary, they are based on actual discoveries. While you say that a Cromangnon man settling down to form community represents peaceful rein of Ram, are you trying to say that Ram had a smaller cranial capacity and had weird looking jaw too? or are you saying that the cromangnon man also did wars on people on a different landmass altogether? That's completely selective traits comparison; comparing only the few things which are common, and ignoring all other.
Also please, no human make only 8-12% use of their intelligence. They use it fully. A simple CT or MRI of brain can prove that. If you think human can only use 12% of the brain or the intelligence, then maybe you really do. :p Lets not get into that discussion.
This kind of storytelling follows the patter from Dan Brown's books. However, in case of Dan brown it has solid research and fact checking to back it up. Here, lots of things are made up, or believed by the author without actually fact-checking them. And that is wrong. There are lots of wonderful things about Indian culture that he could have make use of, for instance the 'Khalbatkhana' or the meeting room on Raigadh, it is built in such a way that one could speak in low volume in one corner of the hall and yet it could have been heard at the other, never used.
But like I said, readers must keep their minds open and not accept these things as facts. The story otherwise is very much enjoyable and I'll recommend this to any thriller, historical thriller loving readers.
It's weird to show the photograph of the location of the treasure on cover page. I identified it immeidatly and hoped that that was not the case. Alas! :p Also I felt that to show Suryakant More as the main villain at end was quite unnecessary, the story could have been complete with only one villain, all threads could have been tied to him. This is specially bad since his character, including physical appearance, is so much based on Babasaheb Purandare. But anyways, it's well done, and totally unexpected.
February 14, 2025
The plot device itself was well conceptualized in terms of the actual finding of the treasure; however, I found the characters, their motivations, and philosophies change and align almost too easily as demanded by the plot. I think the book would have been a 5/5 read if every character did not philosophize at length about things. That approach works well in books like Mrutyunjay because the philosophy of a character IS the story; however, reading about the protagonist or a secondary character's philosophies does not do the book much good because the philosophy is either pedantic or ties into the plot in an overtly obvious way.
Despite the rating, I truly enjoyed the setting, however, much to my disappointment, the plot almost shadowed the patterns of what happens in the 'Da Vinci Code'. In all fairness, I am not an outright fan of that book as well, and the reason for both remains the same - all characters introduced in the plot coincidentally possess the exact and appropriate skillset to help advance the story/solve the puzzle. It is a matter of perspective whether that should be considered a coincidence in the universe of the book or the characters gravitating towards each other because of their skillsets makes it less of a coincidence. Personally, not a fan of the narrative device, but I definitely enjoyed the actual treasure hunt.
Despite the rating, I truly enjoyed the setting, however, much to my disappointment, the plot almost shadowed the patterns of what happens in the 'Da Vinci Code'. In all fairness, I am not an outright fan of that book as well, and the reason for both remains the same - all characters introduced in the plot coincidentally possess the exact and appropriate skillset to help advance the story/solve the puzzle. It is a matter of perspective whether that should be considered a coincidence in the universe of the book or the characters gravitating towards each other because of their skillsets makes it less of a coincidence. Personally, not a fan of the narrative device, but I definitely enjoyed the actual treasure hunt.
January 12, 2025
This book is one of the finest and most well-structured pieces of content related to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. With its masterful storytelling, it delves into the life of this legendary leader, presenting not only historical insights but also unraveling intriguing mysteries and unexpected plot twists.
Whether you are fascinated by the valor and strategy of one of India’s greatest rulers or you simply enjoy gripping tales with incredible plot twists, this book delivers on every front. It is a timeless masterpiece that deserves a place on every bookshelf.
Highly recommended for anyone who values history, mystery, and exceptional storytelling!
Whether you are fascinated by the valor and strategy of one of India’s greatest rulers or you simply enjoy gripping tales with incredible plot twists, this book delivers on every front. It is a timeless masterpiece that deserves a place on every bookshelf.
Highly recommended for anyone who values history, mystery, and exceptional storytelling!
August 5, 2023
मराठी मध्ये बऱ्याच दिवसांनी एक थरार कथा वाचण्यात आली. छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज आणि विजयनगर साम्राज्याच्या पार्श्वभूमीवर ही कथा गुंफली आहे.
कथानकाचा वेग भन्नाट आहे, आपल्या येथील लेणी, मंदिरं, शिल्पं यांचा कथेत उत्तम वापर केला आहे. कथानायकाचे स्वगत उत्तम आहेत. देव, धर्म, प्राचीन भारतीय संस्कृती यावर छान मत मांडले आहे.
Dan Brown अथवा अन्य लेखकांच्या धर्तीवर लिहिलेल्या या कथेत संकेत, गुप्त संदेश, परंपरेने आलेली जबाबदारी, रहस्य, नाट्यमयता, धक्के आणि उत्तम पात्ररचना यांची पुरेपूर भरणा असलेले हे पुस्तक नक्की वाचावे.
कथानकाचा वेग भन्नाट आहे, आपल्या येथील लेणी, मंदिरं, शिल्पं यांचा कथेत उत्तम वापर केला आहे. कथानायकाचे स्वगत उत्तम आहेत. देव, धर्म, प्राचीन भारतीय संस्कृती यावर छान मत मांडले आहे.
Dan Brown अथवा अन्य लेखकांच्या धर्तीवर लिहिलेल्या या कथेत संकेत, गुप्त संदेश, परंपरेने आलेली जबाबदारी, रहस्य, नाट्यमयता, धक्के आणि उत्तम पात्ररचना यांची पुरेपूर भरणा असलेले हे पुस्तक नक्की वाचावे.
March 5, 2024
प्रतिपश्चंद्र…
एक अनपेक्षित पणे वाचलेले( ऐकलेले) पुस्तक
The book is based on छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांच्या दक्षिण दिग्विजयामध्ये घडलेल्या एका गोष्टीवर… After reading this book, i got to know many new things such as, 5 temples in South India based on Pancha-maha bhut especially chidambaram, about nataraj & shivling, about hampi- vijaynagar, tunnels below Ellora caves & tunnels below 5 main places in Mumbai,about raygad, about kailash parvat, rajbhavan, maharajanchya 3 talwaari and much more…
And at the end, seriously where is महाराजांचे सिंहासन?
एक अनपेक्षित पणे वाचलेले( ऐकलेले) पुस्तक
The book is based on छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांच्या दक्षिण दिग्विजयामध्ये घडलेल्या एका गोष्टीवर… After reading this book, i got to know many new things such as, 5 temples in South India based on Pancha-maha bhut especially chidambaram, about nataraj & shivling, about hampi- vijaynagar, tunnels below Ellora caves & tunnels below 5 main places in Mumbai,about raygad, about kailash parvat, rajbhavan, maharajanchya 3 talwaari and much more…
And at the end, seriously where is महाराजांचे सिंहासन?
November 1, 2022
जबरदस्त फिक्शनल गोष्ट. शिवाजी महाराज, बहिर्जी नाईक, राजा कृष्णदेव राय ते आजचा रवीकुमार, आदित्य आणि प्रियाल. अदभूत. भारताचा इतिहास आणि त्या मागची शास्त्रे आणि रहस्य ह्याची उत्तम सांगड. काही गोष्टी तुम्हाला खरंच विचार करायला भाग पडतात. मग ते विष्णूचे दहा अवतार असोत कि हजारो वर्ष जुनी देवळे.
लेखकाला सलाम.
लेखकाला सलाम.
February 14, 2025
When I tried to read this felt like it was written with movie perspective, the character didn’t got a good time to sink in.
Somewhere i thought the book was copying Shodh by Murlidhar Khairnair which i think is excellent and has similar sort of story line.
The end was very obvious
Still it keeps entertaining throughout the book and has a good command at historical happenings.
Somewhere i thought the book was copying Shodh by Murlidhar Khairnair which i think is excellent and has similar sort of story line.
The end was very obvious
Still it keeps entertaining throughout the book and has a good command at historical happenings.
December 6, 2025
If you have read ‘The Da Vinci Code’ by Dan Brown and have watched both parts of the ‘National Treasure’ movie series, this book is just an attempt to copy the formula by adding Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj to make it more marketable.
June 4, 2021
Good suspense story but in some parts it doesn't look realistic. Author looks biased towards hero. But a good read for one time.
Want to read
October 20, 2022प्रतिपश्चंद्र
June 3, 2023
अप्रतिम, अद्भुत must read
November 30, 2023
A thrilling story about the secret of the sinhasana of chatrapati shivaji maharaj and how that secret is chased by the youth by solving puzzles.
December 1, 2025
Failed attempt to write a suspense story. I had a lot of expectations from the book. But it seems like the writer failed to convey his story.
December 20, 2019
या पुस्तकात अशुद्ध लेखनाच्या फार चुका आहेत. साधं न आणि ण कुठे वापरावे हे पण समजू नये म्हणजे कमाल आहे. यामुळेच हे पुस्तक वाचवत नाही.
November 2, 2022
Good
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