Sankaracharya was perhaps the greatest thinker the world has seen. This novel is a philosophical reconstruction of hisife—and teachings. Jagadguru Adi Shankaracharya, or Sankara, spent his formative years on the banks of the poorly river at kalady. These early years provided a clear indication of the enlightened path that he would eventually take. The book reveals how his thirst for knowledge and his search for the truth behind nature and natural phenomenaed him to discover theogical answers to what was happening in the world around him. His keenpowers of observation and his ability to gain insights into the world around him set him apart from everyone else. Sankaracharya’s travels to different parts of aryavarta(or ancient India) form the core of the narrative in this book. Everywhere he went he refuted existing non-vedicdoctrines and tried to establish Advaita non-dualismas the true teaching of the Vedas. The author of the book, K.C. Ajayakumar, explores in aogical manner The ‘magical’ elements of sankara’slegendaryife.