Page 56 of The Royal Beast & His Rising Queen

They finished the rituals, and now it's time for Maha aarti, Abhyansh took the huge Aarti thaali by holding it's handle, and asked Isha to hold his hand, and both of them together offered prayers to Shiv Ling, with Abhyansh reciting the respective Stotras.

After all the puja is done, Abhyansh explained her to pray by sitting on her knees, folding them back and then putting her head on the floor... and she followed his instructions, while he did the 'Sahashtang'. They got up after praying, Abhyansh took some flower petals and yellow rice grains from Lord Shiva's feet, Isha bent down and touched his feet, and he blessed her by putting those petals on her.

When she thought they are done, he took a pinch of sindhoor and filled her hairline surprising her...

"From here on, you will be doing the puja with me every Monday", he declared and she nodded with filled eyes... he gently wiped her tears, took her hand, and walked showing her the whole temple...

"Rana sa, this place is so beautiful... so peaceful...", Isha said, experiencing a different feeling altogether, she never experienced so much she is doing at that time...

"This is the specialty of this place, even the air here is much purified than anywhere... there is a natural sandalwood stone every here and there, which purifies the air from all evils of life, the most astonishing part is this temple alone has a different climate than all the places surrounding it, including our palace, like it's not necessarily that it will rain here if it rains at our palace, my guru dev once said that the climate here changes according to Shiv Ji's mood...", Abhyansh told astonishing her, all these things are so shocking to her...

"This place is so clean, you are good", she said looking at the place immaculate...

"No, I clean this place once in every two weeks, I just clean the place near Shiv ling every day. As I told you, the air here is very pure, even if you leave the place without cleaning for months, this will still be immaculate", he said and her eyes widened in disbelief... she never experienced such things in her life...

"From now, I'll clean this place... can I??", she asked hesitantly and he nods with a smile...

"We will do it together...", he said and she smiled... just then, the climate suddenly changed and due to heavy wind, Abhyansh's red shawl flew away... Isha is about to catch it but he held her hand...

"Don't worry, I'll take it later, the heavy wind will stop in a while, this happens every day before sunrise... come, I'll show you something", he said taking her hand in his and walking to a faraway corner...

"From here, you can go to the back palace you saw that day... during the wars, women and children are sent here fromthe palace so they can be protected, even if the enemies got successful in entering the palace, they could never enter this temple without the people inside here opening...", he said

"Then how do they enter here in the first place", Isha asked...

"Just like we entered, through the king's chamber, there is another secret passage to here from our chamber, I have closed it for now, and got this made after I was crowned, the one from where we entered, the king and queen used to come here, open the passage for the back palace and after everyone is gathered here, the passage is closed", he said and all these things fascinated her... it's as if she is watching a periodic drama...

"Rana sa... thank you for bringing me here...", she said holding his hand...

"I thought It's your first day in the office, you are the queen and your first day in your very own empire should start with Mahadev's blessings", he said and she smiled...

"Aish... Rana sa... we forgot the bracelet bhai gave me...", she said hitting her forehead...

"I brought it...", he said walking to the main temple...

"When??", she asked following him...

"After I freshened up, I got everything ready for the puja, before waking you up, and brought it with me, then", he said and took the box which is covered in turmeric, vermillion, and flowers... Abhyansh took out the bracelet and made her wear it...

"We need to get ready for the office na, let's go to the palace", she said after some time, picking up her husband's shawl... "hm... here...", she said handing him the shawl... she is shy to look at his bare chest...

"Do the honours", he said slightly bending...

"Rana sa... what are you saying?? We are in a temple", she said and he chuckled...

"My shiv ji won't mind, also I'm just asking you to make me wear it, what were you thinking Rani sa?? Haw... we are in a temple", he said teasing her... her eyes widened...

"I...I.. I didn't think anything...", she fumbled, and Abhyansh chuckled seeing her... she quickly placed the shawl around his shoulders and started walking away when he held her hand stopping her...

"Let's wait for the sunrise, it's beautiful here... ", he said

"But...", she started

"We won't get late", he said and she nodded, and after a few minutes, the sun rose and Isha's eyes stuck at the beautiful sight, she would have regretted if she missed that sight, she never had such an enlightening experience...

The king and queen enjoyed the view for a while and walked back to the palace, but not before taking Mahadev's blessings one last time...

Isha quickly rushed down to make breakfast, Amruta is surprised to see her daughter-in-law in traditional clothes... sheasked her but Isha is in a hurry to prepare breakfast, also she didn't know is she could tell her mother-in-law or anyone about it or not, she still has to confirm with her husband about it.

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