Did Jesus spend his final days in Kashmir?

Did Jesus spend his final days in Kashmir?
By: Aastha Atray Banan Date: 2009-03-07 Place: Mumbai




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And was Mary Magdalene from Maghada? Ashwin Sanghi's thriller, The Rozabal Line, shocks you at every page. But the author assured us, it's nothing more than a good old yarn

Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Issa, who married Mary Magdala. Issa and Mary had a child by the name of Sara, who was born to them in India, but was later sent to Gaul with her mother. Issa remained in India, where he married a woman from the Sakya clan on the persistence of King Gopadatta, and had a son, Benissa. Benissa had a son, Yoshua...






If you are one of the millions who lapped up every page of The Da Vinci Code, here's a book that's even better. Instead of spinning a yarn about slumdogs and NRI angst, Ashwin Sanghi takes us into a world of intrigue and conspiracy, almost having us believe that all religions in the world are linked. He makes us wonder if Jesus spent his final days in Kashmir, and that may be his bloodline continues till today. Could his descendant be a Muslim terrorist, funded by the cult Illuminati, which includes the president of the United States? "It was hard getting this book published," says the 40 year-old businessman, who first self-published the book in the United States in 2007. Now, a revised edition has hit the stores, and we spoke to Ashwin about the eyebrow-raising
content.

The book moves from India to Japan, the US, Middle East, interlinking their religious beliefs and history. How did you conduct all this research?
It all started when I read Jesus Lived In India by Holger Kersten. After that, for almost a year, I just read everything I could get my hands on. The research had already been done for me.

Were you in any way apprehensive about how the world would perceive the explosive content?
Not at all. Unlike the Da Vinci Code, which claimed to be based on facts, I have no such agenda. I am a fiction writer, and this is just a story.

Do you believe that Jesus lived in India?
I don't think it's in any way relevant if he came here or not. But do I wish it was true? Yes, completely. Isn't that such a romantic notion?

One of the major themes in your book is reincarnation. Do you believe in it?
Yes, because I think it explains a lot of events that occur in our present life. But as a storywriter, I also wanted to tie up loose ends. How could I describe the crucifiction of Jesus and the eventual resurrection, if I didn't have a spectator, who actually saw it happening? That's why my central character, goes through a regression session, and finds out that in a past life, he was a spectator at Jesus's crucifiction.



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The Rozabal Line Book Description



The tomb of Rozabal in Kashmir has contained the body of a great saint called Yuz Asaf since 112 A.D. But who was Yuz Asaf and what secret does the ancient tomb contain? Father Vincent Morgan is unwittingly sucked into the Rozabal tornado when flashes of his own previous lifetimes reveal some uncomfortable truths about the life and death of Jesus Christ. Vincent is soon caught in the crossfire between the Osama-bin-Laden inspired warriors of Islam, led by Ghalib-bin-Isar, and the fundamentalists of the Crux Decussata Permuta. The secret held securely within Rozabal for two millennia threatens to upset the world's balance of power. Zipping around the world caught up in a whirlwind of events, people, religion and time, from Jesus to Muhammad; from the Crusades to 9/11; from the Vatican to the White House; from Skull & Bones to the Illuminati; from Buddhist meditation to past-life regression; from the Virgin birth to nuclear destruction; and from Mary Magdalene to Osama-bin-Laden; The Rozabal Line has it all.


Publisher: Westland Books
Author: Ashwin Sanghi
Deliverable Countries: This product ships to India, Sri Lanka.
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