Vishnu’s avatārs
The avatār tradition offers a devotional lens through which to consider existence and the search for meaning.
Author
Narayana
Narayana
Is Anyone There?
A 24-Day Odyssey Through Vishnu’s Avatārs, Quantum Reality, and the Riddle of Consciousness.
A contemplative journey through devotion, consciousness and the questions we bring to the universe—and to ourselves.
EnglishPaperback & hardcoverSpirituality & philosophy
About Narayana Narayana
Looking outward.
Turning inward.
Narayana Narayana — Is Anyone There? approaches existence through the meeting of spiritual tradition and a questioning mind. Vishnu’s avatārs, Advaita Vedānta and Bhakti provide a setting for reflection on the universe and the experience of being aware.
Dr. Ruia places questions about cosmic order alongside more intimate questions about the person observing it. Where do we look for meaning? What connects devotion with enquiry? How might a story inherited from tradition become a prompt for personal reflection?
The book’s 24-day framework gives these themes a contemplative rhythm, with QR-linked videos as companion material. Its references to quantum reality belong to the author’s philosophical exploration of consciousness.
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Devotion. Discovery.
Consciousness.
The cosmos & the observer
Questions about the universe lead into an exploration of awareness, perception and the mystery of consciousness.
A 24-day reflection
A structured contemplative format and QR-linked companion videos invite readers to engage with the ideas over time.
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for the question.
The person behind the pages
A physician.
A painter.
A poet.
Dr. Aditya Vikram Ruia’s interests extend from interventional cardiology to spiritual philosophy, poetry and painting. His author biography describes a long engagement with Advaita Vedānta and the Bhakti tradition—interests that shape the questions explored in Narayana Narayana.
Writing provides another setting for that curiosity: a place to consider meaning, awareness and devotion through language and imagination. The book is dedicated to his son, Om, giving its wide-ranging enquiry a personal centre.
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Cardiology Guide
Dr. Ruia’s medical writing includes Cardiology Guide, listed in his European Society of Cardiology biography. It reflects his interest in communicating cardiovascular knowledge.
Patient EducationPoetry
Impression & Creation
He is also a co-author of the English poetry anthology Impression & Creation. Poetry is another strand of his literary life alongside philosophical and devotional writing.
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What is Narayana Narayana about?
It explores Vishnu’s avatārs, spiritual philosophy, the cosmos and consciousness through a 24-day contemplative framework.
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Is this a patient education book?
This is Dr. Ruia’s spiritual and philosophical writing. For heart-health videos and clinical guides, visit Patient Education.
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