The Guru Chronicles Goes Into Production!

It is an exciting day at the Ganapati Kulam Media Studio. After years of work by our editorial and design team, "The Guru Chronicles" officially closed yesterday and today Sivakatirswami and Senthilnathaswami are preparing the files for the press as we head into the pre-press and printing phase of this important new book.

Senthilnathaswami is proofing the hi-resolution PDF's that are prepared to go to the printer.

Sivakatirswami is processing files for Senthilnathaswami to proof at our "Mushika Workstation" which is a fast desktop machine which is all set up to process files and send them off to Kentucky where the book will be printed.

Senthilnathaswami who is also on the editing team of the book with Acharya Kumarswami and headed by Paramacharya Sadasivanathswami, is not even trying to control his bliss. He says, "It's almost surreal; I can barely believe it is actually happening. We are going to print this book, finally!"

Meanwhile, the printer has sent us a "dummy" bound book, to help us make sure our cover file template is precisely designed to fit the book. It is 832 pages on Orion 60 pound matte text stock. It weighs 1.94kg or 4 pounds 4.5 ounces without ink.

The book will be printed by Quad Graphics, (http://www.qg.com) America's second largest and one of the world's "greenest" printing companies.

The plant that will produce the book is in Versailles, Kentucky, and also does work for Rand McNally, Encyclopedia Britanica and Time Warner Books.

Sivakatirswami asks, "Do they call it a dummy because there are no words inside it? This book seems to be all about the clear white light."

But it won't be long before these pages will be filled and thrilled with the remarkable story of the Kailasa Guru Parampara, written in a contemporary engaging style. From fabulous tales of ancient times all the way through to the 21st century with much of the narrative in Gurudeva's own words, it fires the heart and mind with spiritual aspiration and will carry the story and message of our Paramapara to the world and coming generations.

You won't be able to put it down.