CHAPTER 1 The known and the unknown It is a manuscript called ‘The Festival of Forests’ written by a sage by the name,Shiv Baba who undertook penance in the forest of Agasthyakoodam. Normally, in the olden days, people used to write on palm leaves. Such palm leaf writings would last for a very long time and would be much useful for future generations. But, Kali Baba wrote this book on a piece of white silk fabric using his own blood as ink. He fully used the entire hundred-meter full-length fabric and completed his writing. He folded the fabric carefully and