Árati Náyak and Álvaro Enterría met and married in India, where the latter has lived for more than 30 years. This book narrates this real, exciting, exemplary and unique adventure within the sacred city of Varanasi. It also constitutes a vivid introduction to the lesser-known aspects of daily life in India (customs, rituals, family, countryside, religion, food...), as well as traditional Hindu spirituality, in which Álvaro and Árati they entered hand in hand with deep devotion.

When Álvaro Enterría (Madrid, 1953) traveled to India for the first time in 1981, following the still visible trail of the counterculture, little could he imagine that his existence would turn upside down. What began as a simple traveling experience would end up becoming the axis of his life. Because shortly after he would settle down forever in that country and because, in addition to founding a bookstore and a publishing house, he would end up marrying an Indian woman and having two children with her. This privileged place has allowed him to write several books that have become an inescapable reference for all those interested in this culture, among which La India por dentro stands out. A cultural guide for the traveler, which already has 16 editions. For her part, when Árati Náyak (Orissa, 1964) grew up happily in a small village without doctors or basic services, little could she imagine that she would marry a foreigner brought from the antipodes by the playful hands of fate. But that happened and, after 25 years of marriage, their story has become a book that narrates, with a wealth of detail and a lot of emotion, the key moments of this great adventure.

Together, and as part of a natural process of strengthening, as a couple, as a family and individually, in the doctrines and worldview of Hinduism, they delved into the spirituality and rituals of this religion at the hands of a teacher who he is, in fact, one of the most respected sannyasis (monks) in the country. This book, by also narrating this interior itinerary, is essential to gain an in-depth understanding of traditional Hinduism in its everyday and metaphysical aspects.