When the Temple Bell Rings

Three months from now, Aanya Bisht will die beneath the temple bells of Devbhoomi… or so everyone believes. Nineteen-year-old Vihaan Rawat returns from Delhi to his ancestral home near Lohaghat after his grandfather’s mysterious death. Quiet, observant, and happiest behind a camera lens, he wants nothing more than to finish the funeral and leave. Instead, he finds a town where every legend is treated as truth. Bells ring without hands. Villages vanish into the mist. People disappear—not only from the world, but from everyone’s memories. His investigation leads him to Aanya Bisht, an outspoken archaeology student whose family has guarded forgotten histories for generations. Their first meeting ends in an argument, but together they uncover a thousand-year-old secret buried beneath the mountains of Uttarakhand. As ancient temple bells begin disappearing, Vihaan is forced into a war between the Bell Keepers and the Circle of Ash. Every answer reveals another lie, every mystery comes with a price, and the greatest danger isn’t the monster sleeping beneath the mountains—it’s the truth humanity chose to forget. In Devbhoomi, the mountains remember everything… even when people don’t. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: When the Temple Bell Rings — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠