How long does it take to read The Oath of the Vayuputras?
Shiva Trilogy 3
The Oath of the Vayuputras by Amish Tripathi takes about 10 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Shiva Trilogy
Previous: The Secret of the Nagas
About 10 hours 33 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2013. 575 pages, about 158,125 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 33 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 35 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Shiva is gathering his forces. He reaches the Naga capital, Panchavati, and Evil is finally revealed. The Neelkanth prepares for a holy war against his true enemy, a man whose name instils dread in the fiercest of warriors. India convulses under the onslaught of a series of brutal battles. It's a war for the very soul of the nation. Many will die. But Shiva must not fail, no matter what the cost. In his desperation, he reaches out to the ones who have never offered any help to him: the Vayuputras. Will he succeed? And what will be the real cost of battling Evil? To India? And to Shiva's soul? Discover the answer to these mysteries in this concluding part of the bestselling Shiva Trilogy.
Subjects: Siva (Hindu deity), Fiction, Indic Mythology, Fiction, religious